The fall of Pedro Acosta with three laps to go he opened wide Francesco Bagnaia the gates of victory in Sprint of the Japanese Grand Prix conditioned by an intermittent and non-homogeneous drizzle. Pecco preceded at the finish line by Motegithe companion of Ducati Factory Enea Bastianini e Marc Marquez authors of a great duel in the finale. Only fourth Jorge Martin despite a great start from 11th place on the starting grid, ahead of Morbidelli e By Giannantonio. With this result Bagnaia closes the gap in the drivers’ standings and moves up to -15 da Martinator.
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SPRINT GP JAPAN – Bagnaia gets off to a great start from the front row and burns poleman Acosta. But Jorge Martin does better, a lightning start from 11th place which already takes him to 5th place. Marquez is immediately behind him and passes him on the 2nd lap. While Binder greets the company for the podium due to a problem with his Ktm, Acosta smells glory: he passes Bagnaia with a great braking and tries to escape.
Acosta flies, Bagnaia and Bastianini try to stay in his wake. Martin, on the other hand, is struggling and after a masterpiece start, he struggles to keep up with even Marquez in front of him.
Plot twist with 3 laps to go with Pedro Acosta heading towards victory which lies in the gravel. Bagnaia takes the lead. Behind him, sparks fly between Bastianini and Marquez who pass and overtake each other, in the end Enea prevails with a big braking move on the penultimate lap. Martin is satisfied with fourth place ahead of tomorrow’s long race.
Source: sport.virgilio.it
