Miguel Oliveira dominates Indonesian MotoGP in horrendously wet conditions
The race was seriously close to be cancelled💯 due to torrential rain after Marc Marquez had already been💎 ruled out after a shocking crash during the warm-up.
But after a long delay the first-ever race at Mandalika finally got underway with Fabio Quartararo leading into turn oneꦜ from pol🔥e.
As was the case in Qatar, Jorge Martin got a disappointing start as he went from second to sixt🌃h in the opening few corners.
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With wet conditions seemingly still a struggle for Quartararo, the w♉orld champion split from first to third in a matter of two c൩orners as Oliveira took the lead from Jack Miller.
One of the stron🅰gest riders in wet conditions, Miller wasted no time in taking the lead off Oliveira on lap two.
The Ducati rider made a lovely move on the brakes heading into turn ten, 🍸while Quartararo came under inten🐈se pressure from Alex Rins and Johann Zarco.
Struggling for both outright pace and straight line spee🎃d, Quartararo was soon relegated to fifth as Rins and Zarco got through in consecutive corners.
After setting a new fastest lap, Miller started to face pressure from Oliveirꦬa who had clear ideas of taking back the lead.
The KTM rider did just that on lap five before gapping the Australian by over a full second in just one laꦇp.
At the start of lap eight a slow moving Andrea Dovizꦦioso had to retireജ due to a problem with his M1 Yamaha, while Jorge Martin became the first crasher of the race.
The Pramac rider, who was clearly pushing hard in order to try to recover after a poor🍸 start, lost the front on the entry to turn one. It’s a fall that leaves the Spaniard with zero points from two races.
As Oliveira continued to set fastest laps, Miller was slowly heading back into the clutches of Rins and Z🌊arco who could smell a🧸 first podium of 2022.
However, the first overtake between the trio came from Zarco as he drifted round the ou🌼tside of Rins, which then led to him being on the inside for turn 12.
With no one left between himself and Mil🃏ler, Zarco began to quickly reel in the factory Ducati rider.
Behind Miller and Zarco, Rins was dropped to fifth as pole sitter Qua🐟rtararo began to show impressive lꦓate race pace.
With Zarco ta൩king too long to get through on Mꦇiller, the two-time Moto2 champion was overtaken by Quartararo for third at turn 15.
Zarco tried to respond at turn one, but as was the case when trying to pass Miller, the 31 year-old ran wide which nearly led to contact as he came back towards the racing line with Quartararo on his inside. ๊;
After his move for third, Quartararo wasted no time in picking o𓆏ff Miller’s Ducati for second with four laps to go.
As the🐈 Yamaha rider set about closing in race leader Oliveira, Zarco finally made his move on Miller stick for third, however, it was too late for him to try and keep pace with Quartararo.
Meanwhile, Quartararo reduced Oliveira’s lead by two seconds in as many laps, but the KTM ride🌳r, who was clearly controlling the pace, responded and therefore kept a comfortable margin until the final lap.
With the top five of Oliveira, Quartararo, Zarco, Miller and Rins remaining unchanged, a six-rider battle was heating up behind Joan Mir, who impressively came𒁏 from P18 to claim sixth and Franco Morbidelli in seventh.
MotoGP rookie Darryn Binder looked set to hold ontꦐo P8 following a stunning battle with championship leader Enea Bastianini on the penultimate lap - the pair exchanged posit🌊ions on four occasions in five corners, however, it was Darryn’s brother Brad who came through to take eighth from Aleix Espargaro.
Darryn did hold on for a first top ten in MotoGP, while ⭕Bastianini was P11 for Gresꩲini Racing Ducati.
