Pecco Bagnaia burns Jorge Martin in Misano sprint
Pecco Bagnaia burns Jorge Martin in Misano sprint
Fourth victory of the season and ttava in his career in a sprint race for Pecco Bagnaia. The two-time reigning world champion of the factory Ducati beat his direct rival for the title, the Spaniard of Ducati Pramac Jorge Martin, in the sprint race of the Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna at the Misano Adriatico circuit.
At the start Bagnaia starts badly as often happens to him, Martin on the other hand well and keeps the lead until the eighth lap, when there are six to go, when, conditioned by a warning for track limits arrives long in a curve and is bypassed by Bagnaia.
285 the thousandths of a second for the Turinese over the Spaniard, who now sees his overall lead over his rival shrink to just 4 lengths. Third place at 1”319 for Enea Bastianni on the’other official Dcati, fourth at over 5 seconds Marc Marquez on the Ducati Gresini. First non-Ducati bike was that of Pedro Acosta, fifth on the KTM.
