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Marquez Beats Bezzecchi, Martin to Win San Marino MotoGP Sprint
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez claimed victory in Saturday’s San Marino Grand Prix sprint, leading for almost the entire race to finish ahead of his two main title challengers. The Ducati rider crossed the line 1.068 seconds ahead of Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi, while fellow Spaniard Jorge Martin completed the podium……
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez claimed victory in Saturday’s San Marino Grand Prix sprint, leading for almost the entire race to finish ahead of his two main title challengers.
The Ducati rider crossed the line 1.068 seconds ahead of Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi, while fellow Spaniard Jorge Martin completed the podium in third.
Bezzecchi had started from pole after setting a new lap record at the Misano circuit during qualifying.
However, Marquez made the stronger getaway and immediately seized control, overtaking the Italian on the inside at the first corner.
From there, the reigning champion maintained his advantage to secure another important sprint victory in his title defence.
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Bezzecchi and Martin, both riding Aprilia machinery, were forced to settle for second and third respectively as Marquez strengthened his position at the front of the championship battle.
From there on it was a dominant display for Marquez who is targeting his eighth top-class championship and his 10th overall.
At the controls of his factory Ducati, the 33-year-old had a one-second lead over his rivals after five laps.
Bezzecchi fought back and managed to close the gap slightly but had no real chance of catching up to the older of the Marquez brothers.
Championship leader Martin, starting from the second row, moved into third place halfway through the 13-lap race.
The battle for the riders’ title is heating up among the three contenders, with Martin 14 points ahead of Marquez and Bezzecchi 22 points off the leader.
On Sunday, Marquez is looking to repeat his success at the Aragon GP where he won both races, against a “very fast Marco (Bezzecchi)” who had started from pole.
“Same tyre as in Aragon, same strategy as in Aragon,” said Marquez, who explained his choice of a medium rear tyre had helped contain Bezzecchi’s aggression on soft tyres.
“Marco will be the man to beat (on Sunday). He has something extra; he’s going to attack.”
“We saw today that he never gives up.”
Bezzecchi is targeting his first MotoGP world title this year after finishing third last season.
“Overall it was a good day,” said Bezzecchi.
“At the end, when I got confidence, I started to go faster and because of this, I’m very happy.”
AFP
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