Motogp sprint race, Bagnaia wins in Portugal

PORTIMAO – If the goal was to add entertainment, excitement and a little madness to the MotoGPthen the onset of the sprint race it’s a success. But despite the distorted script, at the end of 20 minutes of racing holding his breath, between overtaking (many) and crashes (too many), the victory still went to him, the best rider on the fastest bike. I’m sorry Bagnaia, reigning world champion, inaugurates the new season with a success and puts aside the first – very precious 12 points in the standings. Behind him another Ducati, the Spaniard’s Pramac one Jorge Martin, protagonist of a courageous and fun race. Marc Marquez also gets on the podium: impressive talent and coolness, despite a Honda that doesn’t work. He started on pole – and tomorrow for the traditional Portuguese GP he will start in front of everyone -, he fought like a madman and took advantage of his opponents’ mistakes, slipping them away with a final masterpiece. Unfortunately, there is also bad news, for Italian fans and Ducati fans in particular: Aeneas Bastianini, the other champion of the Borgo Panigale factory team, crashed badly and was accompanied to the medical clinic. For him a fracture of the right scapula, he won’t race tomorrow. The two of the Mooney Vr46 also ended up in the air, Bezzecchi and Marini.

Bagnaia: “I had fun, and the audience?”

Pecco, what happiness: “I had so much fun, but I didn’t think the race was so long. At first I tried to manage the situation, then in the final part I went on the attack, taking advantage of Martin’s problems with the front wheel There wasn’t the same grip this morning, I just tried not to get nervous: I was calm, in the end it went well. I hope the audience enjoyed it, there was no shortage of emotions today”. Martin confirms: “I had big problems with the soft tyre, let’s hope we don’t suffer tomorrow. Bagnaia was very fast in the final”. Marc Marquez is back: “Today was a physical matter, between drifting and hard braking: I used a lot of energy and took a few risks. The other night we were still there in the garage checking the details and fixing the last things, we did A fantastic job. It’s not a bad start to the season, but tomorrow will be tougher for me.”

Aprilia, what a battle. Quartararo to zero

The Aprilia they were the protagonists of an aggressive competition which, however, in the end perhaps did not bear the hoped-for results: Vinales, Aleix Espargarò and Oliveira they battled it out in the final laps, crossing the finish line one after the other, Miller with the Ktm he took advantage of it by preceding them and finishing in 4th place. Two other Ducatisti also score points: Zarco and Alex Marquez, 8th. At zero altitude Quartararowhich was damaged at the start by Mir (later crashed) and finished 10th.