Pecco Bagnania (Ducati) won an Indonesian Grand Prix that saw multiple crashes and a major occurrence in the fight for the world title, with his victory and Jorge Martín failing to place in the points. Maverick Viñales (Ducati) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) completed the podium at the Mandalika International Circuit.
Completing the Top10 were: Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini, Álex Rins and Aleix Espargaró.
Bagnaia regains the lead in the championship and has an advantage of 18 points over Martín.
The next event on the calendar arrives this coming week with the Australian Grand Prix, which takes place at Phillip Island.
End of a tough Grand Prix for Repsol Honda Team
After a difficult sprint race for the two Repsol Honda team riders on Saturday, the Sunday objective was to finish the race solidly and continue providing data for this final stage of the season.
However, while fighting for the Top 10, Marc Márquez suffered a crash at Turn 13. The Repsol Honda Team rider will start over at the next race, held at Phillip Island -where he achieved his only podium of the year last season.
Joan Mir managed to make a good comeback at the start of the race but, after Lap 13, had a a small crash that took him out of the race.
Indonesian GP: Race Results (27 laps)
RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
1. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | 41:20.293 |
2. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | +0.306 |
3. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | +0.433 |
4. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | +6.962 |
5. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | +11.111 |
6. Brad Binder | KTM | +11.228 |
7. Jack Miller | KTM | +12.474 |
8. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | +12.684 |
9. Álex Rins | HONDA | +22.540 |
10. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | +30.468 |
Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | DNF |
Marc Márquez | REPSOL HONDA | DNF |
General Standings
RIDER | TEAM | POINTS |
1. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | 346 |
2. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | 328 |
3. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | 283 |
4. Brad Binder | KTM | 211 |
5. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | 177 |
6. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | 165 |
7. Johann Zarco | DUCATI | 162 |
8. Luca Marini | DUCATI | 144 |
9. Jack Miller | KTM | 135 |
10. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | 132 |
16. Marc Márquez | REPSOL HONDA | 64 |
22. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | 20 |
Statements
Marc Márquez
“The weekend started in a good way but then day by day, it became more complicated. Today in the race I kept calm, I was losing a little bit of ground, but I was not panicking. The aim was to finish the race and I was riding with this in mind. Unfortunately, at one point in Turn 13 I lost the front and I couldn’t save it. A tricky crash to understand but we start thinking about Australia.”
Joan Mir
“Look, I crashed so obviously the result is a disaster, but I could see some potential today. I made a good start but I got caught up with Morbidelli a bit. Then I was recovering and I had a good pace in the 1’31s, catching the group with Miller and these guys. The only guy doing better times in front was Martin so we really have to focus on this – it’s a positive point. I am happy for this, but obviously not happy to fall. Now we get to go straight to Phillip Island, a track I really like so hopefully we can have some more pace there and keep improving.”