Francesco Bagnaia, reigning MotoGP world champion, won the sprint of the Grand Prix of the Americas, the third round of the MotoGP season, on Saturday, a victory which allows him to close in on the overall leader, Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati-VR46) , 6th in the race.
Starting from pole position, Bagnaia won ahead of the Spaniards Alex Rins (Honda-LCR) and Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac) and very far ahead of the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), victim of a fall shortly before halfway. . If the defending vice-champion was able to start again, he finished 19th. In the championship, Bezzecchi is only one point ahead of Bagnaia, a gap that rises to 19 points with the other Frenchman on the grid Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac), 3rd overall but only 11th at the finish. of the sprint.