Maverick Vinales got his 2021 MotoGP campaign up and running with a season-opening victory as he charged up from fifth at the Qatar Grand Prix. (More Sports News)
Pole-setter Francesco Bagnaia could not바카라 웹사이트get away from the chasing pack, which included바카라 웹사이트Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) and his Ducati team-mate Jack Miller.
With defending world champion Joan Mir – starting in 10th – and fellow Suzuki rider Alex Rins struggling to keep pace initially, it was Monster Yamaha's Vinales바카라 웹사이트who made his move.
Finding himself in fifth with 15 laps remaining, Vinales closed the gap on바카라 웹사이트Bagnaia by the time the final seven came around.
After threatening once but being held off, Vinales spotted a gap and dived through to take a lead he would not relinquish.
Bagnaia's race looked set to go from bad to worse when he dropped out of the top three altogether.
It left Zarco and Mir tussling for second, and last year's champion had the edge on the last바카라 웹사이트lap yet, in a remarkable twist, he fell short on the final corner.
Mir appeared to run wide, with his exit speed dropping and allowing Zarco to clinch second –바카라 웹사이트Bagnaia, who had blitzed바카라 웹사이트the Losail lap record in qualifying, battling back to mark his first race for Ducati with a podium finish.
Fabio Quartararo completed the top five, with Mir's team-mate Rins finishing sixth.
There was misery for바카라 웹사이트Takaaki Nakagami, who crashed out on turn nine midway through the race, with바카라 웹사이트Danilo Petrucci's Tech3 KTM debut also coming바카라 웹사이트to a premature end.
