Enea Bastianini holds off Brad Binder to claim a sensational maiden MotoGP win in Qatar, while fellow Ducati ridꦓers Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin crash out after contact at turn one.&꧂nbsp;

For all the hype re🦩garding their starts in 2021, very much deserved I might add, Martin and Bastianini got a shockin🧜g launch off the line while Marc Marquez and Pol Esaprgaro made it a Repsol Honda 1-2 heading into turn one. 

Making up the top three on the exit of turn one was Binder, who also made a stunning getaway🎀 from P7 aboard his KTM RC16 machine. 

Another fast starter was Suzuki’s Joan Mir as the 2020 world champion made up ♑four places over the course of laps one a𝔉nd two. 

However, Mir’s progress soon slowed once behind the two Hondas and Binder who were controlling the pace out in front.&n♑bsp; 

With things looking relatively se𒊎ttled, a change for second place came at the beginning of lap six as Marquez ran꧒ wide at turn one, allowing Binder to come through. 

Marquez was then shuffled down to P4 ♎as Bastianini began to make his way back towards the front. Bastianini’sꦗ move on Marquez came just a few corners after getting past Mir. 

Laps eight and nine 💧saw back-to-back retirements as Jack Miller made his way down pit lane due to an issue with his factory Ducati, while Marc൲o Bezzecchi crashed at turn 16. 

Alex Marquez was the next rider to suffer a fall as turn one claimed the🌃 LCR Honda rider. Just a few moments later and it was Miguel Oliveira who was next to fall victim at tu💮rn one as he suffered a front end crash like Marquez. 

At the front, the top four of P. Espargaro, Binder, Bastianini and Marquez bega🌞n to pull clear, as A. Espargaro made his way through on Mir for fifth✤. 

A race-defining incident then cam🔯e with 11 laps to go as a coming together between Francesco Bagnaia and Martin led to both riders crashing out.

Bagnaia, who was making a move into turn one, lost th💜e front which led to him wiping out the pole sitter. 

At the start 🃏of lap 14 Bastianini made his way past Binder as the South African started to lose significant ground on P. Espargaro. 

Despite maintaining a very quick pace at the front, Espargaro’s lead was re🎶duced to under one second for the first time in four laps as Bastianini began closing in with seven to go. 

A nine te𓂃nth lead was then reduced to six in the space of one lap as Bastianini could see a first MotoGP win up ahead. 

Bastianini’s next lap round, lap 18 of 22 was a new fastest lap of the🎀 race before an inevitable change for the lead cꦑame on lap 19. 

Bastianini🌄 used the Ducati’s incredible top speed to get ahead before the start-finish lꦗine before Espargaro made a huge mistake on the brakes. 

Espargaro seemed to get affected♑ by the dirty air of Bastianini’s bike and ran off-track which allowed Binder through. 

The final two laps saw Binder break clear of Espargaro and begin to reel in Bastianini, however🅘, the second-year MotoGP rider held on in brilliant fashion to win by three tenths. 

P. Espargaro managed to hold off 🍰his brother Aleix 🌜for third, while Marquez came across the line in a subdued P5 - seven tenths ahead of Mir. 

Rounding out the top ten were Rins, Zarco who pipped Quartararo over the line, and Takaaꦏki ꦫNakagami in tenth respectively.