Francesco Bagnaia was back to his best at home for a comfortable win in the MotoGP sprint race in Mugello
Francesco Bagnaia showed the pace he was capable of despite missing out on pole as he powered away to win the MotoGP Italian sprint race, his first win at the shorter distance this season.
They battled each other hard behind, which let Bagnaia build a lead. It also lead to a collision, with Bastianini running his red Ducati wide, with Martin moving back underneath to take the lead, contact instead saw Bastianini out of the race. By that point he had already been passed by fellow countryman Marc Marquez, who was giving chase. A cautious few laps, an error and pressure form behind saw the gap down to 0.8 seconds. Bagnaia responded , with the gap Marquez had at the line back up to 1.469s.Rookie Pedro Acosta was struggling with hay fever but back in the sprint race medals as the drama out front moved him up to third for Re Bull GasGas Tech3 breaking up the dominant Ducatis.
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