Maverick Vinales wins the Americas MotoGP sprint, Francesco Bagnaia eighth

Maveri🧜ck Vinales makes it back-to-back MotoGP sprint wins after leading every lap at COTA.

Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April
Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April

Making the p൩erfect start, Ma𒐪verick Vinales led from Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta.

However, it was a dreadful start for the reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia who dropped from fourth t🔥o tenth.

Out of the race before completing lap one, Fabio Di Giannantonio had to retire after his Duc♚ati caught fire following contact with Alex Marquez at the start.

At the front, Vinales was continuin♏g to lead as Acosta began lining up a move on Marquez🌜 for second.

Also out of the sprint was Augusto Fernandez as the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM rider crashedꦬ on lap one.

Lap three was a neck breaker for the chasing pack as Vinales went seven tenths qui🃏cker than Marquez and Acosta.

Vinales then continued to open up his lead on lap four as Jorge Martin, who❀ ove🍸rtook Enea Bastianini for P4, began closing in on his fellow Spanish pair ahead.

On lpa five Marquez made a mistake in sector one which gave Vinales another huge amount of 🥂time.

Pressure mounted on Marquez from behind while the battle for ꦗfifth saw Aleix Espargaro momentarily come through on Bastianini, before the Ducati rider regained the position.

After a failed overtake 🎀on Marquez, Acosta w🌼as bumped down to third by Martin who pushed the rookie wide in the process.

Vinales, who was seemingly in a league of his own, then lost a considerable amount of time to Marquez who was now the fastest 𒀰rider on circuit [lap six]. But Vinales steadied the ship on lap eight and stopped losing time to Marquez.

Bagnaia finally moved into the points with a move on Franco Morbidelli𒈔 for ninth, but the fa🔯ctory Ducati rider struggled to make further progress.

Bagnaia secured another spot before the checkered flag dropped, thanks to a move on🍒 Raul Fernandez at turn ten. 

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