One of the worst starts of his career, if not the worst, ꧂Francesco Bagnaia had a s❀hocking launch as he dropped from second to P14.

On the contrary, Marc Marquez made his way up from P13 to sixth following a brilliant triple overtake around the outside of turn🤡 two.

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Marquez then made another two quick overtakes, including a move on Maverick Vinales🍰 for P4 as he fired his Ducati to the inside at turn 11.

Marquez’ day then 🐟got even better as Aleix Espargaro, who was running third, was given a double Long Lap penalty ꦦdue to jumping the start.

Further back, Bagnaia’s dreadful start to the sprint got worse as he was sꦍeen touring off the circ🐷uit with an issue.

At the front, Martin was still leading a🍰♈lthough his lead was being closed down by a charging Marco Bezzecchi.

Alex Rins s🐷uffered a crash on lap seven, while Espargaro took his second penalty but only lost one position.

Martin responded at the front as he built a lead of close to one second over Bezzecchi, who had a similar margin back to Ma𒀰rquez.&nbsওp;

The eight-time world champion continued his charge on laps eight and nine before Bezzecchi crashed out of P2♏.

Closing i🅘n on Vinales for the final podium spot, Bastianini got to within a second of the Aprilia rider with two laps to go.

Howe𓄧ver, the COTA winner responded and was able to halt the Italian’s charge.

Just behind Basti💫anini, rookie Pedro Acos💖ta produced yet another stunning save for his 2024 collection, although in doing so he lost ground to Espargaro in fifth.