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M. Marquez dominated Sprint race and takes victory in Hungary
MotoGP Reports Marc Marquez Ducati Lenovo team motogphungary
The Sprint took place without any crashes. There was a couple of warnings about exceeding track limits but after all, no one got a penalty. The start was clear, both M. Marquez and Pedro Acosta kept their positions from start to finish.
Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta both had a good start and they kept their positions. Bezzecchi gained three positions and appeared on third with Aldeguer behind. On the first lap Marquez built a gap on Acosta of 0. 94 second.
On the second lap Martin went off track in Turn 9 and lost some positions. He rejoined the grid on the seventh place. Aldeguer made a mistake at the end of this lap so Fernandez overtook him.
On lap 4 Moreira received a warning for exceeding track limits. By this time M. Marquez extended his lead over Acosta on 2. 061 seconds while Acosta also built a gap on Bezzecchi of 1. 412 seconds. With seven laps to go the standings were: M. Marquez, Acosta, Bezzecchi, Fernandez, Aldeguer.
Five laps to go, Bagnaia received a warning for exceeding track limits. Same thing happened to Fernandez with three laps remaining.
Two laps before the end Fernandez got closer to Bezzecchi and attacked him few times but Bezzecchi managed to keep his position.
On the last lap there was a battle for the nineth place as Di Giannantonio tried to overtake Bagnaia. The Ducati driver kept his position and finished the race on the last pointed place.
Sprint results:
1st – Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team)
2nd – Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing) – +1.548
3rd – Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) – +2.722
4th – Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) – +3.973
5th – Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing) – +4.366
6th – Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) – +5.708
7th – Diogo Moreira (Honda LCR) – +6.285
8th – Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3) – +7.587
9th – Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) – +8.237
10th – Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Racing Team) – +8.469
11th – Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) – +11.609
12th – Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) – +12.070
13th – Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) – +14.173
14th – Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) – +15.799
15th – Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) – +15.961
16th – Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing) – +16.376
17th – Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha MotoGP Team) – +17.070
18th – Iker Lecuona (Gresini Racing) – +17.381
19th – Maverick Viñales (KTM Tech3) – +19.490
20th – Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Racing Team) – +20.662
21st – Alex Rins (Yamaha MotoGP Team) – +24.063
22nd – Cal Crutchlow (Honda LCR) – +30.947
