Italian Enea Bastianini claimed victory at his house Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday after a dramatic last lap battle with Jorge Martin, securing Ducati’s one hundredth MotoGP win, whereas reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out from third place.
Spain’s Marc Marquez completed third for Gresini Racing on the Misano circuit and with three Ducati bikes on the rostrum, the Italian producer additionally clinched the constructors’ championship with six rounds to spare.
With Spaniard Martin main the race on the ultimate lap, Bastianini made an aggressive overtake on flip 4 that elbowed the Pramac Racing rider out of the way in which earlier than he took the chequered flag as the house crowd roared in delight.
“Jorge was perfect for all the race and it was too difficult to try to overtake him,” Bastianini mentioned after his second race victory of the season.
“In the last lap, I saw a bit of space inside turn number four, I entered a bit on the limit but at the end, I closed the line … It’s incredible to win today here in Misano in front of my friends.”
Martin completed second and the consequence prolonged his lead over Bagnaia within the riders’ championship to 24 factors.
Polesitter and dash winner Bagnaia briefly fell to second when Martin had yet one more excellent launch off the road however the Italian instantly took again his place on the head of the pack on the subsequent flip.
However, Martin didn’t hand over and after swapping positions as soon as, he ultimately made an overtake stick on the within, forcing Bagnaia to again off earlier than his teammate Bastianini additionally moved up because the reigning champion fell to 3rd.
Bagnaia struggles
Bagnaia gave the impression to be having bother along with his tempo with slower laps as Martin rapidly prolonged his lead however Bastianini gave chase on his house circuit.
Pedro Acosta had executed effectively to remain in fourth however the Tech3 rookie slid off with 18 laps to go, permitting Marquez to maneuver as much as fourth and slot in behind Bagnaia who was clearly struggling to catch as much as the lead pack.
With 12 laps left, Bagnaia immediately lit up the screens when he began setting race lap data and that spurred Martin to additionally improve his tempo when he acquired the message from the pit wall.
But all of the meters Bagnaia ate as much as reel in Martin had been thrown away when the Italian misplaced his steadiness on flip eight, making his landmark one hundredth MotoGP race one to neglect along with his third Sunday retirement of the season.
That left Martin to battle it out with only one manufacturing facility Ducati and Bastianini, who was egged on by the followers, was relentless in his pursuit of the Spaniard who practically surrendered the lead with three laps left.
But Bastianini’s last-lap overtake pushed Martin off the observe because the Spaniard slowed down and raised his arm in protest though he ultimately accepted the consequence.
“I just tried to close the gap, I think the maneuver maybe was a bit too much because he pushed me out of the track, so I couldn’t fight back,” Martin mentioned.
“I think I was stronger. I deserve the victory but it’s okay. I will try again in the next one.”
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