– Francesco Bagnaia remains the master at Mugello
Riding his Ducati, the Italian rider won the Italian GP for the third year in a row. Jorge Martin, leader of the general classification, finished third.
Published today at 3:20 p.m.
Francesco Bagnaia made the three pass in front of the Italian fans.
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The Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) won the Italian Grand Prix in front of his supporters, the seventh round out of 20 of the MotoGP season, and reduced the gap in the championship on the Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), third, Sunday on the Mugello circuit.
The reigning double world champion, who had swapped the usual red of Ducati for blue on the occasion of the Italian National Day, beat his teammate and compatriot Enea Bastianini (Ducati) and Martin. Six-time Spanish world champion Marc Marquez (Ducati-Gresini) finished fourth.
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“It wasn’t an easy start, but I decided to go outside and it worked. Then I gave everything and was able to keep the lead. It’s fantastic to win here, thank you Mugello!”, he enthused after having communicated at length with his fans.
Bagnaia, who started fifth after receiving a three-place grid penalty for impeding Alex Marquez during qualifying on Friday, had a fantastic start.
After going to the outside at the first turn, the Turinese dove to the rope at the second to take the lead of the race, making the more than 80,000 fans present around the superb Tuscan track roar with pleasure.
Bagnaia then opened a small gap which never exceeded a second but he always managed to keep Martin at bay. The vice-world champion even lost second place at the very last moment, unable to resist the flamboyant comeback of Bastianini, who overtook him on the inside in the last corner, triggering madness in the stands and the Ducati garage .
Marquez, who remained on three podiums in Grands Prix, thought he had done the hardest part by overtaking “la Bestia” six laps from the end, but the Italian gave him back in the penultimate lap before to grab second place.
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The Catalan therefore had to settle for fourth place, ahead of his compatriot Pedro Acosta (GasGas-Tech3) and the Italians Franco Morbidelli (Ducati-Pramac) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati-VR46).
The Top 10 is completed by the Spaniards Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) and Alex Marquez (Ducati-Gresini), and the South African Brad Binder (KTM).
A third of the way through the season, Martin is only 18 points ahead of Bagnaia in the championship standings, while Marc Marquez and Bastianini are respectively 35 and 57 lengths behind.
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