MotoGP: Martins wins Qatar Sprint, closes points gap

Ducati horsepower finished 1-2-3-4-5 in the Qatar GP Sprint race that saw Jorge Martin cut Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP championship lead to seven points.

Martin took the lead on Lap 5 and then survived late pressure from Gresini Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio in the closing stages of the 11-lap contest.

VR46 Racing Team’s Luca Marini finished third in an all-Ducati top five, from Gresini’s Alex Marquez and the factory Ducati Team’s Francesco Bagnaia.

Aprilia Racing’s Maverick Viñales got home in sixth, from Red Bull KTM’s Brad Binder and Monster Energy Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.

Qatar Sprint Race Results – 11 Laps

Pos	Num	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Behind
1	89	Jorge MARTIN	ESP	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	+0.000
2	49	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	+0.391
3	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	+2.875
4	73	Alex MARQUEZ	ESP	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	+3.370
5	1	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	+3.957
6	12	Maverick VIÑALES	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	+4.239
7	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+5.761
8	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+6.454
9	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	ESP	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	+8.285
10	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	+8.314
11	93	Marc MARQUEZ	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+9.596
12	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+10.173
13	72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	+10.646
14	25	Raul FERNANDEZ	ESP	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	+11.117
15	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+12.163
16	44	Pol ESPARGARO	ESP	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	+12.745
17	27	Iker LECUONA	ESP	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	+19.285
18	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	+26.238
19	36	Joan MIR	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+28.446
20	23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	+35.553
DNF	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	+10 laps
DNF	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia

Riders’ Championship

Pos	Rider	Nat	Pts
1	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	417
2	Jorge MARTIN	ESP	410
3	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	323
4	Brad BINDER	RSA	257
5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	200
6	Aleix ESPARGARO	ESP	198
7	Maverick VIÑALES	ESP	179
8	Luca MARINI	ITA	178
9	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	158
10	Jack MILLER	AUS	156
11	Alex MARQUEZ	ESP	155
12	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	109
13	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	93
14	Marc MARQUEZ	ESP	84
15	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	76
16	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	76
17	Augusto FERNANDEZ	ESP	70
18	Alex RINS	ESP	54
19	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	52
20	Raul FERNANDEZ	ESP	40
21	Dani PEDROSA	ESP	32
22	Joan MIR	ESP	24
23	Pol ESPARGARO	ESP	13
24	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	9
25	Jonas FOLGER	GER	9
26	Stefan BRADL	GER	8
27	Michele PIRRO	ITA	5
28	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	5
29	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	3
30	Iker LECUONA	ESP	0
31	Alvaro BAUTISTA	ESP	0