MotoGP Italian GP: Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia Wins Home Grand Prix, Marc Marquez Crashes Out in Mugello

MotoGP Italian GP: Francesco Bagnaia started on the pole and won the full-distance race on Sunday despite the fact that the previous day he had won the sprint race in Mugello under far more difficult circumstances.

By Divyam Dubey | on June 11, 2023 Follow us on Autox Google News

MotoGP Italian GP: Francesco Bagnaia wins his third straight MotoGP race in Mugello, beating off Jorge Martin in a close finish. Bagnaia got off to a great start, but Jack Miller quickly passed him and moved up to first place. The current world champion, though, had an answer waiting for him around the second curve. Marc Marquez of Honda and Alex Marquez of Gresini Ducati fell to fifth, while Brad Binder of KTM moved up to eighth, ahead of Enea Bastianini of Ducati and Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia, while Johann Zarco of Pramac fell out of the top ten. He made gradual progress behind Bagnaia and Martin, who shortly passed Miller and cleared the way. The Australian then had to defend himself against Marini, M Marquez, A Marquez, and Binder. At Turn 1, Alex Marquez executed a daring pass between Marc Marquez and Miller. However, he missed the mark and barely touched Miller, allowing Marini and Marc Marquez to finish third and fourth. 

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MotoGP Italian GP: Mugello Race Result

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After losing momentum on Lap 1, both Binder and Miller began to drop positions, and Alex Marquez passed Zarco for seventh. Marquez crashed in the penultimate curve when he set up a move on Marini, but the Repsol Honda rider was out quite wide before losing the front-end. Yellow flags were raised in sector three after Miguel Oliveira crashed, but the margin between Bagnaia and Martin stayed unchanged at 0.5 seconds. 

POS RIDER TEAM TIME/DIFF
1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo 41m 16.863s
2 Jorge Martin Pramac Ducati +1.067s
3 Johann Zarco Pramac Ducati +1.977s
4 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Ducati +4.625s
5 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM +8.925s
6 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Racing +10.908s
7 Jack Miller Red Bull KTM +10.999s
8 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Ducati +12.654s
9 Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo +17.102s
10 Franco Morbidelli Monster Yamaha +17.610s
11 Fabio Quartararo Monster Yamaha +17.861s
12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing +19.110s
13 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda +21.947s
14 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Ducati +25.906s
15 Augusto Fernandez Tech3 GASGAS +26.500s
16 Michele Pirro Aruba.it Ducati  +30.150s
17 Raul Fernandez RNF Aprilia +38.001s
18 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Factory +38.662s
19 Jonas Folger Tech3 GASGAS +78.912s
20 Alex Marquez Gresini Ducati  DNF
21 Miguel Oliveira RNF Aprilia DNF
22 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda DNF

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MotoGP Italian GP: Ducati Dominates in Mugello

Bagnaia, riding the factory Ducati GP23, began the race from pole position after winning the MotoGP World Championship, but he was forced to work hard by a rotation of his satellite stablemates in what turned out to be another sometimes frenetic Sprint to the flag. Being the manufacturer's home event, expectations were high for a top showing this weekend. So far this weekend, they seem to have considerably surpassed everyone's expectations. In today's MotoGP sprint, the manufacturer's superiority was on full display, and the fans took notice.

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Pecco Bagnaia, a factory rider for Ducati, had a fantastic season up to that point. This weekend's sprint was another one in which he placed well, continuing a recent trend. The Italian rider ultimately came out on top in the Sprint race, ahead of four other Ducati-powered motorcycles. 

At the Mugello MotoGP sprint, Pecco Bagnaia took first place while Marco Bezzecchi came in second. Meanwhile, Jorge Martin finished in third place. Both Johann Zarco and Luca Marini rode Ducati motorcycles and finished in the top two positions
 

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