Looking to win his first-ever MotoGP race, Apri꧙lia’s first in the MotoGP era, Espargaro got a good start despite it not bein𒀰g enough to retain the lead. 

That honour instead went to Jorge Martin who made a brilliant launch from P♓2, as did Pol Espargaro from fourth. 

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Looking to make up fo𒅌r poor qualifying sessions, Takaaki Nakagami and Enea Bastianini were two of the biggest movers as both made 🍰their way in the top ten. 

On the ♛other hand it was a shocker for the reigning world champion Fabio ♏Quartararo, who dropped from P6 to 13th. 

At the front, Martin and Espargaro began to pull clear of Pol in third. Lap three saw back-to-back fastest laps from both riders, with Espargaro going two tenths quick▨er. 

There was more misery for Andrea Dovizioso who had to🅠 retire for the second consecutive race weekend. 

Although top speed wasn’t expected to be an issue this weekend, Quartararo felt just that as Johann🎃 Zarco blasted past his fellow Frenchman on lap five.

Zarco wasn’t in front for long however, as the Pramac𝓰 Ducati rider then crashed a lap later at turn two. 

Wཧith Martin and Espargaro continuing to gap the group behind, a group that was now led by Alex Rins, The Aprilia rider managed to set yet another fastest lap despite Martin retainin♕g the lead of the race. 

Yamaha’s day went from bad to worse as more gremlins hit, this time it was Franco Morbidelli who haജd to cut short his Argentina MotoGP. 

As he began to seize up a move for the lead, E🀅spargaro made back-to-back mistakes on lap 11, errors that saw Martin’s lead increase to one second.

🗹Unmoved by the double mistake, Espargaro immediately responded by setting a new fastest lap. 

The gap came down fr�ꦦ�om one second to seven tenths. 

Lap 13 saw another three tenths taken out of Martin’s leౠ🍌ad, while further back Francesco Bangaia was making good progress.

Having started 13th, Bagnaia made a move on Marini for P🌼7 just after mid-race distance. 

Trying to make his way through int✃🌼o P8, a loose-looking Bastianini made a big error at turn five as he ran off-track and therefore lost six places. 

After a stern defense from M🌳artin for most of the race, lap 18 saw Espargaro make his first attempt at taking the lead. 

The A🍷prilia rider got a great exit off turn four before dragging himself pa🧸st the Ducati rider on the back-straight, however, the polesitter made the same mistake as Bastianini by running wide at turn five. 

Espargaro tried the same move two laps later, but in what was a carbon cop💦y of the first attempt, he ran wide at tu🌄rn five.

While all this was happening, Rins was beginning to close in on the ♚two lea🌞ders. 

As lap 🍎21 began, Espargaro set up the move again, and finally, it w🅷as third time lucky for the 32 year-old who made the move stick at turn five. 

As he tried to break away from Martin, Espargaro co𝐆ntinued to make small errors which allowed Martin to stay close. 

But after finally composing himself with three laps to go, Aprilia rejoiced as they saw their s🎶tar man com✃e home for a comfortable win ahead of Martin and Rins.