MotoGP of Catalonia, Espargaro wins the Sprint Race. Bagnaia out on the closing lap

After the pole position achieved a few hours ago, Aleix Espargaro triumphs in the Sprint Race of the Catalan Grand Prix in front of his enthusiasts. The Aprilia rider is thankful for Francesco Bagnaia’s top notch crash over the past lap whilst he turned into leading (third consecutive retirement in a ‘short’ race). Second vicinity all over again for an fantastic Marc Marquez with the Ducati Gresini (began 14th), followed by Pedro Acosta with the KTM GasGas. Fourth vicinity for Jorge Martin’s Ducati Parma, leader of the World Championship. Bagnaia’s start is very good and lets in him to immediately advantage the lead of the race, however the -time reigning world champion is chased via Acosta, who overtakes him at the beginning of the 0.33 lap, taking first place from him. The one with the most tempo up the front, but, is a surprising Raul Fernandez, who assaults his rivals with tremendous ferocity or even tries to break away before creating a awful mistake that fees him a fall on the fifth lap even as he changed into first. Binder takes the lead, overtaking Acosta, however the South African also throws the whole thing away two laps later, ending up within the gravel. He thanks Bagnaia who in the intervening time takes lower back the whole lot he had built at the start, dragging a perky Espargaro with him. Acosta remains in the podium area, but the KTM GasGas rookie is positioned underneath attack by means of Marc Marquez, who started 14th and changed into also capable of get in front of Martin. The largest twist, however, comes during the last lap: Bagnaia falls a few kilometers from the checkered flag, so the host Espargaro wins in advance of Marc Marquez and Acosta.

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