MotoGP Malaysia: Enea Bastianini claims stunning victory at Sepang, Francesco Bagnaia fights back

Enea Bastianini wins for the first time this season after dominating the Malaysian MotoGP, while team-mate Francesco Bagnaia responded to Jorge Martin in the title fight.
Enea Bastianini, Ducati MotoGP Sepang 2023
Enea Bastianini, Ducati MotoGP Sepang 2023

Unlike the sprint, Martin made a greꦕat start as he attempted to take the lead heading into turn one.

However, the Pramac rider was too late on t♏he brakes as he ran wide which allowed four riders, including title🍌 rival Bagnaia to come through.

The polesitte🍌r also lost two places as team-mate Bastianini and Alex Marquez got through on the reigning world champion. 

On lap three Martin made his first mo꧅ve on Bagnaia, but the latter made sure he didn’t succumb to the pressure.

Bagnaia swept back underneath Martin on the exit of turn 14 before doin🎐g the same on lap four. 

Joan Mir, who crashed during the sprint, went do⛦wn on lap five of the main race while Miguel Oliveira suffered the same fate one lap ꦬlater. 

After crashing 🍸four times on Friday, Aleix Espargaro suffered another fall in the Grand Prix𒀰 at turn nine. 

As the race co🐻ntinued to develop, so did the gap between Bagnaia and Martin as a margin of two seconds separated the pair with 12 laps gone.

T🃏here was a fall for Brad Binder on lap 12 as the factory KTM rider went dowꦡn at turn ten whilst battling for eighth.

A lap later and it was another troublesome moment for Honda as Takaaki🔥 Nakagami crashed at turn nine. 

Fabio Quartararo continued his brilliant ride with a move on Marco Bezzecchi for P5. His latest overtake came after distancing him༺self from Jack Miller and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

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