It's the big day of the big Italian Grand Prix race on a Mugello site which is still waiting for its large audience. Because it is clear that Tuscany is far from Jerez and Le Mans in terms of setting the mood in the stands... Something to think about when Dorna draws up its 2024 calendar. But there is still this Sunday!
The day before, there was an eventful Saturday which was enough to motivate the locals to come and rush to the track en masse since it is the pole sitter Pecco Bagnaia who won the Sprint race of the Italian Grand Prix, contested on the splendid Mugello circuit, sixth round of MotoGP 2023. The rider Ducati immediately took the lead of the race and resisted the attacks of his distinguished companion Marco Bezzecchi, driver of the Mooney VR46 Racing Team, crossing the finish line after 11 laps in which even a few drops of rain appeared during the race.
"What does he want? I did nothing wrong!" 🎙️
Reacting to their Q2 situation, @PeccoBagnaia and @marcmarquez93 had a little cat in parc ferme 👇#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/ijmvDGfDG4
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) June 10, 2023
On the third step of the podium, George Martin got the better of his teammate Johann zarco on the handlebars of the Ducati from Team Pramac. Fifth at the finish Luca marini completed a convincing quintuple at home for the Borgo Panigale brand.
dominance Ducati was still broken by Jack Miller, sixth with the factory KTM and in front Marc Marquez, with whom he had a contact which caused him to lose many places. To complete the Top Ten, we will mention Aleix Espargaro with Aprilia, the return Enea Bastianini with Ducati et fabio quartararo with Yamaha .
Immediately after departure, there was contact between Brad Binder et Alex Marquez, the latter falling for the count. The South African then received a long lap penalty, which relegated him to 11th position, ahead of the Aprilia motorcycles of Miguel Oliveira (Team RNF) and Maverick Vinales (Team Factory).
Will the public respond in Italy?
Followed by the Ducatis of Fabio DiGiannantonio (Team Gresini) and the tester Michele Pirro, which preceded the Yamaha Franco Morbidelli. The Aprilia tester Lorenzo Savadori finished 18th, ahead of his teammate Raul fernandez. The GASGAS ofAugusto Fernandez et Jonas Folger close the ranking. Crash for Alex Rins, LCR Honda, transported by helicopter to Florence hospital with a fractured right leg.
After this Sprint race, bagnaia leads the championship MotoGP with 106 points, 4 more than Bezzecchi. Third is George Martin at 19 points, followed by Brad Binder at 25.
In Moto2, it’s Aron canet who will start in pole position despite a fall while Moto3, Deniz Öncü has won everything so far. All he needs is victory... It will all be hotly contested so here is the program so you don't miss anything.
Italian Grand Prix: Mugello timetables
Sunday, June 11
9:45-9:55 Warm Up MotoGP
11:00 a.m. Moto3 race
12:15 a.m. Moto2 race
14:00 p.m. MotoGP race