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MotoGP: Bagnaia holds off Quartararo to win at Mugello

Posted by AR1 staff

The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia has scored his first victory in his home MotoGP™ race, the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley. Despite falling deep into the top 10 in the opening corners at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, he hit the front before the halfway mark and banked an important 25 points to get his title bid back on track.

World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo was a commendable second on a Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP entry which had to make up speed in the corners, while Aprilia Racing’s Aleix Espargaro finished third for the fourth race in a row.

Fabio  ‘El Diablo’ Quartararo brought the gap back under a second with around half a dozen laps to go, but the works Ducati rider was able to respond. He was back out to a 1.1 second lead with a lap to go, before cruising to the checkered flag for a 0.6 second victory. It is a triumph which he will surely cherish, and an important one after recording a DNF a race ago in France.

Race Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Behind
1 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 41’18.923
2 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 20 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.635
3 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 16 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1.983
4 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 13 Pramac Racing Ducati 2.590
5 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 11 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 3.067
6 Marini Luca 10 ITA 10 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 3.875
7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 9 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 4.067
8 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 8 LCR Honda Honda 10.944
9 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 7 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.256
10 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 6 Repsol Honda Team Honda 11.800
11 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 5 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 12.916
12 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 4 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 12.917
13 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 3 Pramac Racing Ducati 17.240
14 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 2 LCR Honda Honda 17.568
15 Miller Jack 43 AUS 1 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 17.687
16 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 20.265
17 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20.296
18 Pirro Michele 51 ITA 0 Ducati Test Team Ducati 21.305
19 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 0 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 30.548
20 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 31.011
21 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 42.723
22 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia 1 Lap
23 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati DNF
24 Rins Alex 42 SPA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF
25 Mir Joan 36 SPA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF
26 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda DNF