Overview
- Fabio Di Giannantonio passed Pedro Acosta late for third, keeping Ducati’s 88-race grand prix podium streak alive.
- Alex Marquez won Saturday’s sprint, then finished sixth in the grand prix after late moves from Acosta, Di Giannantonio and Fermin Aldeguer.
- Francesco Bagnaia retired after a first-lap collision initiated by Johann Zarco, who received a long-lap penalty, which cemented Acosta’s fourth in the championship.
- Franco Morbidelli fractured his left hand in a pre-start collision with Aleix Espargaro, ruling him out of the race and Tuesday’s post-season test.
- Aprilia withdrew Jorge Martin mid-race as a precaution following his return from injury after he served a double long-lap penalty.