MotoGp, Bagnaia immediately lays down the law in Qatar. Marc Marquez fourth

MotoGp, Bagnaia immediately lays down the law in Qatar. Marc Marquez fourth

Impressive show of strength by Pecco Bagnaia in Qatar: in the first race of the season, the two-time world champion of Ducati immediately took the victory, putting Brad Binder (KTM) and Jorge Martin (Ducati Pramac) behind him. After a great start and thanks to an irresistible pace for his rivals, Bagnaia commanded the race from the first to the last lap, sweeping away the doubts that had emerged after Saturday’s sprint race, which had seen Martin triumph. Instead, the Pramac rider è had to settle for third in the race behind the excellent Binder.

Bagnaia, who started fifth, immediately took the lead surprising Martin and Binder. The Piedmontese rider then took advantage of the spectacular battle between the Pramac team centaur and the KTM rider to take a reassuring lead over the first pursuers. Behind the trio Marc Marquez è instead, he was undermined by the excellent rookie Pedro Acosta, who without reverential fears dueled with the eight-time world champion, putting him in difficulty.

Bagnaia in front maintained a hellish pace, keeping Binder detached by a second and Martin even more distant and undermined by Marquez. Behind them after half the race Acosta lost altitude, while Alex Marquez and the other centaur of the official Ducati team, Enea Bastianini, climbed up.

Bagnaia è was also flawless in the final laps and è went on to win a framing victory: behind him Binder, Martin, Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini. Also in the top ten were Alex Marquez, Di Giannantonio, Aleix Espargarò, Pedro Acosta and Maverick Vinales. Marco Bezzecchi finished just in 14th position, Fabio Quartararo è instead finished 11th.

Order of finish (top 10)
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Bagnaia
Binder
Martin
M.Marquez
Bastianini
A.Marquez
Di Giannantonio 
Espargarò
Acosta
Vinales