Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales capitalised on a late mistake for long-time leader Francesco Bagnaia to win the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix sprint, as Marc Marquez scored a first Ducati podium.
Reigning world champion Bagnaia looked set to cruise to a first sprint win since the Austrian Grand Prix last year having led by just under a second at the start of lap nine. But the Ducati rider made a mistake under braking and flew off track at Turn 1, dropping to fourth and releasing Vinales into a slender lead ahead of Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
Vinales’ sprint win has made him the first rider in the modern MotoGP era to score victories for three different manufacturers. However, sprints don’t count as official wins in the record books, and therefore Vinales still needs to win a grand prix to properly secure that bit of history. Bagnaia was 3.033s off the podium in fourth ahead of Miller and Bastianini, while Tech3 GasGas rookie Pedro Acosta finished seventh ahead of Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.
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