Marco Bezzecchi made a brilliant start from his first-ever MotoGP pole to lead into turn one, however, the Italian ran off track on the exit of the same corner, as did Jorge Martin.
As Francesco Bagnaia gained a position and moved into second following Martin’s mistake, main title rival Fabio Quartararo instead went backwards after suffering a shocking first lap as he dropped out of the points in just four corners.
Getting swamped in the middle of the pack, Quartararo went from fourth to 17th before coming close to losing the rear of his Yamaha on the exit of turn four.
After gaining an advantage following his off track excursion, Bezzecchi was then asked to drop a position as Jack Miller got through on team-mate Bagnaia for second.
Bagnaia was then pushed back to fourth as Oliveira was making a significant charge…
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