Incredible scenes in the MotoGP sprint in Barcelona: First, Raul Fernandez and Brad Binder crash while in the lead. On the last lap, Francesco Bagnaia also crashes out of P1. Aleix Espargaro inherits the win. Marc Marquez makes a comeback from 14th place on the grid to second place. Pedro Acosta completes the podium. Jorge Martin comes fourth.
Martin is now 37 points ahead of Marc Marquez in the World Championship. Bastianini is third, 41 points behind, and Bagnaia is 44 points behind Martin.
MotoGP Barcelona: The racing film in the sprint
The starting line-up: 1. A. Espargaro, 2. Bagnaia, 3. R. Fernandez, 4. Binder, 5. Acosta, 6. Di Giannantonio, 7. Martin, 8. Rins, 9. Miller, 10. Morbidelli, 11. Bastianini, 12. Vinales, 13. A. Marquez, 14. M. Marquez, 15. Oliveira, 16. Bezzecchi, 17. Quartararo, 18. Zarco, 19. A. Fernandez, 20. Nakagami, 21. Mir, 22. Marini, 23. Bradl
Begin: Bagnaia gets off to the best start from second place and shoots into the lead. Acosta, Binder and Raul Fernandez are behind him. Pole sitter Aleix Espargaro drops to fifth place. Martin also gets off to a bad start – P8. Marc Marquez moves up from twelfth to ninth place.
1 round: Raul Fernandez overtakes Binder again to take third place.
2nd round: Acosta brakes past Bagnaia in turn 1 to take the lead, but Bagnaia is able to counter in turn five and regain the top position.
3rd round: Acosta overtakes Bagnaia again in Turn 1, who then has to let Raul Fernandez and Binder pass in the following corners. In Turn 5, Raul Fernandez attacks Acosta with a hard maneuver and takes the lead. Acosta goes wide and also has to let Binder pass. Fernandez leads ahead of Acosta, Binder and Bagnaia.
4th round: Acosta passes Binder again in Turn 1 to take second place.
5th round: Raul Fernandez has crashed! He threw his Aprilia into the gravel of turn ten while in the lead and is out of the sprint.
6th round: Binder takes the lead from Acosta on the start-finish straight. After a mistake by Acosta, Bagnaia also overtakes the rookie.
7th round: Acosta brakes Bagnaia once again in turn 1, but makes a mistake in turn three and Bagnaia slips through again.
In turn 5, Binder also crashes while in the lead! Bagnaia leads the sprint ahead of Acosta, Aleix Espargaro, Marc Marquez and Martin.
8th round: Aleix Espargaro overtakes Acosta in turn one to take second place.
Johann Zarco crashes after contact with Alex Marquez.
10th round: Next crash: Miguel Oliveira has been hit.
12th and final round: Marc Marquez outbrakes Acosta in turn one and is now third.
Bagnaia also crashes in Turn 5! The third driver to crash while in the lead!
Goal: Aleix Espargaro wins an incredible sprint! Marc Marquez takes second place ahead of Acosta. Martin takes fourth place, followed by Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Jack Miller, Maverick Vinales and Marco Bezzecchi take the last points. Stefan Bradl takes 18th place.