Indonesian GP Sprint Race Results

Jorge Martín (Ducati) won the sprint race at the Indonesian Grand Prix and became the new leader of the MotoGP World Championship. Luca Marini (Ducati) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) completed the first podium of the weekend after a tough fight until the final laps.

The riders who rounded out the points were Maverick Viñales, Fabio Quartararo, Fabio Di Giannatonio, Enea Bastianini, Pecco Bagnaia and Jack Miller.

Martín holds the lead in the World Championship classification over Pecco Bagnaia, which stands at 7 points.

The premier class action on Sunday sees a Warm Up at 4:40 (CEST) and the race itself at 9.00 (CEST).

Difficult race for Repsol Honda Team

Marc Márquez came into the sprint race on course for a solid result, after maintaining a good pace throughout the weekend. However, the Repsol Honda Team rider, who started from eighth position, suffered a crash on the first lap of the race. He will try to finish the Grand Prix positively in the main race on Sunday.

Joan Mir established a good race pace from the beginning, gaining places and fighting with his closest rivals. Unfortunately, in the final stages of the race, when he was running twelfth, he had a mechanical problem and dropped to 16th position.

Indonesian GP Sprint Race Results (13 laps)

General Standings

Statements

Marc Márquez

“Our race was very short today; I lost the front at Turn 11 on the first lap. It’s a shame to finish the race so early because normally in the first laps I am very strong. We took a risk in the first laps and this is what can happen. The negative is that we didn’t finish the race and miss some information about how the tyres behave but the positive point is that we save our physical condition for the race tomorrow which will be a very long and hard race physically. Tomorrow it will be a tough race, the aim is the top 12.”

Joan Mir

“Today was not what we were expecting to be honest. After the feeling we had yesterday, I thought we had the potential to go into Q2 but today I arrived at the limit quite early. In the Sprint Race, I was trying very hard to recover but I couldn’t ride exactly how I wanted in the first laps because we were battling. Once I found a bit of clean air and free space, I was pleased with my lap times which were similar to the top six. Tomorrow will be a tricky day, at the end of the race today it was difficult to finish because the tyre temperatures were very high.”