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Final results

Pos Name Team Bike Laps Laps Led Total Time Fastest Lap Pitstops Pts
1 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 18 47m25.473s 1m33.609s 1 25
2 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 27 0 +3.97s 1m33.75s 1 20
3 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 4 +14.468s 1m33.048s 1 16
4 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 0 +16.172s 1m34.809s 1 13
5 Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 0 +21.43s 1m33.929s 1 11
6 Alex Marquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 27 0 +23.509s 1m34.606s 1 10
7 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 27 0 +30.164s 1m33.506s 1 9
8 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 0 +35.221s 1m33.643s 1 8
9 Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 0 +40.432s 1m33.886s 1 7
10 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 2 +40.577s 1m33.108s 1 6
11 Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 0 +42.198s 1m34.077s 1 5
12 Luca Marini SKY VR46 Avintia Team Ducati 27 0 +52.408s 1m34.506s 1 4
13 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 0 +59.377s 1m34.776s 1 3
14 Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Racing Ducati 27 0 +1m02.224s 1m34.628s 1 2
15 Tito Rabat Pramac Racing Ducati 27 0 +1m09.651s 1m35.507s 1 1
16 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 0 +4 laps 1m43.803s 1 0
Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 17 3 DNF 1m33.427s 1 0
Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 15 0 DNF 1m33.968s 1 0
Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 0 DNF 1m33.753s 1 0
Alex Rins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 12 0 DNF 1m33.154s 1 0
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 11 0 DNF 1m34.89s 1 0
Joan Mir Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 4 0 DNF 1m33.75s 0 0


It means Quartararo now leads the standings by one point over Bagnaia, with Zarco and Miller 12 and 16 down respectively.
For info MM93 is 17th overall with 16 points.

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Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha 80
2 Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati 79
3 Johann ZARCO Ducati 68
4 Jack MILLER Ducati 64
5 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 56
6 Joan MIR Suzuki 49
7 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 35
8 Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha 33
9 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 28
10 Pol ESPARGARO Honda 25

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Great race. Jackass has matured so much as a driver these past few years. And I hope Zarco gets his win this year.

And to reiterate what I said like three years ago, Rins needs to fucken stop crashing.
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Cheeveer wrote: 2 years ago Le Mans this weekend, means crash galore.
Just to back your comment, Mat Oxley has just confirmed the number of crashes in the 'seniors'
Le Mans was an ice rink for much of the weekend, claiming 117 victims over the three days.
That was taken from his MotoGP review, with not a mention of the lower categories, so not including Moto2 & 3. :shocked:

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Michele Pirro has been called up to ride for Pramac Racing at next weekend’s Italian MotoGP.

Pirro will substitute for Jorge Martin who was injured at the Portuguese MotoGP last month.

Tito Rabat competed in Spain and France in place of Martin, with next weekend’s race Pirro’s first MotoGP start since last year’s Styrian Grand Prix.

The team said:
“After listening to the opinions and the reflections made by the doctors, Jorge Martin will return in time for the Catalunya Grand Prix,”
“The conditions of the Spanish rider are without a doubt improving, but for him to return in time for Mugello does not seem to be the best choice due to how tough and demanding that circuit is.

“Therefore, Michele Pirro (Ducati test rider) will be carrying the Pramac Racing colours with Johann Zarco in the Italian Grand Prix.”

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Dovi signs with Aprillia as their test rider.

Just wildcard already.
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Bagnaia fastest on Mugello day 1.
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Rossi woeful again.... having said this is a critical weekend for his future decisions. I think I read that there is some performance clause in his contract that might take the stay or go decision away from Rossi if the achievement stipulations are not met by a certain date. ie Yamaha would not renew his contract.

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What a brutal crash between Dupasquier, Alcoba and Sasaki in the closing minute of Moto3 qualifying. Dupasquier is treated for about 25min at the scene still and the helicopter has landed straight near crash site. Stabilizing seems to be tough, I guess. In any other way they would have carried him away already. Crossing fingers and knocking on wood for Dupasquier.
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Mat Oxley seemingly kept an eye on the clock and reports more than half an hour of treatment on crash site.

Meanwhile, after some delay MotoGPs FP4 is about to go underway
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Andy wrote: 2 years ago What a brutal crash between Dupasquier, Alcoba and Sasaki in the closing minute of Moto3 qualifying. Dupasquier is treated for about 25min at the scene still and the helicopter has landed straight near crash site. Stabilizing seems to be tough, I guess. In any other way they would have carried him away already. Crossing fingers and knocking on wood for Dupasquier.
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Haven't seen it, can't see it anywhere either. What happened?
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Hmm. That doesn't look good. There's rarely a positive result when s bike hits head or chest, and the need to stabilise for so long is also a concern.
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Andy wrote: 2 years ago What a brutal crash between Dupasquier, Alcoba and Sasaki in the closing minute of Moto3 qualifying. Dupasquier is treated for about 25min at the scene still and the helicopter has landed straight near crash site. Stabilizing seems to be tough, I guess. In any other way they would have carried him away already. Crossing fingers and knocking on wood for Dupasquier.
Official reports are saying the same with no updates on his condition as yet beyond "serious".
Swiss rider Jason Dupasquier was airlifted to a hospital after a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Dupasquier was involved in an accident with riders Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba toward the end of the session, which was immediately red-flagged.

Dupasquier appeared to fall and was then hit by his own motorbike and that of Sasaki, while a visibly shocked Alcoba later said on television that he thought he had also gone over the Swiss rider’s legs.

There was no official confirmation on Dupasquier’s condition. He was treated on the track for approximately 30 minutes before a helicopter landed and airlifted him to a hospital in Florence.
Best wishes that all is as good as possible and Dupasquier is not suffering serious injuries. All I can add is that he seemed to be run over his legs by Sasaki, so hopefully no head injuries.

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hollie3sa wrote: 2 years ago
As I was on a lap of my own, thanks for the update !
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