Marc Marquez triumphs in the Australian Grand Prix by winning a great duel with compatriot Jorge Martin. Only third place for Francesco Bagnaia, who is unable to keep up with his rivals and now sees the gap from the top of the standings increase to 20 points. Only three events remain until the end of the season: for the Italian reigning world champion the margin of error is becoming ever thinner.
Martin makes no mistakes at the start and holds the lead of the race without any problem, followed by the two Italians Bezzecchi and Bagnaia, who do well to discard both the less reactive Marc Marquez and Vinales. During the fourth lap ‘Bez’ served the long lap penalty suffered yesterday at the end of the Sprint Race, leaving second place to Pecco, then in an attempt to recover the various positions he had lost he ended up on the ground and was forced to retire.
In the meantime, Marquez returns to the podium area and together with Bagnaia they make up for it under Martin, starting a beautiful three-way battle which, however, will soon become a simple duel between the two Spaniards, with the reigning blue champion unable to hold on the pace of the rivals. With four laps to go the head-to-head battle between the two Spaniards begins, with Marquez attacking Martin, who was initially good at responding but also not taking too many risks and settling for a precious second place.