Aft🌟er both making good launches, Martin dove to the inside for title rival Bagnaia as contact was made heading into turn o🌺ne.

Luca Marini led fꦜrom pole with Alex Marquez second, however, the slowest starting Ducati was Fabio Di Gianna🌊ntonio who dropped from second to sixth.

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There was contact again on lap two as Martin put a big move on Bagnaia for third, before the world cha🔜mpion lost fourth to Di Giannantonio. 

At the front, Marquez attempted to take the le🃏ad 🅰for the first time but Marini fought straight back to keep the lead. 

The fastest riders on circuit, Martin and Di Giannantonio immediately cau💮ght the top two while Marc Marquez was shoved from sixth to ninth afteꦑr contact from Brad Binder. 

After failing to make h🥃is second attempt at taking the lead stick on lap five, Marquez lost second to a charging Martin. 

Before lap five was over, Martin took the lead at the💙 first tꦦime of asking as he dove to the inside of Marini at the final corner. 

Trying to win his first race in MotoGP, Di Giannantonio tried to follow Martin after coming 🔴through on Marini on lap six. 

Clear of Marini, Di Giannantonio’s first lap in clea꧑n air was a quick one as he gained two tenths on Martin to reduce the lead to three tenths. 

Despite intense pressure from the Gresi♔ni rider, Martin held str♌ong to take victory and close to within seven points of Bagnaia. 

The reigning world champion was only fifth as he he൲ld off Mav♛erick Vinales, who was the first non Ducati finisher.