by VALERIO BARRETTA
MotoGP Catalonia, the race classification
Pos. | Pilot | Motorcycle | Turns | Detachment/Withdrawal |
1 | F. Bagnaia | Ducati | 24 | |
2 | J. Martin | Ducati | 24 | |
3 | M. Marquez | Ducati | 24 | |
4 | A. Espargaró | Aprilia | 24 | |
5 | F. Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 24 | |
6 | R. Fernandez | Aprilia | 24 | |
7 | A. Marquez | Ducati | 24 | |
8 | B. Binder | KTM | 24 | |
9 | E. Bastianini | Ducati | 24 | |
10 | F. Quartararo | Yamaha | 24 | |
11 | M. Oliveira | Aprilia | 24 | |
12 | M. Bezzecchi | Ducati | 24 | |
13 | M. Viñales | Aprilia | 24 | |
14 | P. Acosta | KTM | 24 | |
15 | T. Nakagami | Honda | 24 | |
16 | J. Mir | Honda | 24 | |
17 | J. Zarco | Honda | 24 | |
18 | L. Marini | Honda | 24 | |
19 | S. Bradl | Honda | 24 | |
20 | A. Rins | Yamaha | 24 | |
Rit. | F. Morbidelli | Ducati | ||
Rit. | A. Fernandez | KTM | ||
Rit. | J. Miller | KTM |
MotoGP Catalonia, the race report
It was too important to win for Francesco Bagnaia. And the world champion, this time, succeeds. After yesterday’s mocking crash, at Montmeló the Ducati rider puts his wheels in front of Jorge Martin and wins his third success of the season, the first in his career on a track that seemed haunted for him.
Deserved victory for the reigning world champion, capable of managing himself in the initial part and of taking on the overtaking of a Pedro Acosta got off to a quick start, thanks to his aggressive choice of tire (soft at the rear, the only one to do so with Marc Marquez among the most competitive riders).
Bagnaia, always remaining around a second behind the Martin-Acosta pair, begins to get closer to #89 when the rookie he slips in turn 10 (he gets up and is then 14th). From mid-race onwards he nibbles tenth after tenth at Martin, and then slips him into turn-5 – exactly where he crashed yesterday – with six laps to go. “Pecco” then limits himself to checking without fearing Martin’s response, who could even be happy with a second place.
Behind still majestic Marc Marquez, capable of recovering from 14th to third position and back on the podium thanks to overtaking Aleix Espargaró a few laps from the finish line. The winner of the Sprint is satisfied with fourth place ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio, in the top-10 also Raul Fernandez, Alex Marquez, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini (destroyed by long lap penalty) and Fabio Quartararo.
MotoGP Catalonia, live coverage of the race
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Future appointments
MotoGP returns to the track next week thanks to its home round at Mugello. For Republic Day the MotoGP visits Italy: Friday 31 May FP1 at 10.45am and Tests at 3pm; Saturday 1st FP2 at 10.10am, followed by Q1 and Q2 and Sprint at 3pm; Sunday 2nd the Grand Prix at 2pm.
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