Looking to win his first-ever MotoGP race, Aprilia’s first𒈔 in the MotoGP era, Espargaro got a good start despite it not being enough to retain the lead. 

That honour instead went to 🎶Jorge Martin who m꧑ade a brilliant launch from P2, as did Pol Espargaro from fourth. 

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Looking to make up for poor qualifying sessions, Takaak♑i Nakagami and Enea Bastianini were two of the biggest movers as both made their way in the top ten.&n♈bsp;

On the ot🅘her hand it was a shocker for the reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo, who dropped from P6✅ to 13th. 

At the front, Martin and Espargaro𓆏 began to pull clear of Pol in third. Lap three saw back-to-back fastest laps from both riders, with Espargaro going two tenths quicker. 

There was more misery for Andrea Dov🏅izioso who had to retire for the second consecutive race weekend. 

Although top speed wasn’t expected to be an issue this we𒈔ekend, Quartararo felt just that as Johann Zarco blasted past his fellow Frenchman on lap f🔴ive.

Zarco wasn’t in front for long however, as the Pramac Ducati rider then crashed a lap later at turn two.&nbs꧂p;

With Martin and Espargaro continuing to gap the group behind, a group that was now led by Alex Rins, The Aprilia rider managed to set yet another fastest lap despite Martinౠ retaining the lead of the race. 

Yamaha’s day went from bad to worse as more gremlins hit, this time it was Franco Morbidelli ꦺwho had to cut short his Argentina MotoGP. 

As he began to seize up a move for the lead, Espargaro made b♌ack-to-back mistakes on lap 11, errors that saw Martin’s lead increase to one second.

Unmoved by the double mistake, Esౠpargaro immediately responded by setting a new fastest lap.&n𒉰bsp;

The gap came do🍰wn from one second to ♊seven tenths. 

Lap 13 saw another three𓆏 tenths taken out of Martin’s lead, while further back Francesco Bangaia 𒅌was making good progress.

Having started 13th, Bagna♛ia made a move on Marini for P7 just after mid-race dis﷽tance. 

Trying to make his way through into P8, a loose-looking Bastianini made a big error at turn five as he ran off-track and therefore lost six pl🐬aces. 

After a s♋tern defense from Martin for most of the race, lap 18 saw Espargaro make his first attempt at taking the lead. 

The Aprilia rider got a great exit off turn four before dragging himself past the Ducati rider on the back-straight, however, the polesitter made the same mistake as Bastianini by running wide at turn five. 🐲;

Esparg🌳aro tried the same move two laps later, but in what was a carbon copy of the first attempt, he ran wiﷺde at turn five.

Whil♊e all this was happening, Rins was beginning to close in on the two leaders. 

As lap 21 began, Espargaro set up the move again, and finally, itꩲ was third time lucky for the 32 year-old who made the move stick at turn five. 

As he tried♌ to b🌱reak away from Martin, Espargaro continued to make small errors which allowed Martin to stay close. 

But after finally composing himself with three la🔴ps to go, Aprilia rejoiced as they saw their star man come home for a comfortable win ahead of Martin and Rins.