One of only three riders using a soft rear tyre, Jorge Martin made the p൩erfect start from pole as he led into turn one from Brad Binder.

After overcoming his Q1 appearanc🉐e, Francesco Bagnaia also got away well from third but ꧙immediately lost touch with the two leaders.

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In the form of his life, Fabio Di Giannantonio made light work of Bagnaia at the start of lap three as he 🌄made an overtake at turn two.

Continuing to struggle with the pace of the top three, Bagnaia the😼n came under pressure from Johann Zarco, Marc Marquez and Aleix Espargaro. 

At the front, Martin was🙈 continuing to show no signs ofꦉ slowing down as his lead grew to over two seconds with 10 laps gone. 

Joan Mir w🃏as the first riꦦder to crash after going down at turn four following contact with Luca Marini. The Incident was reviewed but no further action was the call from race direction.

On lap 13 (two laps after Mir’s fall), Augusto Fernandez was the ne🍌xt rider to suffer a fall at turn four. 

With Martin’s lead over three s🎶econds, the battle for second was heating up🔥 as Di Giannantonio pulled clear of Bagnaia again before hunting down Binder.

Di Giannantonio then made anཧother brilliant overtake as he came through on Binder with nine laps🎀 to go.

After finding a way through on Binder, Di Giannant💙onio took four tenths out of Martin’s lead on laps 20 and 21. 

Despite responding with a great move on Di Giannantonio for second, Binder took four tenths out of Martin wi🍸th five laps to go. 

Another big lap with three to go saw Binder close the lead down to 1.2 seconds, while Zarco was through on Di 🔯Giannantonio for third. 

Zarco then did Martin a huge fav𓄧our as he picked off Binder on the penultimate lap, however, Martin’s struggles 𒈔were just too big as Zarco had no choice but to attack his team-mate.

Zarco came through 🍒on Mꦑartin at turn four on the final lap, while Bagnaia came through in the process. Martin, who lead every lap until that point, was eventually pushed down to fifth.