italian pilot Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) He earned his fourth consecutive victory of the year after winning the race this Sunday. San Marino Grand Prix MotoGPFourteenth round of the World Motorcycle Championship in which Spain participated Maverick Vinales (April) placed third and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) consolidated its leadership in the queen category.
Winning at Assen, Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring, ‘Pecco’ added a notch to his pistol to win this course, He moved up to second place in a halftime win last year, ahead of Enea Bastianini (Ducati) and Viñales, 30 points behind Quartararo.
with it, dOne place behind Nice to Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia), who could only place sixththis Sunday and now 33 units behind.
In the last part of the races Misano-Marco Simoncelli Circuit, He defended his privileged position as soon as the lights went out in a rough start marked by the fall of Australians Jack Miller (Ducati), Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda), France’s Johann Zarco (Ducati) and Italian Michele Pirro (Ducati). ) .
Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati), Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) also tested the gravel. first rounds, The appointment was reversed when Miller fell to the ground in the lead, which left the race open.
Starting fifth, Bagnaia took the lead and got into a skirmish with Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) nearby and Enea Bastianini (Ducati), who was observing everything a little further away.. The one from Transalpine and Roses engaged for several laps in a fierce battle with the Gresini Racing team after breaking the absolute Misano lap record set by ‘Pecco’ himself in 2021.
With this perfect rhythmBastianini managed to beat the Spaniard by six laps and began chasing his next teammate at Ducati Lenovo.. However, ‘Pecco’ knew how to defend himself until the final laps when his compatriot was about to take advantage of the straight finish slipstream to pass him.
Among the Spaniards, In addition to Viñales’ third and Aleix Espargaró’s sixth place, Alex Rins (Suzuki) finished seventh and Jorge Martín (Ducati) ninth, He was just ahead of Alex Márquez (Honda) and Raúl Fernández (KTM) finished thirteenth.
MotoGP standings after San Marino GP:
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Fabio Quartararo – Yamaha – 211
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Francesco Bagnaia – Ducati – 181
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Aleix Espargaro – Aprilia – 178
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Enea Bastianini – Ducati – 138
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Johann Zarco – Ducati – 125
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Jack Miller – Ducati – 123
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Brad Binder – KTM – 115
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Maverick Viñales – Yamaha – 101
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Alex Rins – Suzuki – 101
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Jorge Martin – Ducati – 94