The start went well for Pedro Acosta, who took the lead from the start and managed to hold onto it at Turn 1. Both Aprilias had a good start, moving into 2nd and 3rd place, while Fabio Di Giannantonio dropped to 5th place behind Marc Márquez.

Acosta made a mistake and lost his position to Marco Bezzecchi, but Acosta didn’t want to give up that easily. Even Francesco Bagnaia, who lost some positions, managed to overtake Mir, moving up to 6th. Di Giannantonio started to move forward, but he was later overtaken again by Marc Márquez. However, Marc made a mistake, allowing Di Giannantonio to take 4th place back.

On lap 2, Johann Zarco crashed out in sector 2 but rejoined the race. After the first lap, the top 10 looked as follows: Bezzecchi, Acosta, Martin, Di Giannantonio, Marc Márquez, Bagnaia, Mir, Aldeguer, Alex Márquez, Ogura.

However, Acosta, trying to defend his first place, made contact with Bezzecchi, causing the incident to be put under investigation. The Yamahas had a bad start, with all of them at the back of the grid. At the front, there was a battle for first place between Bezzecchi, Acosta, and Martin, who had built a gap of over 1 second to Di Giannantonio in 4th.

Marc Márquez finished his long lap penalty on lap 4, dropping to 11th place. At the start of lap 5, Martin tried to overtake Acosta into Turn 1, but Acosta successfully defended his position.

Meanwhile, Joan Mir was given a long lap penalty after he made a mistake and cut the track. Sadly, Mir crashed on lap 6, retiring from the race.

Entering lap 7, Martin made a mistake, running wide at Turn 1 and allowing Di Giannantonio to catch up.

With 10 laps completed, the top 10 looked as follows: Bezzecchi, Acosta, Martin, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia, Ogura, Alex Márquez, Bastianini, Marc Márquez, Fernandez.

On lap 11, Ogura caught up and successfully overtook Bagnaia, moving into 5th place. He then began catching Di Giannantonio in 4th. Ogura made the move, overtaking on the inside and moving into 4th place, ready to chase Acosta in 3rd.

A bit further down, Bastianini caught up to Marc Márquez, preparing an overtake for 7th place.

Meanwhile, Martin in 2nd place was being pressured by Acosta, defending his position.

With 5 laps to go, the top 10 looked as follows: Bezzecchi, Martin, Acosta, Ogura, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Marc Márquez, Alex Márquez, Fernandez.

Ogura, who had a great race so far, suffered technical difficulties and dropped to 10th place before retiring from the race completely.

Bastianini lost his position to Marc Márquez, who started climbing forward after his penalty had dropped him back. However, Bastianini fought back and regained his position.

At the start of lap 17, Marc Márquez overtook Bastianini on the inside, but Bastianini quickly took the position back at the end of the long straight. Their battle continued, with Bastianini eventually making a move on the inside to secure 6th place and begin chasing Bagnaia ahead.

However, Bagnaia had some problems and suddenly dropped to 8th place. Going into the last lap, he was trying to defend his position, while his teammate was defending from Bastianini.

And it was Marco Bezzecchi who won his 5th consecutive victory, with his teammate Jorge Martin finishing in 2nd place. Acosta rounded out the podium. Márquez managed to finish in 5th place ahead of Bastianini, while Bagnaia dropped to 10th place. Toprak Razgatlioglu improved to 15th place, taking his first point in MotoGP.

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