Francesco Bagnaia still number one as he wins the Qatar MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia sent a big messa♏ge to his rivals as he d𝔍ominated the Qatar MotoGP.
Francesco B𒐪agnaia won the Qatar MotoGP, the firs🌳t round of the 2024 season.
Following an aborted start due to an issue for Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin led the field away from pole for the second time thiౠs weekend.
But afte🙈r a brilliant start, Martin soon lost ꦦsecond spot as Francesco Bagnaia came through to lead.
Also making a good start from the second row wa𒁃s Marc Marquez as he moved past Jack Miller and Enea Bastianini for fourth.
Further🐎 b𒐪ack, Pedro Acosta was the fastest rider on circuit as he made quick moves on Aleix Espargaro and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
As Acosta sliced his way through on Bastianini for P6 at t๊he end of lap three, Martin did the same a few corners later on Brad Binder for second spot.
With Marc Marquez struggling to keep touch with the top three, Acosta began hounding the eight-time wor🍌ld champion.
With Bagn🐭aia stretching his lead to over half a second on lap eight, Binder had seen enough as he charged through on Martin.
The one second margin was fina🍌lly broken on lap nine as Bagnaia pulled the pin. That led to a response from Martin who went through on Binder at turn one.
Another switch for second took place one la🅰p later as Binder overtook Martin on the run to ꦓturn one.
After several laps of holding position, Acosta finally made a bid for P4 as he went down the inside of Marc Marquez at turn oneꦛ on lap💦 12.
Acosta then closed in on Martin, however, rear grip soon became an issue. A Mistake on lap 14 allowed Marc Marquez to gai♕n back P4.
Acosta's slide continued as he dropped behind Alex Marquez and Bastianini with seven♒ laps to go.
In the batt⛄le for third, Marc Marquez rapidly closed back in on Martin but the Prꦬamac rider instead gained time on Binder as he eventually dropped the Gresini rider.
