Spanish GP Sprint Race Results

Jorge Martín (Ducati) won the sprint race at the Spanish Grand Prix. After 12 heart-stopping laps of the iconic Jerez track, he prevailed with a victory ahead of Pedro Acosta (GasGas) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha). The race saw some fourteen crashes.

The rest of the riders to score points were Dani Pedrosa, Franco Morbidelli, Raúl Fernández, Marc Márquez, Augusto Fernández and Miguel Oliveira.

With this result, Martín extends his advantage in the standings to 29 over Pedro Acosta.

The premier class riders will be back on track on Sunday at 2pm CEST, for the main race of the weekend.

Joan Mir and Luca Marini have bittersweet sprint race

Starting from 20th place, Joan Mir had a good start that allowed him to climb up the order in the early stages of the race. After a series of crashes ahead of him, he was able to take advantage of the situation to finish the race in tenth position. However, due to various penalties to other riders, Joan gained one point in the overall standings and climbed up to ninth place.

Luca Marini also maintained a good pace to reach positive positions for the team, but in the closing stages of the race he was one of those who crashed.
Both riders will work hard with their crews to improve their feeling ahead of Sunday’s main race.

Sprint Race Results: Spanish GP (12 laps)

General Standings

Statements

Joan Mir

“I was feeling a lot better with the bike today and I was riding well. The conditions weren’t easy with some wet patches still on track and it was a chaotic race. I made a great start, and I overtook a couple of guys, breaking away from the group behind me and I was with Raul Fernandez most of the race. I then had contact with Marc Marquez, and I lost three or four positions. Last year there was a similar incident between Quartararo and myself and I had a double long lap penalty the next race.”

Luca Marini

“It was a crazy race, there were a lot of wet spots and the wind was very high. It was really easy to make a mistake and especially in the Sprint race where everyone is pushing a lot and trying to overtake a lot, it’s quite difficult. Especially for us where we are struggling in ‘normal’ conditions, it made it really hard. I fell alone like many other riders at Turn Five. There was a lot of wind and a big wet patch on the outside. I am okay and we try again tomorrow.”