Leading the field away from pole, Jorge Martin made a great start as he led i💫nto turn one.

But it was the factory KTM 𒆙duo who made the best starts as Brad Binder moved up fr🐓om fourth to second, while Jack Miller came from the fourth row to go seventh, ahead of a battling Marc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

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Marc Marquez finally won the battle with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jack Miller on lap two as he closed back🅠 in on the factory duo of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea🔯 Bastianini.

The fastest rider on circuit, Marquez was lookingꩲ ominous as Bagnaia moved up to third wi𝐆th a move on Aleix Espargaro at turn one.

A leading groꦐup of six, Martin was still the leader from🌳 Binder as they began lap five of 11.

Not in the lead b💜attle, unlike four months ago when he won the Qatar MotoGP, Di Giannantonio crashed out of seventh on 🐬lap four. 

A mistake at the end of lap five saw Bastianini give up P5 to Marquez, who was still quicker than❀ the riders ahead of him.

While P5 was given to him due to a mistake, Marquez took P4 away from Espargaro one lap later with a stunning move on th🐓e brakes at turn one.

In thಞe process Marquez nearly lost the front but the eight-time world cha♔mpion managed to remain aboard his Gresini machine.

Lining up a move on Bagnaia for third, Marqu🌸ez made a mistake on lap eight which allowed Espargaro to regain P4. 

Fastest of the lead quartet, Espargaro then attacked Bagnaia on the penultimate lap but ran wide in𝓡 the process.

Espargaro was not to be denied though as he came back through on Bagnaia at the end༒ of the lap.