Martin made a brilliant start f💦rom pole as he led into turn one, however, the same could not be said about Francesco Bagnaia who was overtaken by bot𒈔h factory KTM riders.

Keen to not let Martin get away, B♛inder came straight through on Miller for second at turn 🌄11.

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After co🍷ming under early pressure from Marc Marquez, Bagnaia managed to hold the Honda rider at bay before closing in on Miller for third.

With Marquez now losing pace on lap six, the closest battle inside the top five was concerning third as Bagnaia conti🐟nued to catc♕h Miller.

At the front, Martin held a comfortable lead of six 🦩tenths as he and Binder exchanged personal best lap times.

Taking part in his first MotoGP sprint, Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow was given a ꦜLong Lap penalty at the beginning o🌳f lap seven.

Marquez, who was un𓄧der intense pressure from several riders, lost fifth to Bezzecchi on the run to turn eight.

But both riders ran wide which aꦺꦑllowed Johann Zarco to swoop through. Bezzecchi was the big loser from the mistake as he dropped down to eighth.

Bezzecchi’s error dropped him behind Alei𒁏x Es🍎pargaro who had to retire from the race a lap later due to a technical issue. 

Further forward, Bagnaia was houn🅷ding Miller and attempted to make his way through on lap 10.

But Miller’s defence was fierce as he held off the world champion under brakin❀g at turn 11.

The KTM rider managed to do the same at turn three at the beginning of lap 11 before committing a mistake at the same turn 11 which allowed the world champion th♊rough.