Marc Marquez fought aggressively to win MotoGP race in Italian GP, ahead of Alex Marquez and Fabio di Giannantonio.
It was fighting start to MotoGP race in Italian GP at Mugello as Francesco Bagnaia took the lead from Ducati teammate Marc Marquez, as Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez stationed in third. VR46 Ducati’s Franco Morbidelli jumped Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo for fourth.
Tech 3 KTM’s Maverick Vinales was sixth from KTM’s Pedro Acosta, VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio, Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi and Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer in the Top 10. Tech 3’s Enea Bastianini crashed at the end of Lap 1, as LCR Honda’s Somkiat Chantra was handed double long gap penalty.
He had incorrect start procedure. While he served at the back of the pack, M Marquez came back on Bagnaia to retake the lead but they didn’t stop there. Their fight continued where Bagnaia slightly clipped the rear tyre of M Marquez, which allowed A Marquez to get through second.
But the slipstream game at the main straight came handy for Bagnaia, who came back on M Marquez. The back and forth lap after lap continued until a mistake from Bagnaia at the start of Lap 6, which allowed A Marquez to come at him on the outside. He went wide but stayed with the pack.
He made quick work in subsequent laps to take the Italian GP lead, as M Marquez slotted in second from Bagnaia for things to settle down a bit from Lap 7 onward. Morbidelli was fourth from Vinales, di Giannantonio and Acosta – who all managed to clear Quartararo lap after lap.
Trackhouse Aprilia’s Raul Fernandez was up to 10th from KTM’s Brad Binder, Yamaha’s Alex Rins, Honda’s Joan Mir, Pramac Yamaha’s Miguel Oliveira and Trackhouse Ai Ogura in the Top 15 points places. They were helped by a drop for Aldeguer and crash of LCR’s Johann Zarco.
As M Marquez managed to clear A Marquez on Lap 9, Vinales made a move on Morbidelli but the two made contact when the Italian tried to sneak through the Spaniard on the left-hander. Morbidelli was handed a long gap penalty, where he lost a place to teammate di Giannantonio.
Morbidelli attempted to serve his long gap penalty but went slightly wide, which meant he had to serve it again. He dropped to sixth before his second serve where he dropped to seventh. It was di Giannantonio in fourth from Bezzecchi, with Fernandez up to sixth after battle with Acosta.
The KTM rider was eighth from Binder and Quartararo in the Top 10, as Pramac’ Jack Miller retired in the pits due to clutch issues. As M Marquez steadied in the front, A Marquez came under pressure from Bagnaia for couple of laps. The Italian tried to have a look in, but didn’t manage to.
Amid this, di Giannantonio caught the back of Bagnaia and hustled him for third. Bezzecchi was a distant fifth from Morbidelli, who cleared Fernandez for sixth. Binder picked up teammate Acosta for eighth, as Quartararo hung on to 10th from Mir and Ogura, who cleared Rins for 11th and 12th.
Oliveira was 14th, with Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami in the points in 15th but Aldeguer was coming in hot. The battle for third was finished after laps of waiting when di Giannantonio took third on the inside of Bagnaia with two laps to go. Ahead of them, M Marquez took another MotoGP win in Italian GP.
A Marquez was second as he resisted di Giannantonio by just for second, with Baganaia having to settle for fourth ahead of lonely Bezzecchi, Morbidelli and Fernandez. The fight for eighth went onto the last lap between the KTM riders, where Acosta took eighth from Binder.
A late push from Ogura put him in 10th from 21st on the grid, as Mir was 11th ahead of a recovering Aldeguer. The Yamaha charge was eventually led by Oliveira who cleared both Quartararo and Rins, in the battle for 13th, 14th and 15th, as Nakagami missed out finishing just outside Top 15.
Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori was 17th from Chantra to round the 18 finishers. Result: https://x.com/MotoGP/status/1936774285697089989
Here’s how MotoGP sprint in Italian GP panned out
