Pecco Bagnaia made amends for his sprint race crash by defeating Jorge Martin in the Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona.
" tough start but then I saw some struggling at the front and I pushed more."Two-time defending world champion Francesco Bagnaia snatched victory at the Catalunya MotoGP on Sunday to edge closer to championship leader Jorge Martin.
Home favourite Marc Marquez came in third ahead of Aleix Espargaro, who announced he is retiring at the end of the season earlier this week.“Honestly I was very angry about yesterday but I knew the potential I had and was able to win the race,” said Bagnaia.“ tough start but then I saw some struggling at the front and I pushed more.
Youngster Acosta was in hot pursuit on the day after his 20th birthday but skidded off the track in lap 11, rejoining in 20th place.
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