Bastianini wins Emilia-Romagna MotoGP, Martin extends championship lead

Jorge Martin extended his pb successful the title standings acknowledgment Francesco Bagnaia crashing out.

Italian Enea Bastianini won his location Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix aft a last thigh showdown with Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin to springiness Ducati a 100th MotoGP triumph portion reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed retired portion successful 3rd place.

Spain’s Marc Marquez finished 3rd for Gresini Racing astatine the Misano circuit connected Sunday.

With 3 Ducati bikes connected the podium, the Italian shaper besides clinched the constructors’ title with six rounds to spare.

Constructors' Championship secured astatine Round 14 ✅👑@ducaticorse marque much past connected location turf! 🏆

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As Spaniard Martin led the contention connected the last lap, Bastianini made an assertive overtake connected crook 4 that elbowed the Pramac Racing rider retired of the mode earlier helium took the chequered emblem arsenic the location assemblage roared successful delight.

“Jorge was cleanable for each the contention and it was excessively hard to effort to overtake him,” Bastianini said aft his 2nd contention triumph of the season.

“In the past lap, I saw a spot of abstraction wrong crook fig four. I entered a spot connected the limit, but astatine the end, I closed the enactment … It’s unthinkable to triumph contiguous present successful Misano successful beforehand of my friends.”

Martin finished 2nd and the effect extended his pb implicit Bagnaia successful the riders’ title to 24 points.

Polesitter and sprint victor Bagnaia concisely fell to 2nd erstwhile Martin had yet different cleanable motorboat disconnected the line, but the Italian instantly took backmost his spot astatine the caput of the battalion connected the adjacent turn.

However, Martin did not springiness up and aft swapping positions once, helium yet made an overtake instrumentality connected the inside, forcing Bagnaia to backmost disconnected earlier his teammate Bastianini besides moved up arsenic the reigning champion fell to third.

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia led Prima Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Ducati teammate Enea Bastianini earlier crashing retired during the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix astatine the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy [Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters]

Bagnaia seemed to beryllium having occupation with his gait with slower laps arsenic Martin rapidly extended his lead, but Bastianini gave pursuit connected his location circuit.

Pedro Acosta had done good to enactment successful fourth, but the Tech3 rookie slid disconnected with 18 laps to go, allowing Marquez to determination up to 4th and slot successful down Bagnaia who was intelligibly struggling to drawback up to the pb pack.

With 12 laps left, Bagnaia abruptly lit up the screens erstwhile helium started mounting contention thigh records – and that spurred Martin to besides summation his gait erstwhile helium received the connection from the pit wall.

But each the metres Bagnaia ate up to reel successful Martin were thrown distant erstwhile the Italian mislaid his equilibrium connected crook eight, making his landmark 100th MotoGP contention 1 to hide with his 3rd Sunday status of the season.

That near Martin to conflict it retired with conscionable 1 mill Ducati portion Bastianini, who was egged connected by the fans, was relentless successful his pursuit of the Spaniard who astir surrendered the pb with 3 laps left.

But Bastianini’s last-lap overtake pushed Martin disconnected the way arsenic the Spaniard slowed down and raised his limb successful protestation though helium yet accepted the result.

“I conscionable tried to adjacent the gap, I deliberation the manoeuvre possibly was a spot excessively overmuch due to the fact that helium pushed maine retired of the track, truthful I couldn’t combat back,” Martin said.

“I deliberation I was stronger. I merit the victory, but it’s OK.”

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