Bagnaia defeats Ogura and Marquez to claim memorable sprint win in Brno

Updated: 16:44, 20 Jun

Andrew McLarney is a MotoGP reporter for GPBlog. With four years experience as a professional writer across the sports and video game industries, his experience as a K1 Premier League competitor evolved into a fascination with all forms of combat sport and eventually motorsport — with MotoGP becoming his primary focus. On top of that he is also an avid follower of MXGP and AMA Supercross as well as F1 and GT racing.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia claimed a memorable sprint win at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno, holding off a solid challenge from Ai Ogura and Marc Marquez over the course of 12 laps.

Bagnaia took the holeshot and managed the race perfectly from the opening lap. Despite the best efforts of Ogura and Marquez, the two-time world champion managed to hang on and claim the top spot for the first time this year. The front three were separate by less than a second as they crossed the line, while VR46's Fabio Di Giannantonio was a relatively distant P4, three seconds behind.

Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi once again suffered a sprint crash, his fourth crash in sprint races this year. The incident has cost him another handful of points as the Italian was running in 5th place.

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Jorge Martin was also off the pace after having to recover from Q1 earlier in the morning. 'The Martinator' could only managed a P5 finish in the end and will face a double long lap penalty tomorrow.

Brazilian rookie Diogo Moreira also crashed on the opening lap while running in 3rd place. Maverick Vinales crashed at the same corner soon after, while Pedro Acosta and Luca Marini also went down in separate incidents later in the race.

Position	Rider (Team)	Time
1.	Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo)	-
2.	Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Racing)	+0.241
3.	Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo)	+0.794
4.	Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46)	+2.905
5.	Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing)	+6.404
6.	Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing)	+7.440
7.	Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3)	+8.110
8.	Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing)	+10.195
9.	Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing)	+10.984
10.	Joan Mir (Honda HRC)	+11.103
11.	Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha)	+13.497
12.	Franco Morbidelli (VR46)	+14.942
13.	Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha)	+15.038
14.	Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha)	+15.535
15.	Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha)	+16.151
OUT	Cal Crutchlow (Castrol Honda)	-
OUT	Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing)	-
OUT	Luca Marini (Honda HRC)	-
OUT	Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing)	-
OUT	Maverick Vinales (KTM Tech3)	-
OUT	Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda)	-
DNS	Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing)	-

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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