MotoGP News: Marquez crashes from lead handing win to Bagnaia

Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead on a wet COTA circuit, handing the win to his factory Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia.

Bagnaia made no mistake after inheriting the lead from Marquez, who had won every sprint and grand prix of the season up until today.

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The error was enough for Marc to lose the lead of the world championship to his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati), who moved ahead of Marc by one point after claiming another solid second place.

Polesitter Marquez made a good start and got the lead and immediately opened a gap to the field. Bagnaia was fourth behind Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio but he was soon on the move.

Marquez stretched his lead to 1.4s by lap 4, Bagnaia needed until then to get past Alex. and set the fastest lap on lap 5, and now had a 2-second lead over Bagnaia who had moved up to 2nd.

Then Marquez chocked and lost control of his Ducati at Turn 4. He got going again, but his bike was broken and eventually he was forced to retire.

That left Bagnaia to streak to a comfortable victory, as Alex Marquez failed to offer any serious challenge.

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