Gresini Ducati racer Enea Bastianini win MotoGP Qatar 2022 at the Losail Circuit, Sunday (6/3), by beating Brad Binder.
The Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro appeared extraordinary at the start of the race. Marquez had taken the lead over Pol at the first corner, Jorge Martin, who started from pole, slipped to eighth position.
KTM’s Brad Binder had an impressive start. The South African racer was in third position at the start of the race despite starting from seventh position. Pol Espargaro ended the first lap by winning over Marquez, Binder, Joan Mir and Enea Bastianini.
The worst decline was experienced by Jack Miller. The Australian racer was in 14th position on the fifth lap despite starting from fourth position. Miller then failed to finish on lap 9 after deciding to return to the garage.
The new position change occurred on the sixth lap. Marquez’s mistake at the first corner was used by Binder to move up to second position. Bastianini also finally succeeded in overtaking Mir on this lap. One lap later Bastianini who used the Desmosedici GP21 successfully overtook Marquez.
Marco Bezzecchi became the first driver to crash on lap 8 at the last corner. After that, Alex Marquez and Miguel Oliveira had an accident and failed to finish.
Entering the middle of the race or lap 11, Pol Espargaro still leads the race over Binder by 0.5 seconds. At this point Bastianini began to threaten Binder in the race for second place.
Bad luck then experienced Ducati at the beginning of the 12th lap. Francesco Bagnaia made a mistake at corner one, crashed, and swept away Jorge Martin in the process. Bagnaia later apologized to Martin after the incident.
Bastianini was finally able to move up to second place on the 14th lap. The fight between Pol Espargaro vs Bastianini then ensued. Had a lead of more than 1 second, Pol was only 0.6 seconds adrift of Bastianini on lap 17. On this lap Marquez lost fourth position after being overtaken by Aleix Espargaro.
Entering the 19th lap, Bastianini then overtook Pol Espargaro in the straight line. The Honda rider then made a mistake at the first corner and lost second position after being overtaken by Binder.
Bastianini finally ensured victory at the Qatar 2022 MotoGP by defeating Binder. The third podium belongs to Pol Espargaro who is ahead of his brother, Aleix.
The next race will be held at the Mandalika MotoGP 2022, March 18-20. Live streaming of MotoGP Mandalika can be watched via CNNIndonesia.com and live broadcast via Trans7.
Qatar 2022 MotoGP Results
1. E. BASTIANINI 42 minutes 13.198 seconds
2. B. BINDER +0.346
3. P. ESPARGARO +1.351
4. A. ESPARGARO +2,242
5. M. MARQUEZ +4.099
6. J. MIR +4.843
7. A. RINS +8,810
8. J. ZARCO +10.536
9. F. QUARTARARO +10.543
10. T. NAKAGAMI +14.967
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