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bar of pressure for more than
30 percent of the race, so he
dropped behind Acosta and got
back in the correct pressure
window by using the heat of
Acosta's KTM.
As the race entered its final
stages, a four-rider fight broke
out between Acosta, Marquez,
Bastianini and Quartararo.
Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing
Team) surged late, climbing to
fourth by the final lap.
43 JACK MILLER
12TH/10TH MOTOGP
"It was a long and tough race. I had a
decent start, better than in the Sprint,
and was feeling pretty good," Miller
said. We were very conservative, not
being completely sure about the tires.
I found a good rhythm behind Jorge
[Martin], and everything was fine
until about seven laps from the end.
I changed the engine-brake setting,
and pretty much at the same time, I
started to struggle in turn three. The
clutch was kind of binding up, basical-
ly not giving me any engine braking.
It was even difficult to tell which gear I
was in, as you couldn't really feel the
downshifts. I'm not happy with the last
three laps, but it is what it is."
MYOWNRACE
Marquez sits up to allow
Acosta (37) past in the Sprint
race due to the much-maligned
MotoGP tire rule. Didn't matter;
he won anyway.
(Left) Marquez leads on Sunday,
but the KTMs had a resurgence at
Brno, Pedro Acosta (37) making it a
double podium while Enea Bastianini
(23) took third on Saturday but
crashed out on Sunday while
challenging for the top three.
