🌞After clinching a sensational pole, Marc Marquez made a brillianไt start as he led into turn one.

Bagnaia, who lined up second, was then moved down to third after teammate En💛ea Bastianini went from sixth to second. 

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However, the reigning world champion responded immediately at turn three as he pushed Bastiani﷽ni wide.

That allowed Jorge Martin to take third away fr🍃om Bastianini, who then ran into much bigger trouble on lap two after Luca Marini lost the front-end of his Ducati at turn five and wiped out the four-time race winner in 2022.

Marini and Bastiaꦛnini weren’t the first riders t𝐆o crash out as Joan Mir fell on lap one after running into the side of Fabio Quartararo.

The Yamaha rid𒈔er, who lost five place before contact with the Honda rider, then dropped down to 19th as a result of Mir’s 🥃mistake. 

As Bagnaia and Martin battled for the lead on laps three and four a🌱fter overtaking Marquez,♒ Miller began to make the biggest impact.

The KTM rider pounced on Marquez for P3 before taking secon🍬d away from Bagnaia at turn five. 

The only rider of the lead group using a soft front tyre, Miller was clearly confident as he managed to turn his🧸 RC16 better than the rid💜ers around him. 

Marco Bezzecchi made it a miserable opening race of the sea༒son for Mooney VR46 Ducati after also crashing out. 

Miller’s epic charge then saw him take the race lead after a brilliant move on the brakes at 𓆉turn 13. However, Martin was having none of it as he♛ regained top spot heading into turn one. 

As the top five continued to fight, both factory Aprilia riders su🎉☂bsequently joined the action at the front of the field. 

Keen to move forward, Vinales put a late move on his teammate a♛t turn two before Espargaꦏro came straight back at his fellow Spaniard. 

The hard racing between both Aprilia riders saw them lose a little bit of ground behind Marquez, while Bagnaia made it a Ducati 1-2 for the second time after passing Miller on the run 🌌t♌o turn one. 

As Oliveira attempted to take third away from Miller, Marquez sniffed an opportuni💙ty to overtake both riders, which he did afte they ran slightly wide at turn one.

Oliveirꦛa then regained third heading into the final lap before making a mistake at turn ten which gꦕifted Marquez the podium.

Martin,🃏 who was leading the race with just one lap to go, also made a mistake at turn five which allowed Bagnaia to come through and claim victory.