One of the worst starts of his career, if not the worst, Francesco Bagnaia had a shocking launch as♑ he dropped from♛ second to P14.

On the contrary, Marc M♎arquez made his way up from P13 to sixth following a brilliant triple overtake around the outside of turn two.

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Marquez then made another two quick overtakes, including a move on Maverick Vinale🐠s for P4 as he fired his Ducati to the inside at turn 11.

Marquez’ day then got even bett☂er as Aleix Espargaro, who was running third, was given a double Long Lap penalty due to jumping t🐬he start.

Further back, Bagnaia’s dreadful start to the sprint got worse as he was seen t🌱ouring off the circuit with an issue.

At the front, Martin was still leading although his leadౠ was being closed down by a charging Marco Bezzecchi.

Alex Rins suffered a crash on lap seven, while Espargaro took his second penalty but only lost one po�🐷�sition.

Martin responded at the front as he built a lead of clo🌳se to one second over Bezzecchi, who had a similar margin back to Marquez. 

The eight-time world champion continued ꦡhis charge on laps eജight and nine before Bezzecchi crashed out of P2.

Closing in on Vinales✃ for the final podium spot, Bastianini got to within a second of the Aprilia rider with two laps to go.

However, the COTA winner responded and was able ൲to halt the Italian’s charge.

Just behind Bastianini, rookie Pedro Acosta proꦉduced yet another stunning save for his 2024 collection, although in doing so he lost ground to Espargaro in fifth.