Winner of the Superpole Race earlier in the day, Toprak Razgatlioglu started from𓆏 pole for the third time this weekend.

But Razgatlioglu was immediately dropped to fourth as the three Ducatis of Alvaro Bautista, An🅠drea Iannone and Nicolo Bulega cꦛame through.

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After nearly collidinඣg at turn one, more movement took place between Bulega and Iannone, with the former gettiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng ahead of his fellow rookie.

There was an incident on lap one between Andrea Locatelli, Michael Rinaldi and Axel 𝓰Bassan𓆏i, which resulted in Rinaldi and Bassani retiring from the race.

At the fron🦩t, changes were again taking place behind Bautista as Razgatlioglu and Iannone got ahead of Bulega.

There was another collision on lap 💝three as Bradley Ray and Iker Lecuona crashed 🐈at the opening corner.

Wanting to push on the p🐈ace, Bulega took second sp🐠ot away from Razgatlioglu before gaining the lead from Bautista on lap five.

Bulega managed to gap Bautista by six tenths, a lead that remained the same for several𝓡 laps before the two-time world champion slowly closed back in.

With 11 laps to go, Bautista made his move as he dove to the inside followin♒g a very good slipstream on his team-mate.

While Bulega initially wen🦩t with Bautista, Razgatlioglu was beginning to be dropped by the two factory Ducati riders.

On lap 12 there was drama as Iannone made his first mistake of the season as he crashed out of P4 at turn ten🤡.

With Razgatlioglu continuing t👍o shed time, Bulega began closing back in on Bautista as the lead reduced to two tenths. 

Thre𝐆e laps to go was the moment Bulega had nothing left✃ for Bautista, who secured his first win of the season.