Jorge Martin stunned Francesco Bagnaia to come from🐼 fourth on the grid to lead every lap of the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix sprint to swell his championship le🍷ad.

Pramacꦉ rider Martin endured a scrappy qualifying that left him a disappointing fourth on t💞he grid.

But the Spaniard nailed his l🅘aunch off the line to lead into Turn 1 on the opening lap and res♍isted early pressure from Bagnaia before eventually taking the chequered flag 1.495s clear.

Martin has extended his✃ championship lead to 26 points♍.

Franco Moಌrbidelli completed the podium for the firs🥂t time in any MotoGP race since 2021 after resisting a last-lap move from Enea Bastianini to finish third on his Pramac Ducati.

Marc ಌMarquez recovered to fifth after starting ninth.

Friday’s long run pace suggested Martin and Bagnaia woul💧d be 🍒the riders to beat in Saturday’s sprint.

Martin jumped Bagnaia into Turn 1 from fourth on the grid and t🌃ook a half-a-second lead by the end of▨ the opening tour.

That gap remained stable for the fi🉐rst half of the 13-lap sp🅺rint, as Bagnaia kept his chief title rival in sight.

But as the race wore on, Martin began to break Bagnaiaꦿ’s resolve and would beat him by almost 1.5s to score his first sprint win since Germany in July.

In the early part of the race, Morbidelli ran with the leading two but would soon find himself cast over 🥃a second adrift.

After qualifying down in eighth🌌, Enea Bastianini rallied to put Morbidelli under pressure for the final podium spot.

Factory Ducati rider Bastianini threw his bike up the i🅘nside of Morbidelli at Turn 8 on the last lap, but ran in too hot and allowed the Pramac GP24 backꦡ through to complete the podium.

Marc Marquez put a brave move on Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta into Turn 13 on the last lap t🔯o snatch fifthಞ from the GASGAS rider.

That o♈vertake ensured Marquez held onto third in the standingsꦆ, but is level on 234 points with Bastianini as the pair slide 77 adrift of Martin.

Brad Binder was sevenᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚth ahead of factory KTM rider Jack Miller, while Yamaha’s Fabio 🌸Quartararo took the final point in ninth.

Alex Marqueꦗz was 0.337s outside of the points in 10th on the sister Gresini Ducati, while no Aprilia featured in the top 10 in the sprint - with Maverick Vinales the best of the RS-GPs in 11th.

Joh𝓀ann Zarco was the top Honda rider for LCR in 13t🦩h.

After qualifying on the fr🦂ont row, Marco Bezzecch✤i’s race was a disaster from the off as he plummeted down to eighth on the opening lap.

He would crash out on lap five at Turn 2. On the second tour, his VR46 Ducati team-mate Fabio Di Giannantonio fell off at Turn 14. He w꧋ould rejoin🦩, but pitted into retirement late on.

Honda wildcard Stefan Bradl also retired. 

Full sprint results from the 2024 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix