MotoGP Indonesia: Francesco Bagnaia wins from 13th to inflict maximum damage after Jorge Martin mistake

Francesco Bagnaia produced a world champion's performance in Mandalika as he went from 13th to victory at the Indonesian MotoGP, while title rival Jorge Martin crashed from the lead. 
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Mandalika 2023
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Mandalika 2023

As expected, sprint winner Jorge Martin made a stunning launch as he went from sixth to first before turn one🤡.

With Maverick Vinales in hot pursuit, Martin pusheꩵd on the pꦅace as they began to break clear on lap one.

Also making a great start was Fran♑cesco Bagnaia, as the reigning world champion was sixth come the end of lap one.

Bagnaia made up even more positions on lap two after Brad Binder made a mistake♛ at turn ten andౠ hit Luca Marini.

The contact resulted in Marini going down and losing fourth place. Binder lost positions to Bagnaia💫 and Aleix Espargaro after running wide.

Clearly at fault for Marini’s fall, Binder was given a Long Lap penalty at the be🅺g𒐪inning of lap five, which he served one lap later. 

After failing to finish the sprint race🍬 due to a lap one crash, Marq꧑uez suffered the same fate on lap eight of the grand prix. Marquez lost the front-end at turn 13. 

Bind✨er was then under investigation for a s🦋econd time after hitting Miguel Oliveira at turn two.

The KTM rider dove to the inside of Oliveira after seeing the Portuguese𒆙 rider run wide at turn one, but contact was made which led to ﷽his former teammate going off circuit. 

Honඣda’s day then went from bad to worse as Joan༒ Mir crashed on lap 12, which was also the case for Augusto Fernandez.

But it was lap 13 thಞat produced the biggest shock as Ma𓆉rtin, who was comfortably leading by over three seconds, crashed out of the lead.

Martin went down at tur▨n 11 as he lost the front-end of his Pramac Ducati. 

Martin’🌜s tꩲeammate Johann Zarco also crashed out of the race at the same corner, while Binder was given a second Long Lap penalty.

At🃏 the front, Bagnaia began catching Vinales lap after lap before producing a brilliant move under braking at turn ten. 

The overtake came with nine laps to go, however, Bagnaia was not the quickest rid🌠er on circuit as Fabio Quartararo was catching the leading duo. 

Vinales then started coming back at Bagnaia with f🌊ive laps to go, as he reduced a one second lead to just over half a second. 

Despite𒁃 Vinales and Quartararo getting very🍌 close on the final lpa, Bagnaia held strong to inflict maximum damage to Martin.

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