MotoGP Le Mans: Jorge Martin takes first win of 2023, but Fabio Quartararo crashes out

Starting from pole, MotoGP ch📖ampion Francesco Bagnaia made a brilliant start as he l🥂ed into turn one from Jack Miller.
However, second place quickly changed hands as Jorge Martin’s wide line gave him the inside fℱor turn three as he 𒉰swooped past Miller and Marc Marquez.
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Using a medium front tyre, the same tyre that was used by many riders that crashed in Friday’s practice 2, Miller suffered an early exit at turn s▨even.
Directlyꦇ ahead of Marquez, Miller lost the front-end of his RC16 mid-corner, while teammate Brad Binder put a hard moꦯve on Luca Marini for P4 at turn eight.
At the beginning of lap four came th🍬e first overtake for the lead as Martin dove to the inside of Bagnaia at turn two.
The Pramac rider then put a full second i🐷nto Bagnaia as Marquez lined up a move. The Repsol Honda man attempted to do the same overtake as Martin but Bagnaia stayed strong around the outside.
However, Binder took full advantage of both riders holding each ot♐her up as he squared off turn three and powered past🐷 on the run to turn four.
Marquez finally got his move on Bagnaia completed at t☂he beginning of lap six which allowed Marini to also come through.
The♕ reigning world champion quickly fought back in order to claim P4 before regrouping in order toꦦ challenge Marquez once again.
🌳Lap sev🀅en saw a crash for Augusto Fernandez, while at the front, Martin’s lead over Binder was up to 1.5 seconds.
Bagnaia, who was all over Marquez, 𝓡regained a podium spot as he overtook Marquez with a brave move at turn one.
With the cameras showcasing an onboard view of Fabio Quartararo in eigh♊th, the 2021 world champion dramatically lost the front-end of his Yamaha at turn nine with four laps remaining.
Quartarar🍷o had made brilliant progress from 13th to eighth prior to his crash which was a huge disappointment for the home crowd.
With Marquez now struggling, Mariꦐni was the next rider to pounce on the eight-time world champion at turn two.
Marquez🦹 did manage to 🍌stay close to Marini but he was unable to challenge the Italian.
At the ꦕfront, the top three remained unchanged as Martin took his first win of 20⛦23.