french pilot fabio quartararo (Yamaha) took the win this Sunday race MotoGP of the Catalonian Grand PrixIt was the ninth leg of the Motorcycle World Championship and strengthened its lead due to the Spaniard’s mistake. Alex Espargaro (Aprilia), who stopped firing with one lap left The second time I ran it I thought the test was over.
In the absence of a turn, crossing the finish line in the second position, the one from Granollers greeted the people He was present at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalonia when he realized that there was one more lap to go. He hit it again He was able to correct the mistake only by finishing fifth. before leaving the box to cry inconsolably. The big winners were Jorge Martín (Ducati), with whom he consolidated the French, second place against Aleix. johann zarco (Ducati), who finds himself with an unexpected podium Quartararo celebrating his third victory in Montmeló and, above all, in Barcelona.
With nine points awarded by Aleix, ‘El Diablo’ is further the leader in the premier championship, amassing 147 units, 22 ahead of Catalan. Also, third overall and fourth so far, Enea Bastianini (Ducati) and ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati) failed to finish the race due to accidents. A real influence of the French champion.
Espargaró’s eldest failed to maintain his privileged position in a start that no one from Nice could take his lead. Coming from the Granollers, he saw how the Frenchman escaped as the rounds passed, Jorge Martín (Ducati) approached him.
In fact, he had already passed him on the third lap from San Sebastián de los Reyes, but a lot had happened in Montmeló before that. As soon as he left, the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) landed and recaptured Àlex Rins (Suzuki), as in Mugello, and also shot ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, winner of the Italian competition, with his helmet. (Ducati). “nakagami you are the best‘, a very angry Rins was already shouting inside the box.
Also, Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati), Stefan Bradl (Honda), Enea Bastianini (Ducati), third overall and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) suffered crashes in the first part of the test that left them with no options. Quartararo was still unaware of the fight behind for second place. Aleix passed Martín in the eleventh round, but returned that pass in the 17th round. However, the Catalan tried again and beat him again with three laps left, although he ruined everything with his last mistake.
Among the rest of the Spaniards, Joan Mir (Suzuki) made a spectacular comeback from seventeenth to fourth to finish ahead of Aleix Espargaró. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) finished seventh, Àlex Márquez (Honda) tenth, Raúl Fernández (KTM) fifteenth and Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda) seventeenth.
Classification of the MotoGP World Championship
Fabio Quartararo – 147 points
Aleix Espargaro – 125 points
Enea Bastianini – 94 points
Johann Zarco – 91 points
Francesco Bagnaia – 81 points
Brad Binder – 73 points
Alex Rins – 69 points
Joan Mir – 69 points
Jack Miller – 65 points
Marc Marquez – 60 points