After starting from the head of row three, Bezzecchi’s challenge was immediate as he managed to put himself on༒ the outskirt of the leading group.

When the likes of Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia crashed out, Bezzecchi seemed to pic꧃k up his pace as he made quic✅k moves on Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez. 

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A hard overtake on Marquez saw both rider𝕴s exit the track, thus resulting in a one-place drop for Bezzecchi, however, it did little to dampen his efforts as he immediately got on the front foot once more by passing Jack Miller. 

After that, it was as dominant a showing as we’ve seen from an𝄹yone so far this season, including himself at the Argentine Grand Prix when he won꧅ in the wet. 

Prior to his battle with Marquez, Bezzecchi could have been out of the Grand Prix after ne♏arly hitting teammate Luca Marini.

His fellow Italian lost the front at turn three, and with Bezzecchi directly behind him, missing Marini was a lucky escape, although not something Alex Marquez 🍰managed to do unfortunately. 

"With Luca, I was a bit faster in turn one so I was trying to prepare an overtake for the chicane," sa꧟id Bezzecchi. "I almost made it but he braked very late and was able to close the door to me. 

"Then, on the right, he cut a lot over the curb so I said for ܫsure, he will go wide in the exit. I didn’t expect to see him almost crash. 

"Once I was able to avoid him I didn’t know what happened. But then in the lap later I saw the yellow flags and said for sure, it i🐓s Luca. When I saw the replay, it was a very ugly crash to see. I hope he is okay."

A few laps later Bezzecchi began ꦺto battle Marquez, which resulted in contact and the pair running off the track𒐪 at turn seven.

Bez🔴zecchi confirmed post-race that he expected the penalty and that the overtake ☂was not planned.

The two-time winner so far this season added: "I agree with the pena𒐪lty, first of all. I expected that. 

"I didn’t want to pass but I made a mistake in brakingཧ and I braked just three metres later. Once I saw that I wasn’t going to stop I went to the insidཧe to not hit Marc in his back. 

"I pushed him wide and I also went outside of the curb, so I expected💧 the penalty.  I was saying that within one or two laps I would need to drop the position."