Acosta maintained his advan-
tage through the closing laps to
secure his second Sprint victory
of the season. Marquez finished
second, extending his champi-
onship lead to 19 points over
the absent Jorge Martin, while
Bezzecchi dropped to 52 points
behind the Spaniard.
Ogura finished fourth, ahead
of Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46
Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia
(Lenovo Ducati). Brad Binder
(Red Bull KTM), Diogo Moreira
(Pro Honda LCR) and Enea
Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3)
completed the points-paying
positions.
MotoGP Race
Marc Marquez took the hole-
shot, but his younger brother
briefly pressured him at turn
four. After retaining the lead,
the elder Marquez began build-
ing an advantage while Acosta
worked his way past Bastianini
and Ogura to move into third.
Acosta quickly closed on the
leading Marquez pair before
passing Alex at turn nine on lap
10. The KTM rider then settled
into second, leaving Alex to
defend third against Bezzecchi
(Aprilia) and Ogura.
Out front, Marc continued
extending his advantage, even-
tually crossing the finish line 4.1
seconds clear of Acosta. The
Spaniard's victory was his 80th
in MotoGP and increased his
championship lead to 44 points
over Martin, with Bezzecchi now
67 points behind heading into
next weekend's Qatar Grand
Prix.
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GP held here in early October did
little to help the surface. "However,
long lead times and the availability
of materials meant that the works
had to be postponed," read an IRTA
statement issued to all teams.
"When it became clear that the pre-
ferred supplier would not be able
to complete the resurfacing before
the Grand Prix, it was agreed that
maintaining the required quality
standards was preferable to pursu-
ing an alternative solution."
DRAMA IN THE PITS
During Saturday's Sprint race,
drama unfolded in the Prima
Pramac Yamaha pits when Jack
Miller entered for a bike swap, only
to discover that his rain-tires-shod
replacement bike wasn't ready—not
even close. Miller was livid, and
the television cameras caught him
having heated discussions with
members of his crew. "It was on
me," he later confessed. "I saw
raindrops at turns five and six, then
again at turns seven and eight and
turns nine and 10. Those are usu-
ally the first areas to get wet when
the rain comes from that direction,
and the drops here are pretty big.
I checked the radar, which was
showing rain arriving later, but
when I saw those drops, I thought it
was coming earlier than expected.
I believed the next lap would be
wet, so I decided to come in. We
were running 17th or 18th, and the
Briefly...
