MOTOGP
BARCELONA (ESP)
3 SEPTEMBER
ROUND 11/20
The 2023 Catalan Grand Prix very much displayed the light and shade of MotoGP. On the one hand, you had the historic Sunday for Aprilia as it achieved a dream 1-2 with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales. On the other, you had the horrible Turn 1 pile-up instigated by Ducati’s Enea Bastianini, and the frightening incident for his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. The latter’s massive highside of Turn 2 on the opening lap was bad enough, but the subsequent collision between Brad Binder’s KTM and Bagnaia’s leg was truly sickening.
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