George Martin won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race on Saturday afternoon at Phillip Island, Australia. riding His Prima Pramac Racing Ducati On Michelin control tires, World Championship points leader He won the 13-lap race by 1.520 seconds.
Six-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez was racing the Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP23.
Ine Bastianini He finished third His Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
His team and World champion Francesco Bagnaia finished fourth.
For the championship, Bagnaya is 16 points behind arch-rival Martin, who has 404 points. M. Marquez is third with 320 points.
Further, from Dorna’s press release:
Martin Sublime as Marquez and Bastianini stay in the fight. The Spaniard celebrates Tissot’s sprint victory at Phillip Island, finishing ahead of Marc Marquez and Innea Bastianini.
George Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) extended its title advantage at the Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix after a stunning run for Tissot. The #89 started from the pole position and set a steady pace before falling to glory. Martin crossed the line early Mark Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), advanced to second place after a strong start. Ine Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) took last place on the Sprint podium after a fantastic 10th on the grid. The ‘beast’ crossed the line before his teammate Francesco Bagnaia(Ducati Lenovo Team), who took fourth and now has a 16-point deficit with Martin in the championship.
Excitement filled the air as the lights went out as Martin claimed his perfect start from pole position and raced into turn 1. #89 in Marco Bezecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and Bagnaia got off to a fantastic start on the grid from P5 in pursuit of the reigning world champion.
It was a tough start to the Sprint for Marc Marquez, the #93 dropped to eighth place after running in Turn 1. Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) and Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing), Bastianini and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) opting for P4.
Martin put the hammer down early, extending a one-second lead to Bezeci, who was now under intense pressure from Bagnaia. Bezechi soon came under pressure from a hard-charging Marc Marquez, making the #1 move into second on lap 4.
Positions continued to change, as Marc Marquez set his sights on Baggia and Bezcicci dropped to fourth before the #93 went into lap 8 as the gap narrowed in each sector as Baggia could not match the pace and soon dropped to fourth, catching up with Bastianini. A gap in his partner’s armor and access to the platform rostrum.
Drama b Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), crashing on lap 8 to the disappointment of the Australian crowd. The # 43 was not the only rider who had a difficult day, withJohann Zarko (CASTROL Honda LCR) and Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) are also suffering from crashes during the Sprint.
Meanwhile, Bezecchi and Viñales continued their fierce battle for fifth place, overtaking the Italian at the start of lap 12. But it all came crashing down when Bezecchi and Viñales collided. Binder’s points hopes were dashed a few minutes later as the South African lost the front end at Turn 4.
No one could match Martin’s pace in the closing stages of the sprint to power the #89 to victory at Phillip Island. Martin crossed the line 1.520s ahead of the recovering Marc Marquez, crossing the line in second and ahead of Bastiani as the battle for third place in the championship continued.
Bagnaia crossed the line in fourth place to find the pace on Sunday after Martin lost more points. Meanwhile, Fabio D’Giantantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) finished sixth ahead of Morbidelli and secured fifth. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) had a confidence-boosting Saturday with a seventh-place finish early on. Alex Espargaro (Aprilia Racing). The final point of the day went Red Bull GASGAS Tech3’s way as #41 claimed a strong finish. Augusto Fernandez.
After a strong Sprint, the action doesn’t end at Phillip Island, make sure you tune in to the Australian GP on Sunday at 14:00 local time (UTC +11) as Bagnaia sets his sights on redemption and Martin is a perfect eye-closer. Weekend!
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