Italian Bagnaia wins first sprint race at Portuguese GP

marquez He was not surprised at the start and started perfectlyalso a touchdown with his own teammate “Pecco” Bagnaia as well as Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP23), who moved up from the second starting line to second place, despite the fact that they both lost position in favor of Jorge Martín.

However Ducati Desmosedici’s potential revealed as soon as it reached the finish lineBagnaia and Martín beat the Repsol Honda driver, Bastianini fourth and local idol Miguel Oliveira fifth.

Shortly after the start of the second round, the Italian luca marina (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) went to the ground and his crash put his compatriot Enea Bastianini ahead. Both were out of the race.

Before them, Spaniard Joan Mir (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) crashed at Turn thirteen and “touched” the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1) to avoid the accident.Had to get up and open the line, This caused him to give up several positions.

Quartararo had to reach the tenth final from seventeenth place in just ten rounds..

Until the third lap, the lead went to “Pecco” Bagnaia, who could not withstand the attack of Jorge Martín, the fourth lap winner Bagnaia fell a bit and Marc Márquez had the opportunity to approach again. Despite being just behind Repsol Honda rider Miguel Oliveira and Australian Jack Miller (KTM RC 16), he gave up on something.

The intense pace of the sprint race led to a four-lap leading five made of Martín, Bagnaia, Miller, Oliveira and Marc Márquez, who stood out from the rest of their rivals, led by Spaniard Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia). RS-GP).

It sure was Alex Espargaro who managed to close the gap with the top fivethen Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP), taking on France’s Johann Zarco and his teammate Spaniard Alex Márquez, both on Ducati Desmosedici roads.

Australian Jack Miller took the lead in the seventh round, but Ducati’s potential was re-emerged at home. and he could do nothing to prevent Jorge Martín from crossing him again.

This much Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales managed to reach the top fiveOne thing Bagnaia has noticed, with Jorge Martín trying to open a reassuring gap in the last four laps, is catching up to Martín by overtaking Miller and discussing his first win of the season with him.

With just over two laps left, Marc Márquez seized the opportunity and took advantage of the fight between Oliveira and Miller, passing both spectacularly at the end of the straight, between the first and second corners of the track, and from then on, a Bagnaia who took advantage of Martín’s mistake to seal his first victory of the season. Defend yourself against the attacks of both until you can see the checkered flag behind him.

With Bagnaia, Martín and Márquez on the podium, Jack Miller took advantage of Oliveira’s mistake The trio of Aprilia riders are fourth, ahead of Maverick Viñales, Aleix Espargaró and Miguel Oliveira.

Alex Márquez finished ninththe last position in the sprint race to hold points, just ahead of Raúl Fernández (Aprilia RS-GP) in eleventh place and Alex Rins (Honda RC 213 V) in thirteenth place and 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo.