Winner, Bagnaia increases the pressure on Quartararo. Leader almost impassive during almost the entire race, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) signed a fourth victory in a row in MotoGP on the Marco-Simoncelli circuit in Misano on Sunday. The Piedmontese won with nothing on the line ahead of his future teammate in the official team, Enea Bastianini (Gresini), finally second. Grand Prix of San MarinoThe Ducati armada mates the competition, Quartararo only eighthYESTDAY AT 12:56Author of a third podium in four races, Maverick Vinales (Aprilia), third on Sunday, confirmed his return to the fore. It was more gloomy for our Tricolores. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac) lowered the flag from the first corner, victim of a collective fall. Fabio Quartararo fought against the clock but his 5th place of the day did not prevent Bagnaia from grabbing big points in the championship (more than 30 behind). Zarco still cursed, Quartararo limits damage After a start to the weekend marked by changing conditions, the French contingent was delighted with the appearance of blue skies above the Marco-Simoncelli circuit, swept by mild winds of the Adriatic Sea. Unhappy the day before, the French hoped for a better fate on Sunday, on a hot track. Problem, the tires did not appreciate the upheavals in temperature, and the falls multiplied during the first two laps. First down, Johann Zarco was trapped in the middle of the pack from the first corner, just like Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda) and Michele Pirro (Ducati). Somehow, Fabio Quartararo avoided the pitfalls, which notably condemned the chances of victory of Jack Miller (Ducati). Eighth at the start, the Niçois took advantage of the gadins and a daring overtaking on Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) to settle in the top 5 on the sixth lap. What followed was a time war where the positions hardly changed. “El Diablo” will also finish in the same place, despite a hair-raising final that allowed him to come back in the exhaust of Luca Marini (Mooney VR46), fourth at the finish. The Bagnaia threat is fast approaching The reigning world champion is carrying out a bad operation in the championship, since for his part Francesco Bagnaia scrapped successfully to retain the lead in the race, won at the expense of Enea Bastianini during the third round. ‘Bestia’ has often been the fastest, but the Piedmontese’s mischievousness and late braking have defused the ambitions of success for the Gresini rider, who will ride a gleaming machine next season. Francesco BagnaiaCredit: Getty Images The disaster was not even not far away when Bastianini just missed catching his compatriot’s rear wheel, in an almost suicidal maneuver on the last lap. Second by nothing, “Bestia” takes date for the future. This season, the boss is still Pecco. Precisely, the winner of the day, the first Ducati rider in history to survey four successes in a row in MotoGP (10 in total), is 30 lengths from the lead in the championship. An excellent accounting operation and a bath of confidence with six rounds to go. Now third in the standings, Aleix Espargaro (6th) is pushed back to 33 lengths. At this rate, the main threat for Quartararo in the defense of his title is emerging more than ever in the guise of Bagnaia. Next episode of the soap opera: in two weeks, in Aragon. Grand Prix of San MarinoMiller and Ducati in good shape, Quartararo and Zarco not far YESTERDAY AT 11:30Grand Prix of San MarinoQuartararo in full reinvention: “Overtaking is a nightmare”YESTORDAY AT 20:58