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.

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.
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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.