After both making good launches, Martin dove to the inside for tit෴le rival Bagnaia as contact was made heading into turn one.

Luca Marini led from pole with Alex Marquez second, however, the slowest starting Ducati was Fabio Di Gi🌊annantonio who dropped from second to sixth.

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There was contact again on lap two as Martin put a big move on Bagnaia for third, before the world champion l♈ost fourth to Di Giannantonio. 

At the front, Marquez attempted to take the lead for the first time but Marini fought str🌊aight back to keep the lea🌠d. 

The fastest riders 𒀰on circuit, Mar🌳tin and Di Giannantonio immediately caught the top two while Marc Marquez was shoved from sixth to ninth after contact from Brad Binder. 

After failing to make his second attempt at taking the lead stick on lap five, M🍬arquez lost second to a charging Martin. 

Before lap five was over, Martin took the lead at the first time of aski🌌ng as he dove to the inside of Marini at the final corner. 

Trying to win his first race in MotoGP, Di Giannantonio tried to follow Martin aftღer coming through on Marini on lap six. 

Clear of Marini, Di Giannantonio’s first lap in clean air was a quick one as he ga༒ined two tenths on Martin to reduce the lead to three tenths. 

Despite intens𝔍e pressure from the Gresini rider, Martin held strong to take victory and close to within seven points of Bagnaia. 

The reigning world champion was only fifth as he held off Mave♐rick Vinales, who was the first no𒆙n Ducati finisher.