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It’s the Yamaha of Maverick Viñales to win the Emilia Romagna GP at Misano. The Spanish rider closes ahead of his compatriot’s Suzuki Joan Mir and the KTM of Pol Espargaro. Much bad luck for Francesco Bagnaia, very close to his first first-class success and then crashed and was forced to retire with seven laps to go. Withdrawal also for Valentino rossi, eighth Dovizioso who manages to maintain the leadership of the world rankings.
Maverick Viñales finally manages to take the first step of the podium, but what makes noise in the Emilia Romagna GP is the slip of Francesco Bagnaia seven laps from the end as he headed for his first MotoGP success. So much bitterness on the palate for Pecco and Pramac’s team that he had a foretaste of success after having been able to overtake Viñales and have separated him by more than a second and a half between the corners of Misano. This is how Viñales takes advantage of it and manages to get his M1 to cross the finish line first, while behind him was a struggle to conquer the other two places on the podium.
In the end, it was to win Me me Pol Espargaró for a podium all in Iberian sauce, but much of the credit (or demerit) must be given to Fabio Quartararo. The Frenchman, fighting for the world title with Andrea DoviziosoIn fact, he did not execute the long lap penalty that was imposed on him on the last lap and was therefore penalized with three seconds, leaving the third place obtained at the finish line at the KTM in Espargaró. Having fallen to fourth place, El Diablo thus loses the necessary points to overtake Andrea Dovizioso in the world rankings, still a leader with only one point behind Quartararo himself and now also Viñales.
For Dovi a complicated weekend finished in eighth position ahead of the other two Italians Morbidelli me Petrucci, half a smile for Forlì, who with the 8 points obtained in the Emilia Romagna GP managed to get ahead of everyone in the race for the title. Leaving the race prematurely, in addition to Bagnaia, too Valentino rossi He crashed in the opening laps and then retired on lap 16 when he was in last position. Thanks to the casualties of Miller, Aleix Espargaró, Binder, Rabat and Lecuona, all the other riders scored points in this second and final MotoGP weekend in Italy.
THE ORDER OF ARRIVAL OF THE EMILIA ROMAGNA GP
THE WORLD RANKING AND CALENDAR