Maverick Vinales makes it back-to-back MotoGP sprint wins after leading every lap at COTA.
However, it was a dreadful start for the reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia who dropped from fourth to tenth.Out of the race before completing lap one, Fabio Di Giannantonio had to retire after his Ducati caught fire following contact with Alex Marquez at the start.Also out of the sprint was Augusto Fernandez as the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM rider crashed on lap one.
Vinales then continued to open up his lead on lap four as Jorge Martin, who overtook Enea Bastianini for P4, began closing in on his fellow Spanish pair ahead.Pressure mounted on Marquez from behind while the battle for fifth saw Aleix Espargaro momentarily come through on Bastianini, before the Ducati rider regained the position.
Vinales, who was seemingly in a league of his own, then lost a considerable amount of time to Marquez who was now the fastest rider on circuit . But Vinales steadied the ship on lap eight and stopped losing time to Marquez.
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