Marc Marquez recovered from a collision along with his youthful brother Alex Marquez on the opening lap to win the principle race in Qatar and prolong his lead on the prime of the MotoGP standings.
The Spaniard, 32, completed forward of Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia and now has an 17-point benefit over his 28-year-old sibling.
Nevertheless, Vinales was given a 16-second penalty after the race for low tyre stress, which demoted him from second place to 14th and promoted Franco Morbidelli on to the rostrum.
Ducati rider Marc Marquez had returned to the highest of the riders’ championship by successful Saturday’s dash and began on pole for the 22-lap fundamental race on Sunday, however misplaced the lead after the contact between the 2 brothers within the first nook.
Nevertheless, the six-time MotoGP champion recovered, overtaking Vinales to regain first place with seven laps remaining.
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