Catalunya MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro wins the sprint after three riders crash from the lead

Aleix Espargaro wins the Catalunya MotoGP sprint after Raul Fernandez, Brad Binder and Francesco Bagnaia al𓆏l crashed from the lead.

Aleix Espargaro Catalunya
Aleix Espargaro Catalunya

Reigning MotoGP champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia made a brilliant start from the middle of the front row as he took the lead ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder.

Polesitter Aleix Espargaro was ღmoved down to fifth, while Marc Marquez made big progress from 14th o🦩n the grid.

An all-action lap three saw Bagnaia demoted from first to fourth in just a few c✃orners.

Acosta was first to c🅷ome through on the two-time MotoGP champion at turn one, before Raul Fernandez for﷽ced his way through, allowing Brad Binder to capitalise.

Fernandez then wasted no time in taking the lead away from Acosta before immediately gapping the rooki💎e, who began battling against fellow KTM🐻 rider Binder.

But Fernandez then threw away a potential first-ever sprint M✱otoGP win w♛hen he crashed at turn ten.

That promoted Acosta back into the lead, however, Binder quickly came through before also crashing 🅠out of the lead on lap seven.

That allowed Bagnaia, who forced 💦his way through on Aco꧙sta, to inherit the lead before Espargaro gained second position off Acosta.

The GASGAS rider began to struggle asꦆ Marc Marquez, who lost part of his aero ea🐼rly on, was applying pressure for P3.

With a lead of six tenths, Bagnaia was controlling his lead over Espargaro, while Trackhouse Racing’s day went from bad to worse as 🌞Miguel Oliveira cras😼hed out on lap ten.

The drama was not over though as Bagnaia, who was leading by over sev♛en tenths, made one of his biggest mistakes of 2024.

The factory Ducati rider crashed out of🎐 a comfortable lead on the final lap as h♒e lost the front-end of his GP24 at turn five.

That gave Espargaro the lead𒅌 and win, while Marquez claimed another stunning P2 after overtaking Acosta ❀on the final lap.

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