After clinching a sensational pole, Marc Marquez made a bril𓂃liant start as he led int♔o turn one.

Bagnaia, who lined up secon💧d, was then moved down to third after teammate Enea Bastianini went from sixth to second. 

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However, the reigning world c꧋hampion responded immediately at turn three as he pushed Bastianini wide.

That allowed Jorge Martin to take thไird away from Bastianini, who then ran into much bigger trouble on lap two after Luca Marini lost the front-end of his Ducati at turn five and wiped out the four-time race winꩵner in 2022.

Marini and Bastianini weren’t the first riders to crash out as Joan Mir fel💖l on lap one after running into the side of Fabio Quartararo.

The Yamaha rider, who lost five place before contact with the Honda rider, then dropped down to 19th as a result𓆉 of Mir’s mistake.&n𒈔bsp;

As Bagnaia and Martin battled for the lead on laps three and four after overtaking Marquez, Miller began to make th🌄e biggest impact.

The KTM rider pounced on Marquez for P3 before taking second a꧂🍌way from Bagnaia at turn five. 

The only rider of the lead group using a soft front tyre, Miller was clearly confident as he managed to turn his RC16 better th🐼an the riders around him.&nbওsp;

Marco Bezzecchi made it a miserable opening race of the season for Mooney V♎R46 Ducati after also crashing♋ out. 

Miller’s epic charge then saw him take the race lead after a brillian𓆏t move on the brakes at turn 13. However, Martin was having none of it as he regained top spot heading into turn one. 

As the top five cont𝄹inued to fight, both factory Aprilia riders subsequently joined the action at the front of the field.&nb꧂sp;

Keen to move forward, Vinales put a late move on his teammate at turn𝕴 two before Espargaro came straight back at his fellow Spaniard. 

The hard racing between both Aprilia riders saw them lose a little bit of ground behind Marquez, while Bagnaia made it a Ducati 1-2 for 𝔉the second time after passing Miller on the𝓰 run to turn one. 

As Oliveira attempte♐d to take third away from🐽 Miller, Marquez sniffed an opportunity to overtake both riders, which he did afte they ran slightly wide at turn one.

Oliveira then regained third heading into the final lap before making a mistake at turn te🌟n which gifted Marquez the pod🃏ium.

Martin, who was leading the race with just one lap to go, also made a mist𝔉ake at turn five which allowed Bagnaia to come throu🐎gh and claim victory.