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MotoGP: Martins wins Qatar Sprint, closes points gap

Posted by AR1 staff

Ducati horsepower finished 1-2-3-4-5 in the Qatar GP Sprint race that saw Jorge Martin cut Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP championship lead to seven points.

Martin took the lead on Lap 5 and then survived late pressure from Gresini Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio in the closing stages of the 11-lap contest.

VR46 Racing Team’s Luca Marini finished third in an all-Ducati top five, from Gresini’s Alex Marquez and the factory Ducati Team’s Francesco Bagnaia.

Aprilia Racing’s Maverick Viñales got home in sixth, from Red Bull KTM’s Brad Binder and Monster Energy Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.

Qatar Sprint Race Results – 11 Laps

Pos Num Rider Nat Team Bike Behind
1 89 Jorge MARTIN ESP Prima Pramac Racing Ducati +0.000
2 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati +0.391
3 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati +2.875
4 73 Alex MARQUEZ ESP Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati +3.370
5 1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati +3.957
6 12 Maverick VIÑALES ESP Aprilia Racing Aprilia +4.239
7 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +5.761
8 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +6.454
9 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ ESP GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM +8.285
10 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing Ducati +8.314
11 93 Marc MARQUEZ ESP Repsol Honda Team Honda +9.596
12 43 Jack MILLER AUS Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +10.173
13 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati +10.646
14 25 Raul FERNANDEZ ESP CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia +11.117
15 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +12.163
16 44 Pol ESPARGARO ESP GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM +12.745
17 27 Iker LECUONA ESP LCR Honda CASTROL Honda +19.285
18 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda +26.238
19 36 Joan MIR ESP Repsol Honda Team Honda +28.446
20 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati +35.553
DNF 41 Aleix ESPARGARO ESP Aprilia Racing Aprilia +10 laps
DNF 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia

Riders’ Championship

Pos Rider Nat Pts
1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA 417
2 Jorge MARTIN ESP 410
3 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA 323
4 Brad BINDER RSA 257
5 Johann ZARCO FRA 200
6 Aleix ESPARGARO ESP 198
7 Maverick VIÑALES ESP 179
8 Luca MARINI ITA 178
9 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA 158
10 Jack MILLER AUS 156
11 Alex MARQUEZ ESP 155
12 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA 109
13 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA 93
14 Marc MARQUEZ ESP 84
15 Enea BASTIANINI ITA 76
16 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR 76
17 Augusto FERNANDEZ ESP 70
18 Alex RINS ESP 54
19 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN 52
20 Raul FERNANDEZ ESP 40
21 Dani PEDROSA ESP 32
22 Joan MIR ESP 24
23 Pol ESPARGARO ESP 13
24 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA 9
25 Jonas FOLGER GER 9
26 Stefan BRADL GER 8
27 Michele PIRRO ITA 5
28 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA 5
29 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR 3
30 Iker LECUONA ESP 0
31 Alvaro BAUTISTA ESP 0