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Maverick Vinales wins the season opener in Qatar. Impressive: The start of Ducati. Johann Zarco and Francesco Bagnaia finished second and third.
6:46 pm, March 28, 2021
What kind of start was that for Ducati? From 0 to 100 in 1.9 seconds, and how Danilo petrucci He already pulled his KTM out of the gravel, four red machines were leading after a sensational start: Francesco Bagnaia from Johann zarco, Jack miller and Jorge Martin. Martin even made up ten spots early on.
It was to be expected that Ducati was sensational at first. What needed to be clarified: How well do the machines work in the race?
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Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales In any case, he was able to overtake Martin and Miller on a Yamaha very early and place himself third and fourth behind the surprising Pole Bagnaia and Zarco, who drove over 360 km / h in qualifying and thus set a new record. maximum speed.
It was then Viñales who narrowly failed to pass Bagnaia and take the lead late in the race. The Italian held out splendidly for the moment. Eight laps from the end, the Spaniard was leading.
And then he didn’t give up until the end: Viñales won ahead of Zarco and Bagnaia. In the final stretch, the two Ducatis once again beat world champion Joan Mir.
Good for everyone except Viñales: for some time, the winner of the opening race has not been able to wait for the world championship title.
