Misano MotoGP: Jorge Martin wins again ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Francesco Bagnaia

Jorge Martin completed a dominant Misano MotoGP double by winning the main race ahead of Marco Bezzecchi. 
Jorge Martin, Ducati MotoGP Misano 2023
Jorge Martin, Ducati MotoGP Misano 2023

Like the MotoGP sprint it was polesitt༒er Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia that made a break for it at the head of the field.

Swarming all oveꦇr the back of Martin, Bagnaia shaped up for a♚n overtake at the final corner but Martin resisted.

As Marco Bezzecchi closed in on the leading d🌞uo at the start of lap two, Brad Binder made quick p꧙rogress as he passed Dani Pedrosa for P4. 

After setting the fastest lap of the race on lap two, Binder had it taken away from Bezzecchi who was very close to Ba🎀gnaia and Mart🌱in. 

Bezzecchi then made a mistake at turn ten which allowed the top two to increase their lead.𓂃 The Italian put his error behind him very quickly as he took second place away from Bagnaia at turn eight [lap five].

But Bezzecchi made another mistake at turn ten which gifted second spot back to the ꧟world champion. 

Finding the pace too hot to keep up with, Binder’s impressive effort came to an end a💛s he crashed at turn 14.

The mis♊take was not race-ending as he managed to get back underway, however, KTM’s day got even worse as Michele Pirro took out Jack Miller at turn four🦹. 

As Pedrosa began to catch the leading trio by a💧 quarter of a second per lap, another crash took place as Joan Mir went down a♌t turn four.

Once a two secon deficit, Pedrosa closed to within five tenths of Bezzecchi before a mistake on lap 13 saw the gap grow🐎 back above one second. 

Pedrosa then started losing more time as the gap grew to🦋 1.6 seconds💦 come the end of lap 16.

One lap later and Mಌartin fina♔lly broke Bagnaia’s resistance as he set a personal best lap time to pull clear by over a second. 

The Spaniard’s lead then became two seconds on lap 19 as Bezzecchi went through on Bagnaia at turn 🧸eight. 

With six laps to go Bagn🔯aia made a m𓃲istake at turn 14 which allowed Pedrosa to close in on the factory Ducati rider.

More pressure was applied from Pedrosa in the final two laps but Bagnaia held strong again for his second P3 fini🐬sh of the weekend behind Martin💟 and Bezzecchi.

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