After clinching a sensational▨ pole, Marc Marquez made a brilliant start as he led into turn one.

Bagnaia, who lined up second, was then moved do🍎wn to third after teammate Enea Bastianini went fro🅺m sixth to second. 

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However, the reigning world cha🤡mpion responded immediately at turn three as he pushed Bastianini wide.

That allowed Jorge Martin to take third away from Bastiಌanini, 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 winner in 2022.

Marini and Bastianini weren’t the first riders to crash out as Joan Mir fell on lap one after running i🔴nto the side of Fabio Quartararo.

T🧸he Yamaha rider, whoꦉ lost five place before contact with the Honda rider, then dropped down to 19th as a result of Mir’s mistake. 

As Bagn🦹aia and Martin battled for the lead on laps three and four after overtaking Marquez, Miller began to ma♎ke the biggest impact.

The KTM rider pounced on Marquez for P3 before🅘 taking second away fro♔m Bagnaia at turn five. 

The only rider of the lead group using a soft front tyre, ဣMiller was clearওly confident as he managed to turn his RC16 better than the riders around him. 

Marco Bezzecchi made it a miserable openingꦦ race of the season for Mooney VR46 Ducati after also crashing out. 

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

As the top five continued to fight, both factory🐎 Aprilia r🌠iders subsequently joined the action at the front of the field. 

Keen to move forward, Vinales put a late move onღ his teammate at turn two before Espargaro came straight back𝕴 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 the second time after passing Miller🐓 on the run to turn one. 

As Oliveira ♈attempted 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.

Olive𝓰ira then regained third heading into the final lap before making a mistake at turn ten which gifted Mar🀅quez the podium.

Marti𝓀n, who🐎 was leading the race with just one lap to go, also made a mistake at turn five which allowed Bagnaia to come through and claim victory.