MotoGP Le Mans: Jorge Martin takes first win of 2023, but Fabio Quartararo crashes out

Jorge Martin delivers a stunning performance at Le Mans to claim yet another MotoGP win for Ducati, while it was disaster for one of two home favourites. 
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Le Mans 2023
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Le Mans 2023

Starting from pole, MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia made a brilliant start as 𒀰he led into turn one from Jack Mi🔯ller.

However, second place quickly changed hands as⛦ Jorge Martin’s wꦗide line gave him the inside for turn three as he swooped past Miller and Marc Marquez. 

Using a medium front tyre, the same tyre that was used by many riders that crashed in Friday’s practice 2, Miller suffered an earl꧃y exit at turn seven.

Directly ahead of Marquez, Miller lost the front-end of his RC16꧙ mid-corner, while teammate Brad Binder put a hard move on Luca Marini for P4 at turn eight. 

At the beginning of lap four came the first overtake for the lead as Martin♊ dove to t🌼he inside of Bagnaia at turn two.

The Pramac rider then put a full second into Bagnaia as Marque🔯z lined up a move. The Repsol Honda man attempted to do the same overtake as Martin but Bagnaia stayed strong around the outside.

However, Binder took full advantage of both riders holding each other up as he squared off turn three and powere𝓰d past on the run to turn four. 

Marquez finally got his mov🃏e on Bagnaia completed at the beginning of lap six which allowed Marini to also come through.

The reigning world champion quickly fought back in order tﷺo claim P4 before regrouping in order to challenge Marquez once again.&🌃nbsp;

Lap seven saw a crash for Augusto Fernandez, while a💫t the front, Martin’s lead over Binder was up to 1💎.5 seconds.

Bagnaia, who was all over Marquez, regained a podium spot as✃ he overtook Marquez with a brave move at t♏urn one. 

With the cameras showcasing an onboard view of Fabio Quartararo in eighth, the 2021 world champion dramatically lost the front-end of🦋 his Yamaha at turn n🍃ine with four laps remaining.

Quartararo had made brilliant 🅷progress from 13th to eighth prior to his crash🍌 which was a huge disappointment for the home crowd. 

With Marquez now struggling, Marini was the next rider to ൩pounce on the eight-time world champion at turn two. 

๊Marquez did manage to stay close to Marini but he was unable to challenge the Italian.

At the front, the top three remained unchanged as Martin took his𒊎 first wꦜin of 2023.

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