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The Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya hosted the sixth sprint race of the year this Saturday. After 12 laps of intense fighting for the top positions, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) replicated his result from last year at the Spanish circuit, achieving another victory. Marc Márquez (Ducati) and Pedro Acosta (GasGas) closed the podium.
Jorge Martín, Enea Bastianini, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Jack Miller, Maverick Viñales and Marco Bezzecchi also finished in the points.
The premier class riders will be back in action on Sunday in a 9:40am Warm Up, followed by the race itself at 2pm.
Martin and Mir complete Catalan GP sprint race
The Repsol Honda Team riders managed to finish a tough 12-lap sprint race.
Both Joan Mir and Luca Marini, who started from 21st and 22nd place, respectively, managed to stay in the fight for points, obtaining valuable data for the development of their Honda. Mir crossed the finish line in fifteenth position, followed by Marini in sixteenth.
Both riders will continue working hard on Sunday in the Warm Up to put the pieces together, looking to get the most out of their bikes in the main race of the Catalan Grand Prix.
Sprint Race Results: Catalan GP (12 laps)
| RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
| 1. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | 20:01.478 |
| 2. Marc Márquez | DUCATI | +0.892 |
| 3. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | +1.169 |
| 4. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | +2.147 |
| 5. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | +2.980 |
| 6. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | +4.623 |
| 7. Jack Miller | KTM | +8.084 |
| 8. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | +8.245 |
| 9. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | +8.643 |
| 10. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | +9.241 |
| 15. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | +16.438 |
| 16. Luca Marini | REPSOL HONDA | +18.000 |
General Standings
| RIDER | TEAM | POINTS |
| 1. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | 135 |
| 2. Marc Márquez | DUCATI | 98 |
| 3. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | 94 |
| 4. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | 91 |
| 5. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | 83 |
| 6. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | 80 |
| 7. Brad Binder | KTM | 67 |
| 8. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | 63 |
| 9. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | 51 |
| 10. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | 37 |
| 18. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | 12 |
| 23. Luca Marini | REPSOL HONDA | 0 |
Statements
Joan Mir
“It was an important Sprint race for the information to give to the engineers, so I am happy we were able to get some good data. We have made some progress in some areas and need to keep working in others and at this track it really shows. For Sunday I think there’s still some margin to improve tomorrow and try to fight for the points which will be our objective. Right now, it’s about the future.”
Luca Marini
“I was able to finish much closer to my teammate today which is a positive. We are working a lot on the bike to keep improving and I think we found something at the Mugello Test which is working here. It’s better to ride the bike but we can keep working to gain on the overall performance. There wasn’t a lot of grip on track today, the conditions were very tricky and I think you could see that in the race.”