Unlike one week ago, Bagnaia managed to keep Quartararo at bay on the ru𒁏n to turn one. 

Instead of taking a crucial lead, Quartꦰararo was instead relegated to fourth after out-braking himself behind Bagnaia and running off track. 

Alth♔ough Quartararo quickly regained second spot, the reigning world champion was then pushed back to third by a charging Aleix Espargaro. 

Behind the top three, Bezzecchi took advantage of Martin struggling for performance to rega🔜in his starting position of fourthಌ. 

Nওeeding to take a long-lap penalty due to impeding Maverick Vinales in Q2, Jack Miller elected to take it on lap three. 

Huge drama as Quartararo crashes into Espargaro!

Peer𝐆less all seas♓on, Quartararo made his first real mistake of the year as he crashed in Espargaro at turn five. 

Too eager♛ to gain back the time lost to Bagnaia, Quartaꦆraro made a very rash attempt as he came from too far back before losing the front of his M1. 

Espargaro, who𝐆 was down in 15th following Quar🍸tararo’s huge mistake, was down but certainly not out…

The Aprilia rider began lapping f🥂ive tenths quicker than the l🐓eaders as he quickly reeled off Alex Marquez and Alex Rins. 

Meanwhile Quartararo was also back underway, however, the series leader appeared to be ending his race early as he retu🦂rned to pit lane. 

But instead, Quartararo briefly stopped o🌳utside his garage as discussions were had with his team, before ultimately decidinܫg to continue on. 

After failing to take his first long-lap penalty, Franco Morbidelli was then hit with a s▨econd penalty. 

However, the struggling Yamaha rider didn’t get a chance to take ei🧜ther p𒁃enalty as he crashed out at turn five. 

Morbidelli’s retirement was soon♕ followed by another Yamaha rider crashing out, this time rookie Darryn Binder.

If that wasn’t enough, Yamaha’s dreadful Dutch MotoGP got even worse as Quartararo violently highsided on the exit of turꩵn five. The Fre꧑nchman’s second crash proved to be the end of his afternoon. 

As rain began to drop, Espargaro was truly on a mission as he over♛took Joan Mir and Johann Zarco in three corners.

This came after inheriting tenth place off Takaak𒁃i Nakagami who served a long-lap penalty for exceeding trac🐭k limits. 

As Bezzecchi continued to keep Bagnaia honest at the front, Vinales moved into the podium plac♎es as Martin ꦚbegan to drop down the order. 

The Pramac rider, clearly not enjoying the tricky conditions, also lost places to Brad Binder and Mil🔥ler. 

As the rain began to dissipate, the top three were exchanging similar times althoug🅰h Espargaro wa☂s still charging hard.

Taking three tenths a lap out of Martin, the🤡 Aprilira rider, who was now seventh, could taste a top five res💫ult. 

Espargaro - rider of the day? 

As Bagnaia held on for a brilliant and crucial win, Espar🌃𒐪garo went from seventh to fourth on the final lap.

After getting throuಌgh on Martin in sector one, the Argentina race winner produced one ℱof the best overtakes, if not the best of the season as he overtook both Binder and Miller at the final corner.