Catalunya MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro wins the sprint after three riders crash from the lead
Aleix Espargaro wins the Catal🅠unya MotoGP sprint after Raul Fernandez, Brad Binder and Francesco Bagnaia all crashed from the lead.

Reigning MotoGP champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia made a brilliant start from the middle of the front row as he took the lead ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder.
Polesitter Aleix Espargaro was moved down to fifth, while Marc Marquez made big progress from 14th on the♉ 🅰grid.
An a🌱ll-action lap three saw Bagnaia demoted from first to fourth in just a few corners.
Acosta w𒁏as firღst to come through on the two-time MotoGP champion at turn one, before Raul Fernandez forced his way through, allowing Brad Binder to capitalise.
Fernandez then wasted no time in taking the lead away from Acosta𒁃 before immediately gapp☂ing the rookie, who began battling against fellow KTM rider Binder.
Bu🎐t Fernandez then threw away a potential first-ever sprint MotoGP win when he crashed at turn ten.
That promoted ⭕Acosta back into the lead, however, Binder quickly ♚came through before also crashing out of the lead on lap seven.
That allowed Bagnaia, who forced his way th🐼rough on Acosta, to inherit the lead before Espargaro gained second positꦛion off Acosta.
The GASGAS rid﷽er beg🧸an to struggle as Marc Marquez, who lost part of his aero early on, was applying pressure for P3.
With a lead of six tenths, Bagnaia was controlling his lead over Espargaro, while Trackhouse Raꦦcing’s day went from bad to worse as Miguel Oliveira crashed out on lap ten.
The drama was not over🃏 though as Bagnaia, who was leading by over seven tenths, made one of his biggest mistakes of 2024.
The factory Ducati rider crashed out of a comfortable lead on the final lap as he lost the front-end of his GP24 aꦅt turn five.
That gave Espargaro the lead and win, while Marquez claimed anothe🧸r stunning P🌄2 after overtaking Acosta on the final lap.