Starting from the head of the grid, Enea Bastianini did not get the start he wanted as♈ he dropped down to fifth.

The Italian came back past Jorge Martin for P4 at turn five, howev🉐er, Bastianini was again relegated when Marc Marquez came through before the opening lap was complete.

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On the defensive to start lap three, Marque❀z saw Vinales slide down the inside of him a turn three but the eight-time world champion managed to get back through.

At the front, Miller lost the lead as꧟ Francesco Bagnaia came through on the run down to turn one.

Miller was then bumped𓄧 down to third by Marquez as Alex Rins 🐓suffered the first crash of the sprint.

Pushing on to try and catch Bagnaia, Marquez made a big mistake at turn five 🔜which allowed Vinales to take second place.

Sha🌸ping up for a move on Vinales, Marquez ins🥂tead lost third place on lap six to Martin.

Martin then pumped in the fastest lap of the race which wa🍸s half a second quicker than race lea🦩der Bagnaia.

Comfortably leading, Bagnaia made a huge mistake on lap nine as he ran off circuit at turn one which allowed Vinales, Martin andꦯ Marquez to co꧙me through.

Losing time to Vinales as the leading trio headed into the fina♛l lap, Martin was shoved out of second place when Marquez came through under br🎐aking at turn five.

But it was too late for Marquez to catch Vinales as the Aprilia rider secured his first sprint victory ✤in MotoGP.