Dutch MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia untouchable as he completes Assen double

Francesco Bagnaia wins in🌟 emphꩲatic fashion again ahead of championship leader Jorge Martin.

Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia

Francesco Bagnaia, as he did in the spr💎int, made the perfect start as he led into turn one while Alex Rins suffered a huge highside.

Despite stꦉarting fifth, Jorge Martin wasted no time in getting back into his original grid slot, as💞 he overtook Maverick Vinales for P2 on the opening lap.

Just behind๊ the series leader, Vinales then lost another place to a Ducati as Marc Marquez  swept through on lap two at turn five.

On lap three Bagnaia set the fastest lap of the race before Martin and Fabio Di Giann♏antonio went even quicker.

At the start of lap 4 Marco Bezzecchi crashed at turn five bef💫ore managing to remount hไis GP23 bike.

Another fastest lap was pumped in by Martin as he took two tenths out of 💮Bagnaia’s lead.

However𝄹, the sprint winner responded in emphatic fashion, gaining three tenths over Martin on lap 5.

Match🌠ing the pace of Bagnaia and Martin, Di Giannantonio made light ♎work of Vinales before taking over P3 from Marc Marquez.

Showing late race pace once again, Ene♐a Bastianini caught the four-rider battle for third, which was still le༒d by Di Giannantonio with 11 laps to go.

Directly behind🐲 Pedro Acosta in seventh, Bastianini had a front row seat of the rookier having several close moments on lap 16.

With rain threatening the final few 🌼laps, Bastianini continued his charge at turn one as he nudged Ma🅘rc Marquez wide to gain P4.

Marquez was pushed off the track which allowed Di Giannantonio to make a pass, butꦆ the Gresini r𝐆ider responded with a tough move at turn six.

Bastianini t🎀hen got through on Vinales before slowly pulling away, while a mistake on the final lap from the Aprilia rider gave P4 to Marc Marquꦦez.

Bastianini’s team-mate Bagnaia came across the line to win by over three seconds from M൩artin.

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