Obliterating the lap file to take pole in qualifying earlier on Saturday, Martin seized the holeshot effortlessly off the road and led all 13 laps of the dash race at Le Mans.
Celebrating his twelfth profession dash victory, Martin is now 28 factors clear within the standings.
He headed Gresini Racing rider and chief rival for the second manufacturing unit Ducati seat in 2025 Marc Marquez, who leaped from thirteenth on the grid and completed second after a late crash for VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales accomplished the rostrum, heading off a late cost from manufacturing unit Ducati rider Enea Bastianini to safe third – the Italian shifting as much as second within the championship.
As Martin blasted off the road to take the lead into the primary sequence of corners in the beginning, second-placed Bagnaia went backwards as his manufacturing unit Ducati pawed the air when he dumped the clutch and led to him being swallowed up by the pack.
The reigning world champion discovered himself in 14th after the opening melee and continued to go backwards as all tempo abandoned him.
On lap three, Bagnaia had a giant snap underneath braking for Flip 7 and bumped into the gravel, earlier than parking up in his Ducati storage on the finish of that tour for his third DNF of the yr.
After crashing his primary bike in qualifying, Bagnaia took the beginning on his quantity two Desmosedici and was reported to have informed his staff he had no feeling on it.
Martin got here underneath temporary menace from Bezzecchi, who’d moved as much as second forward of Aprilia duo Aleix Espargaro and Vinales, and Marquez on the primary lap, because the hole got here down to only underneath six tenths on the finish of the third tour.
However this push didn’t final lengthy as Martin responded to rebuild his buffer to eight tenths subsequent time round, eking it as much as a second come the top of lap seven.
Behind, Marquez had carved his method into fourth forward of Vinales into Flip 11 on lap one and was promoted to 3rd quickly after when Espargaro was handed a double lengthy lap penalty for leaping the beginning.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Ducati
Picture by: Marc Fleury
As soon as in third, Marquez chipped away at Bezzecchi’s hole over him and was placing some strain on when the VR46 rider crashed at Flip 9 on lap 10.
Bezzecchi’s crash gifted Martin a 2.280s lead come the chequered flag, with Marquez a snug second have eased away from Vinales.
Within the closing phases, Vinales got here underneath strain from a charging Bastianini on the remaining manufacturing unit staff Ducati, who began tenth.
However he held on by 0.624s, with Bastianini fourth forward of Espargaro following his penalties.
Pedro Acosta survived a large scare on the entrance finish on the penultimate nook late on to complete as high KTM runner in sixth on his Tech3 GasGas-branded RC16.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46), Jack Miller (KTM) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) took the ultimate dash factors right down to ninth.
Dwelling hero Fabio Quartararo may do not more than tenth on the struggling manufacturing unit Yamaha, whereas compatriot Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) was thirteenth.
Yamaha’s Alex Rins crashed out on lap seven, with Honda’s Joan Mir struggling a tumble on the identical nook earlier within the race when he ran large onto the kerbs.
MotoGP Spanish GP – Race outcomes:
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