MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia wins at Jerez

The Gran Premio MotoGP of Spain at Jerez delivered action nobody could predict as some big surprises coupled with Championship drama saw the title fight change course once again.

A heroic comeback from the World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) saw the number 1 fend off the Tissot Sprint winner Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) who piled on the pressure in a nail-biting final two laps to fall just short of the victory.

Despite Bagnaia snapping up a 22-point lead in the Championship, KTM’s dream weekend continued as Binder consolidated solid points to put himself 3rd in the Championship just 25 points away from Bagnaia, with the previous Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) dropping to 2nd after crashing out.

To put the icing on the cake for the Austrian manufacturer, Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) rounded out the Spanish Grand Prix podium having battled hard throughout the race to make it two KTM’s in the top 3 for both the Tissot Sprint and the Grand Prix.

Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) came out of the weekend all guns blazing as the Italian took 2nd place in the Tissot Sprint and went one better in the Grand Prix to take the victory and the Championship lead with the odds stacked against him.

Needless to say, it was Bagnaia who came away from the weekend having scored the most points with Italian snatching nine in the Sprint and 25 in the race to bag a total of 34 towards his Championship campaign.

With the previous Championship leader of Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) only managing to score one point in Jerez with a 9th place finish in the Sprint before a crash in the GP race, Bagnaia now sits pretty at the top with 22 points to the VR46 rider.