Making the perfect start, Maverick Vinales led from Marc Marquez and Pedro Ac𒀰osta.

However, it was a dreadful start for the reigning world champion Franc𝄹esco Bagnaia who dropped from fourth to tenth.

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Out of the race before completing lap one, Fabio Di Giannantonio had to retire after his Ducati caught fi🅰re following contact with Alex Marquez at the start.

At the front, Vinalꦑes was conti🔯nuing to lead as Acosta began lining up a move on Marquez for second.

Al♒so out of the sprint was Augusto Fernandez as the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM rider crasheღd on lap one.

Lap three was a neck✨ breaker for the chasin🍒g pack as Vinales went seven tenths quicker than Marquez and Acosta.

Vinales then continued to open up his lead on lap four as Jorge Martin, who overtook Enea Bastianini for P4, began closing in on his fellowꦕ Spanish pair ahead.

On lpa five Marquez made a mistake in sector one which gave Vinales a𝐆nother huge amount of time.

Pressure mounted on Marquez from behind while the battle for fifth saw Aleix Espargaro momentarily come thrဣou▨gh on Bastianini, before the Ducati rider regained the position.

After a failed overtake on Marquez, Acosta was bumped down to third by Martin who pushed the rookie﷽ wide in the process.

Vinales, who was seemingly in a league of his own, then lost a considerable amount of time to Marquez who was now the fastest rider on circuit [lap six]. But Vinales stea♚died the ship on lap eight and stopped losing time to Marquez.

Bagnaia finally moved into the points with a move on Franco Morbidelli for ninth, but the factory Ducati ri♏der struggled to make further progre💯ss.

Bagn꧅aia secured another spot before the checkered 🔯flag dropped, thanks to a move on Raul Fernandez at turn ten.