After both making ಞgood launches, Martin dove to the inside for title rival Bagnaia as contact was maღde heading into turn one.

Luca Marini led from🐠 pole with Alex Marquez second, however, the slowest starting Ducati was Fabio Di Giannantonio who dropped from second to sixth.

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There✃ was contact again on lap two as Martin put a big move on Bagnaia for third, before the world champion lost fourth to Di Giannantonio. 

At the front, Marquez attempted to take the lead for the first time but Marini fought straight b✨ack to keep the lead. 

The fastest ride⛎rs on circuit, Martin and Di Giannantonio immediately caught the top two while Marc🍌 Marquez was shoved from sixth to ninth after contact from Brad Binder. 

After failin♋g to make his second attempt at taking the lead sꦜtick on lap five, Marquez lost second to a charging Martin. 

Before lap five was over, Martin took the lead at the ൩first time of asking as he dove to the inside of Marini at the final corner. 

Trying to win his first race in M🎃otoGP, Di Giannantonio tried to follow Martin after coming through on Marini on lap si﷽x. 

Clear of Marini, Di Giannantonio’s first lap in clean air was a quick one as he gai🍸ned two tent🎃hs on Martin to reduce the lead to three tenths. 

Despite intense pressure f𒉰rom the Gresini rider, Martin held strong to take victory and clo𒐪se to within seven points of Bagnaia. 

The reigning world champion was only fifth as he held off Maverick Vinales, who was the first non Du💫cati finisher.