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Top 9 of the MotoGP World Championship
Bagnaia regains the lead and is 22 points ahead of Marco Bezzecchi
Top 9 of the Spanish Grand Prix
These are the top nine finishers at the Spanish Grand Prix
🏁 BAGNAIA TAKES VICTORY IN THE GRAND PRIX OF SPAIN.
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last round, binder and bagnaia are playing for the win;
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Two laps to go and Binder approaches Bagnaia, the South African does not give up
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Bagnaia overtakes Binder and the reigning champion takes the lead of the race;
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Bagnaia's fast lap and he is already four days behind Binder
Bezzecchi falls
If the race ends like this, Bagnaia would regain the World Championship lead.
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Crashes of Zarco and Bezzecchi who will lose the leadership of the World Championship
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Eight laps to go, Martín pushes to overtake Miller in podium contention
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Bagnaia seeks to go for Binder, right now seven days ahead of the Italian of the South African
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Aleix Espargaro goes long and Zarco takes advantage of it to move into fifth position;
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13 laps to go and the two KTMs are still ahead
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Binder tries to escape, takes 8 days off Jack Miller
This is the reason why Quartararo will have to repeat the Long Lap.
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Bagnaia has to let Miller pass as requested by the stewards;
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About to touch Miller and Jorge Martín in turn 13&. While Fabio Quartararo will have to repeat the Long Lap.
Bagnaia overtook Miller and the Italian asked for forgiveness, this is how the action took place
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Bagnaia overtakes Miller and the Italian takes second place;
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Binder gives it back to his teammate and again the South African takes the lead;
Miller's overtake on Binder
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Mir falls, while Miller overtakes his teammate and leads the race;
This is how the highlighting went
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Fall of Alex Rins
🏁 Lap 1/24
Bagnaia overtakes Jorge Martín and the World Champion moves up to third place;
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Again the KTMs ahead, this time Binder leads the race, we will have 24 laps to go.
❌ SANCTION TO QUARTARARO.
The stewards have decided that the Yamaha rider will have to do a long lap;
THE PILOTS ARE LEAVING
Before the start of the race there will be another formation lap where Quartararo will start, albeit with a limp, while Oliveira will not be able to race in the Grand Prix of Spain;
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In just two minutes the pit lane will open and the race will be reopened;
Miguel Oliveira
The Portuguese is being taken to the medical center for a check-up, while Quartararo is looking to leave at the restart;
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All riders who have fallen are aware and the race will start again with the original positions;
This is how the start went
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RED FLAG AFTER THE STRONG FALL BETWEEN QUARTARARO, OLIVEIRA AND BEZZECCHI
THE RACE BEGINS
It starts with a good start of the KTM and Fabio Quartararo and Oliveira go to the ground
WARM-UP LAP
The formation lap starts before the start of the race of the Spanish Grand Prix.
THE ANTHEM OF 🇪🇸 IS PLAYING
Less than ten minutes before the start of the race, the anthem is played at the Circuito de Jerez.
WARM UP
Fabio Quartararo was the fastest this morning, winning the Warm Up ahead of Binder and Jorge Martín
Binder
The South African rider will start from fourth position, but the KTM rider won yesterday's sprint race.
Remember the grid position
How the drivers will start the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez circuit
Bastianini withdraws from the Spanish GP
The Italian rider who suffered an accident in the first race of 2023 was due to return in Jerez, but on Saturday after a few laps his team confirmed that the Ducati rider will not compete in the Spanish Grand Prix.
MotoGP World Ranking
1. Marco Bezzecchi - 65 points
2. Francesco Bagnaia - 62 points
3. Maverick Viñales - 48 points
4. Álex Rins - 47 points
5. Johann Zarco - 46 points
6. Brad Binder - 42 points
7. Luca Marini - 38 points
8. Jorge Martin - 35 points
9. Fabio Quartararo - 34 points
10. Álex Márquez - 33 points
11. Jack Miller - 33 points
12. Franco Morbidelli - 29 points
13. Miguel Oliveira - 21 points
14. Aleix Espargaró - 18 points
15. Augusto Fernández - 14 points
16. Fabio Di Giannantonio - 13 points
17. Takaaki Nakagami - 7 points
18. Marc Marquez - 7 points
19. Joan Mir - 5 points
20. Michele Pirro - 5 points
21. Dani Pedrosa - 4 points
22. Jonas Folger - 4 points
23. Raúl Fernández - 2 points
Pol Espargaró
Enea Bastianini
Stefan Bradl
Iker Lecuona
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What time is the MotoGP race at the Spanish Grand Prix?
This is the starting time of the race in several countries:
Argentina: 8:00 AM
Bolivia: 8:00 AM
Brazil: 9:00 AM
Chile: 8:00 AM
Colombia: 7:00 AM
Ecuador: 7:00 AM
USA (ET): 8:00 AM
Spain: 3:00 PM
Mexico: 7:00 AM
Paraguay: 8:00 AM
Peru: 8:00 AM
Uruguay: 8:00 AM
Venezuela: 8:00 AM
England: 13: 00 AM
Australia : 22:00 AM
India: 17:30 AM
Brad Binder takes his second sprint
Brad Binder has won the sprint race of the Spanish Grand Prix that started with a red flag after an accident on the first lap. This is the second sprint of the season for the South African rider. This is what Binder said at the end of the sprint: "Today was a difficult day. The tires gave me several scares, but I tried to stay close to Jack and fight until the end. Many thanks to the team for this double".
Top 10 of the Sprint Race
1. Brad Binder (12 pts.)
2. Francesco Bagnaia (9 pts.)
3. Jack Miller (7 pts.)
4. Jorge Martín (6 pts.)
5. Miguel Oliveira (5 pts.)
6. Dani Pedrosa (4 pts.)
7. Maverick Viñales (3 pts.)
8. Johann Zarco (2 pts.)
9. Marco Bezzecchi (1 pts.)
10. Luca Marini (0 pts.)
Starting grid for the Spanish Grand Prix
1. Aleix Espargaró (1:37.216)
2. Jack Miller (+0.221)
3. Jorge Martín (+0.242)
4. Brad Binder
5. Francesco Bagnaia
6. Dani Pedrosa
7. Miguel Oliveira
8. Johann Zarco
9. Luca Marini
10. Maverick Viñales
11. Takaaki Nakagami
12. Álex Márquez
13. Marco Bezzecchi
14. Franco Morbidelli
15. Fabio Di Giannantonio
16. Fabio Quartararo
17. Raúl Fernández
18. Álex Rins
19. Stefan Bradl
20. Joan Mir
21. Augusto Fernández
22. Jonas Folger
23. Iker Lecuona
Dani Pedrosa returns
The Spanish rider retired in 2018, but this weekend he is back on a motorcycle to compete in a Grand Prix after receiving a Wild Card from the Grand Prix of Jerez to ride with the KTM team. He already knows what it's like to win at this circuit, he has done it three times and was the fastest on Friday in free practice 1, while tomorrow he will start from sixth position.
These have been the last winners of the Spanish Grand Prix
2002: Valentino Rossi
2003: Valentino Rossi
2004: Sete Gibernau
2005: Valentino Rossi
2006: Loris Capirossi
2007: Valentino Rossi
2008: Dani Pedrosa
2009: Valentino Rossi
2010: Jorge Lorenzo
2011: Jorge Lorenzo
2012: Casey Stoner
2013: Dani Pedrosa
2014: Marc Marquez
2015: Jorge Lorenzo
2016: Valentino Rossi
2017: Dani Pedrosa
2018: Marc Márquez
2019: Marc Márquez
2020: Fabio Quartararo
2021: Jack Miller
2022: Francesco Bagnaia
The rider who has won the most times at the Jerez circuit in the premier class has been Valentino Rossi with a total of six victories. While the team with the most victories is Honda with ten in MotoGp, while two menus have been used in the MotoGP category.
The Circuit
The race will be held at the Circuito de Jerez which is located in the province of Cadiz. It was inaugurated on December 8, 1985 and has a capacity for 125,000 spectators. It has a length of 4'423 kilometers and has 13 curves.
Fourth race of 2023 in MotoGP
We reach the fourth Grand Prix of the MotoGP World Championship after the passage through America, the championship returns to Europe with the Grand Prix of Spain in the city of Jerez where it arrives after the victory of Alex Rins in the Grand Prix of the Americas and with Marco Bezzecchi at the top of the table ahead of his compatriot Bagnaia who fell in the last two races;
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