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Francesco Bagnaia took his fourth straight MotoGP win by fending off 2023 Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini in an ultra-close Misano finish.

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Italy's Francesco Bagnaia closed the gap on MotoGP leader Fabio Quartararo on Sunday after winning the San Marino Grand Prix to claim his fourth straight ...

I'm very happy to win today, it wasn't the best start from P5 but I did it." "In the last laps I was trying to push the gap but Enea was too fast. "I struggled at the start because it was not so dry so I was struggling to find some grip, but then I started to feel that the fear was going down a bit and my feeling was better lap by lap," said Bagnaia.

Ducati rider Bagnaia pipped Enea Bastianini in a thrilling win at Misano Adriatico which moved him to within 30 points of reigning world champion Quartararo ...

Johann Zarco, Michele Pirro and Pol Espargaro all crashed out on the very first corner, while Miller and Marco Bezzechi went down a lap later. Bagnaia's victory was all the more impressive for him being forced to start from fifth after a three-place grid penalty imposed during practice on Friday. Aprilia rider Espargaro is 33 points behind Quartararo after being overtaken by the Frenchman who had started on the grid in eighth.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the San Marino MotoGP on Sunday to claim his fourth straight premier class triumph and close in on championship leader Fabio ...

Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati) 94 Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 101, 9. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 178, 4. Alex Rins (ESP/Suzuki) 12.496, 8. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 10.230, 7. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 4.212, 4.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia closed the gap on MotoGP leader Fabio Quartararo on Sunday after winning the San Marino Grand Prix.

I’m very happy to win today, it wasn’t the best start from P5 but I did it.” Foggia is the first rider to complete the Moto3 hat-trick at the track and is 24 points behind Guevara’s fellow Aspar rider Sergio Garcia, who dropped down to second in the standings after being disqualified from the race for irresponsible riding. Bagnaia’s teammate Jack Miller had started on pole for the second time in his MotoGP career but was one of five riders to crash in a chaotic opening to the race. The 24-year-old, who had started second on the grid, pushed past Vinales and behind Bagnaia on lap 20 and then piled the pressure on his compatriot. After taking the lead on lap three Bagnaia held off first Maverick Vinales and then Bastianini to claim his sixth win from the 14 GPs completed in the 20-race season. Ducati Lenovo’s Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia competes during the San Marino MotoGP race.

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Guevara tried one move to take over and got shuffled back to fourth, with he and Öncü then hustling to find a way past on the penultimate lap. Then there was a gap back to another group headed by former Misano winner Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) and Öncü, with ninth place marking the beginning of another freight train. It was soon a full second, as Vietti re-passed Canet at Tramonto on Lap 8 and then Canet returned the favour at Rio on Lap 9. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) put in another stunner at Misano, the Italian taking his third win at the track and becoming the first Moto3™ rider to achieve the feat at one venue. Up at the front though, Lopez was putting the hammer down and setting a new personal best as he moved his advantage over then second-placed Arenas to 1.2 seconds. Fernandez put a move on Aldeguer through the quick Turn 15 on Lap 2 and set about trying to catch the top five before Canet passed Vietti at his second attempt and was into third on Lap 6. and a huge heap of memories from one of the biggest protagonists of the last decade of MotoGP™. Searching for a passing manoeuvre, Bastianini was late on the brakes at Turn 4 and he was out of shape, narrowly avoiding contact and disaster between the two. A great race because I struggled at the start because the grip was not so high, so I was struggling a bit to find some grip, some traction. The Frenchman gapped the Aprilia by 0.7s but it was then the Noale factory rider who set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 9, with the top six – down to the number 41 – split by 2.2s. The Beast was straight back past though on the run into the rapid Turn 11 right-hander though, and in good time as Bagnaia and Viñales started to turn up the wick. Further back, the top two in the World Championship at the time – Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) – were locked together in P5 and P6.

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He won and lost, he took one of the greatest ever into the final round of their bout, and then kept fighting once his rival ascended to a ludicrous level. It is cliche – but perhaps not inaccurate – to say that the thing that stood out, and continues to stand out, about Dovizioso was how normal he was. But a “less thoughtful” version of Dovi may not have won the 15 races. Dovizioso joined MotoGP as a star of the lower classes, but when it comes to his premier-class tenure that’s a footnote. At Mugello he came off worse than Marquez did in a last-lap three-rider battle won by Dovizioso’s team-mate, the over-exuberant and (understandably) aggressive Danilo Petrucci. He may well do it, because he has been pretty good in many a glimpse even after the injury.

Italian Francesco Bagnaia held off a strong challenge from Enea Bastianini to win the San Marino Grand Prix in front of his home fans in Misano Adriatico on ...

Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia slipped to third after finishing sixth on Sunday. Mooney VR46 Racing Team's Marco Bezzecchi also crashed and finished 17th after starting third. Bagnaia moved to second in the world championship standings, closing the gap on leader Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha to 30 points.

Race results from the San Marino MotoGP at Misano, round 14 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

Dovizioso, 36, made his grand prix debut as a 125cc wild-card back in 2001 and has gone on to take 24 victories and 103 podiums. But when the RS-GP began to fade Bastianini burst past to trigger a showdown with Bagnaia. Pramac Ducati (GP22) Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) Ducati Lenovo (GP22) Gresini Ducati (GP21)

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Being aware of what has been done is a help to achieve your goals". “I have a project in mind that will change my life, I want to create something myself, while until now it was others who did it for me. "It is in line with me, but it also takes a little luck, when you crash you never know how it will end. It means that inside me there was a great drive, a great energy and the knowledge to achieve certain results ". It was nice because there were all the friends waiting for me ". They start to focus on what you've done and not what you're doing, but I didn't expect so much”.

Pecco becomes the first Ducati rider to win four on the spin as the victory battle goes to the wire between the Italians.

Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), Stefan Bradl (Repsol Honda Team) and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) rounded out the points. Bastianini regrouped and by the time Turn 10 came around, the gap was back to nothing. Further back, the top two in the World Championship – Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) – were locked together in P5 and P6. The Beast was straight back past though on the run into the rapid Turn 11 right-hander as Bagnaia and Viñales started to turn up the wick. One thing to note and to keep an eye on was a couple of track limits warnings for Viñales and Quartararo – caution for the pair was needed with 12 laps to go. No pass came into Turn 14 and neither into the final corner, but Bastianini hooked his GP21 up on the exit and threatened to snatch victory away from Pecco’s grasp at the chequered flag. The Frenchman gapped Espargaro by 0.7s but it was then the Aprilia star who set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 9, with the top six – down to the number 41 – split by 2.2s. Searching for a passing manoeuvre, Bastianini was late on the brakes at Turn 4 and he was out of shape, narrowly avoiding contact. The Australian slipped out at Turn 4 and a few corners later at Turn 10, Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) was on the floor. From pole, Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) got away fantastically and so did teammate Francesco Bagnaia, as the Italian pounced straight up to third. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) faded late on but held on to claim another hard-earned podium. New race leader Bastianini then had a hairy moment at Turn 14 as the hottest weather of the weekend was making life tricky for the premier class.

Ducati rider Bagnaia pipped Enea Bastianini in a thrilling win at Misano Adriatico which moved him to within 30 points of reigning world champion Quartararo, ...

Bagnaia's teammate Jack Miller had started on pole for the second time in his MotoGP career but was one of five riders to crash in a chaotic opening to the race. Aprilia rider Espargaro is 33 points behind Quartararo after being overtaken by the Frenchman who had started on the grid in eighth. Misano Adriatico — Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the San Marino MotoGP on Sunday to claim his fourth straight premier class triumph and close in on championship leader Fabio Quartararo.

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Through all the emotions and Today, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP started their second home race showing good form in the Friday free practice sessions. Álex Márquez made an eye-catching start as free practice for the San Marino Grand Prix got underway at Misano. Michele Pirro failed to pass the hurdle of Q1 also due to a light rain that did not let him push in the second time attack. The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider struggled to find the lap-time he was looking for and couldn’t progress from a super-competitive Q1 session ahead of his team’s home race tomorrow. The LCR Honda CASTROL showed improvement throughout Saturday’s sessions and, after narrowly mis 03.09.2022 The Aruba.it Racing In spite of forecasts which predicted rain, blue skies and stifling temperatures of 28 degrees greeted th The LCR Honda CASTROL rider put in a consistent performance in Sunday’s race to earn six more World Takaaki Nakagami fought his way to a points finish at the San Marino Grand Prix after a tough 27-lap MotoGP race at Misano. Miller retires after crashing out of the lead.

MotoGP: “I'm not worried about Bagnaia's second place in the championship. I had no problems today, but I wasn't able to overtake him.

Today I was really on the edge. “I was fine on the bike, and maybe I was more consistent than Pecco. I couldn’t do anything more.” In fact, I didn’t have problems with the bike. “I really couldn’t do more than that,” he said. On the track where he celebrated the world title last year, he couldn’t help but bite the bullet this time.

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Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the field's rider ratings following an enthralling Misano MotoGP that saw Francesco Bagnaia pip future.

Miller suffered a front-end crash in what was an unforced error from the future KTM rider. By far his best race of the 2022 MotoGP season, Fernandez made a sensational start to find his way into 12th. After an early battle with Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin, Rins began to pull clear before taking a comfortable P7 finish. After suffering his worst qualifying result of the season, reigning MotoGP champion Quartararo managed to limit the damage by securing yet another top five. Marini matches his best result in MotoGP after securing back-to-back fourth place finishes. After a blip in Austria, Vinales was back to his best for most of the Misano MotoGP as he hounded Bagnaia for the lead.

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It was a history-making weekend for Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) as a fourth win on the bounce sees him become the first Ducati rider to achieve ...

A Memorandum of Understanding outlines the parties' shared intention to bring the world's leading two-wheeled Championship to the Kingdom.

We are confident that we will find an exciting and welcoming new home in the Kingdom and we look forward to further collaboration with the Saudi Motorsport Company to deliver on this joint ambition together." This Road to MotoGP™ Program will provide young racing talent in Saudi Arabia with pathway opportunities to compete at the highest levels of the sport, with a clear aim of developing Saudi MotoGP™ champions of the future. The partnership initiative between SMC and Dorna will also see the establishment of a new talent development program for young Saudi riders, designed to increase awareness of and accessibility to the sport in the Kingdom.

Dorna has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Motorsport Company with the intent of taking MotoGP to Saudi Arabia in the future.

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OPINION: Fabio Quartararo has seized control of the 2022 MotoGP world standings after another dominant victory as his nearest rivals faltered. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years.

2023 parts and the return of Marc Marquez; it's set to be an intriguing couple of days at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

In addition, we will be going live from Misano on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch with motogp.com Pitlane Reporter Simon Crafar to get updates at 13:00 local time (GMT+2) on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Factories will be wanting to arrive in Valencia with a much clearer plan, which the Misano Test helps them to do. The Misano Test will give Marquez a chance to offer some critical feedback on the new parts being tested, but arguably more importantly, it will also act as a huge indicator as to when he’s able to make a racing return.

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“The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding codifies our shared intention to explore this opportunity further. In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has shown its ability to stage major global motorsports events to the highest standards. “The region is a key market for motorsport and the demand in the Kingdom for events of this kind is growing with research showing that 80% of Saudi fans wanting to see more in their country.

Dorna signs Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of bringing MotoGP to Saudi Arabia on a 'newly constructed, multi-purpose FIM and FIA homologated.

“The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding codifies our shared intention to explore this opportunity further. In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has shown its ability to stage major global motorsports events to the highest standards. “We look forward to working with Dorna to deliver on our shared commitment to bring the pinnacle of two-wheeled racing to Saudi Arabia and to continue to provide more opportunities and initiatives to enrich the lives of all our residents."

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With Suzuki quitting, Honda struggling to get near the podium and Yamaha only enjoying success courtesy of Fabio Quartararo, Japanese manufacturers have been left in the dust by their European counterparts. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years.