after Martin did his best bowling-
ball impression, smashing into
the side of Bezzecchi and caus-
ing all hell to break loose, with
only
Di Giannantonio managing
to get back up and going again.
It was a gigantic pileup in
much the same way as Martin's
crash in Japan last year that
took out Bezzecchi, and he was
scolded by a barely restrained
Aprilia Racing boss Massimo
Rivola in the media afterward,
the Italian saying, "This is not
a mistake a World Champion
should make."
Moto2 is fast becoming
the Manuel Gonzalez (Intact
Kalex) show as the Spaniard
held his nerve against a race-
long challenge from Czech star
Filip Salac (American Racing
Kalex), while in Moto3, the class
destroyer Max Quiles did so
again, taking his fifth win of the
season.
MotoGP Sprint
Polesitter Marquez grabbed
the holeshot and quickly pulled
clear as Pedro Acosta (Red Bull
KTM) settled into second. Bez-
zecchi launched from sixth to
third
and spent much of the race
defending from Aldeguer, who
briefly challenged for a podium
but lost ground after a front-end
scare at turn nine on lap three,
dropping behind Fernandez.
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as it allowed us to score some impor-
tant points."
MYOWNRACE
25 RAUL FERNANDEZ
4TH/DNF
"I feel almost good but have a lot of
pain in my leg," Raul Fernandez said.
"Anyway, I hope that all the other
riders that have been involved in the
crash are fine. It's part of the sport
and something that can happen. Dur-
ing the weekend we did our best, and
today we just had bad luck. I'll have
to get my leg checked again at home
and then recover well for Brno."
10 LUCA MARINI
12TH/5TH MOTOGP
"Overnight we made some setup
changes, which improved the bike,
and our race was good; of course,
we were helped by the situation at
the start to gain some positions, but
I think we could have made up some
ground anyway," Luca Marini said.
"I tried everything I could to get back
past Ogura at the end, but I couldn't
quite manage it. Still some good
points in the championship overall,
so we must focus on this and come
back strong in the next two races."
Kaboom! Jorge Martin's errant
Aprilia smashes into the side of
his teammate Bezzecchi, who then
wipes out Raul Fernandez (25),
Fermin Aldeguer (blue) and Fabio
Di Giannantonio (yellow). It was a
gnarly accident.
