21:24
Bagnaia shows his class
Bagnaia wins the MotoGP Sprint at COTA fr🅺om Rins and Martin who managed to hold off Espargaro on the final lap.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP COTA 2023
As it happened: Francesco Bagnaia wins the MotoGP Sprint at COTA
Francesco ꦕBagnaia denied Alex Rins pole position with a new lap record which also included a first-ever sub 2m 2s lap at COTA.
There were various crashes in qu🎃alifying as Jack Miller took his tally for the weekend up to five, while Jorge Martin also crashed twice in Q2.
- Mir desꦚcribes “scary” near-miss with rider-less bike: “Impossible to s𝕴ee…”
- “MotoGP sprint race like 𒀰stepping into a boxing ring!” Let’s get ready to rumbl🍬e
Stay tuned as mahbx.com brings you aꦿll the latest news and updates throughout the week🍒end.
15 Apr 2023
21:21
It's last lap time as Bag🍌naia leads by 3 seconds from Rins🔥.
21:19
Quartararo is still in ﷽the race but is 1✤9th and won't score points.
21:18
Marquez crashed at the same corner that saw Espargaro run wide and allo🦂w Martin through.
21:17
Another big name crahses
A🦩lex Marquez has also gone down! It's a fall at turn 12.
21:15
Rins is swarming all ov🥀er the back of Esp♔argaro but has so far been unable to come through for P2.
21:14
Bagnaia is nꩵow inching clear as 👍his lead is over 1.3 seconds.
21:12
DISASTER! Quartararo has cras💮heღd out at turn 1.
21:11
Lap 4
Quartararo is heading backwards as Martin and now Marquez have 💟come through.
21:09
Bagnaia is 🐻not getting away as Espargaro is instead closing in.
21:07
Lap 2
Mistake from Rins - Aleix Espargaro is now second as Rins ran wide at turn 🐲12
21:05
What straight line speed from the Ducati. Bagnaia geꦫts back through heading into turn 12.
21:04
Rins leads from Bagnaia. Great 𝔍first two sectors from the Honda rider.
21:03
And it's lights o♍ut for the MotoGP Sprint in COTA.
21:00
The formation lap is underway.
20:55
Five minutes until lights out!!
20:46
We're getting closer to lights out for the MotoGP Sprin𝓡t race at COTA. Race starts at ꦉ21:00 UK time.
17:39
Bagnaia claims pole ahead of Rins and Marini!
17:33
Late heartbreak for Rins as Bagnaia sets a new all-time lap r🐎ecord with the first-ever sub 2m 2s lap.
17:30
Rins ღputs in onto provisional pole. WHAT A LAP by the Honda rider.
17:29
What a ni൲ghtmare for Miller as he's cras෴hed for the fourth time this weekend.
17:25
🍃In the midst of Bagnaia and Marquez setting identical lap times, Jorge Martin crashed at turn 11.
