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slapper and rode in a lonely third. But the

race for the win was still hot. Viñales and

Marquez fought with each other with

each being faster than the other in

different sections.

Meanwhile, Valentino Rossi on the

other Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

took out Takaaki Nakagami on the LCR

Honda IDEMITSU in a high-speed

crash. Nakagami came off the worse and

needed attention but was all right. The

Ducati factory team riders, too, were in

their own tussle in fourth place.

Viñales finally took the lead but it was

not going to be easy. Marquez never gave

up and hence the fight was on and both

riders pulled away from Quartararo. Joan

Mir found some pace again and took on

the Ducatis, getting the better of both, not

for long, though. Soon that group was

joined by Franco Morbidelli on the

Petronas Yamaha SRT in a great fight for

fourth place.

In the end, it was Viñales who won it

from Marquez, with third spot going to

Fabio Quartararo. Next up on the

calendar is the Sachsenring for the

German GP. That is a favourite of a

certain Spanish number 93.

MotoGP

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ABIOQUARTARAROOF

the Petronas Yamaha SRT team

started on pole with another

Yamaha of Maverick Viñales of Monster

Energy Yamaha MotoGP in second and

the Suzuki of Alex Rins in third. Thus, a

very young front row. Champion Marc

Marquez of Repsol Honda Team took up

his place on the second row in fourth

place. Dovizioso on the factory Ducati

had a terrible qualifying and started in a

far 11th on the grid.

The Suzukis of Alex Rins and Joan

Mir got off to an amazing start and were

followed by a fight among Quartararo,

Viñales, and Marquez. Then Alex Rins

the race leader crashed out, leaving

teammate Mir to hold the Suzuki flag in

front. Mir, however, started to drop pace

due to that soft-compound tyre he had

opted for.

The lead was now with Quartararo,

Viñales, and Marquez. But there was

trouble for the Frenchman with struggles

with the chicane causing a bad tank-

slapper. This caused him to roll off the

gas on the back straight and in the end

Marquez and Viñales got past.

Quartararo kept struggling with the tank-

MotoGPResult

Pos. RIdeR TImIng

1 maverickVIÑALES 40’55.415

2 marcMARQUEZ +4.854

3 FabioQUARTARARO +9.738

4 AndreaDOVIZIOSO +14.147

5 FrancoMORBIDELLI +14.467

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check uponnakagami

Quartararo suffered from

terrible tank-slappers on

the back straight

FabioQuartararogetshis

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