Martin takes World Cup lead with victory in Portugal

Spaniard Jorge Martin won the Portuguese GP in Portimao on Sunday and took the lead in the MotoGP standings. The Ducati rider prevailed ahead of his Italian brand colleague Enea Bastianini and the two KTMs of Pedro Acosta (Spain) and Brad Binder (South Africa).

World champion Francesco Bagnaia from Italy was involved in a crash with his Spanish Ducati teammate Marc Marquez while fighting for fifth place and only came in 20th, while Marquez dragged himself to the finish in 16th. Sprint winner Maverick Vinales from Spain was also unlucky. The Aprilia driver fell while lying in second place due to a technical defect.

Portuguese GP in Portimao

Sunday:

MotoGP (25 Runden = 114.8 km): 1. Jorge Martin ESP Ducati 41:18.138 2. Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati + 0.882 3. Pedro Acosta ESP KTM 5.362 4. Brad Binder RSA KTM 11.129 5. Jack Miller AUS KTM 16.437 6 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Ducati 19,403 7. Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 20,130 8. Aleix Espargaro ESP Aprilia 21,549 9. Miguel Oliveira POR Aprilia 23,929 10. Fabio di Giannantonio ITA Ducati 28,195 16. Marc Marquez ESP Ducati 40,174 20. Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1 Runde

Out u. a.: Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia)

Moto2 (21 Runden = 96,432 km): 1. Arron Canet esp Kalex 36:03,959 2. Joe Roberts usa kalex 2,059 3. Manuel Gonzalez esp Kalex 2,610 4. Fermin Aldeuer Escuro 5. 28 6. Sergio 7. Celestino Vietti ITA Kalex 7,288 8. Albert Arenas ESP Kalex 7,663 9. Marcos Ramirez ESP Kalex 7,758 10. Somkiat Chantra THA Kalex 8,728 Moto3 (19 Laps = 87,248 km): 4:09,038 2. Jose Antonio Rueda ESP KTM + 0.044 3. Ivan Ortola ESP KTM 0.820 4. David Alonso COL CFMoto 2.218 5. Joel Kelso AUS KTM 2.246 6. Collin Veijer NED Husqvarna 2.263 7. Stefano Nepa ITA KTM 4.499 8. Joel Esteban ESP C FMoto 5,430 9. David Munoz ESP KTM 16,018 10. Adrian Fernandez ESP Honda 16,1

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