Valencia MotoGP: Jorge Martin gets title hopes back on track with sprint win

Jorge Martin has thrown himself back into MotoGP title contention as only 14 points separate himself and Francesco Bagnaia after winning the sprint at Valencia.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Valencia 2023
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Valencia 2023

Af♋ter making 🌱the perfect start and leading into turn one, Bagnaia was soon pushed back to second as Vinales came flying past at turn two.

Bagnaia, who now had tit🅺le rival Jorge Marti🍌n right behind him, was pushed wide by the Spaniard at turn 10.

Both riders ran wide which allowed Brad Binder🌼 and Marc Marquez to come through, but Martin remained ahead of🐎 Bagnaia. 

On lap two Martin came through on Marquez while Bagnaia started losing time to the four riders ahead of him♈. 

One of the big moves in the early stag🧸es was Fabio Quarཧtararo, who attached himself to Bagnaia before going for a move under braking at turn five.

After towing Martin and Marquez to the back of Vinales, Binder then went for the ra🎐ce lead on lap six. 

A move came a🐽t turn four but Vinales responded immediately, however, Binder made his seco💜nd overtake stick before Martin and Marquez followed him through.

Martin latched straight onto the rear of Binder before🦂 taking over the race lead at turn ten. 

Although Bagnaia’s pace improved, riders behind him were continuing to stay close as Fabio Di Giannan𒅌tonio looked poised for an overtake. 🌌;

Binder reamined close to Martin untilꦚ the checkered flag ꦉbut the Spaniard held firm and took yet another superb sprint win.

Further back, Bagnaia managed to hold off Di Giannantonio de🌜spite the Gresini rider having ༒more pace.

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