“Massive shock when Maverick overtook me. I believed it was (Pedro) Acosta as a result of usually he’s the quickest on KTM. He was tremendous quick, however I had that margin for the tip. Victory in Qatar is superb.”
Marc had one other good begin off the road to take the lead into flip one however contact with Gresini Racing’s Alex led to wreck on the again of Marc’s bike and Morbidelli, who had began fourth on the grid, capitalised to surge into the lead.
Alex didn’t fare any higher and the Spaniard was concerned in one other collision, this time with VR46 Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio which noticed each riders lose positions.
Alex instantly put his hand as much as apologise and the stewards gave him a protracted lap penalty that dropped him right down to twelfth, placing an finish to any hopes of a podium having completed second in each dash and race this season.
Bagnaia and Marc then swapped positions whereas battling for second, utilizing one another’s slipstream to overhaul, whereas Vinales on the Purple Bull KTM additionally moved as much as third.
However Marc was clearly struggling with out one fin and one other flapping loosely within the wind as Vinales out-braked the six-times champion at flip one to take second place.
Vinales then set his sights on Morbidelli and the KTM rider took the lead on the primary straight with 12 laps left whereas Marc and Bagnaia additionally discovered their well past the yellow VR46 bike.
Defending MotoGP champion Jorge Martin was competing in his first race of the season after getting back from accidents however the Aprilia rider went down on the kerb on flip 11 and didn’t end.
Up entrance, Marc lastly regained the lead for the primary time since lap one when Vinales ran large and allowed his compatriot to maneuver up a spot with seven laps left.
That was all Marc wanted within the enterprise finish of the race as he determined there was no extra have to preserve his tyres, setting back-to-back quickest laps to open up a spot on Vinales earlier than cruising to the chequered flag.
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