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MotoGP Qatar: Lights-to-flag Moto2 win for Bagnaia

Sky VR46's Pecco Bagnaia took a lights-to-flag Moto2 win at the Qatar MotoGP round after a late charge by Alex Marquez was muted by a rear brake jam which saw his disc glowing bright red and caused a loss of four seconds with six laps left to run. Bagnaia, who opted for the extra-hard rear, took the holeshot and didn't put a foot wrong over the 20-lap run, setting frighteningly consistent lap times as he held a gap of around eight-tenths over Marquez and Lorenzo Baldassarri, whose paint exchanges didn't help them close the gap. Marquez put a move on the Italian with nine to go and began to pull away but three laps later, diaster struck as Marquez' rear brake jammed and he was forced off...
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