Pos.	Rider	Team	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Marc Marquez	DUCATI FACTORY	Ducati	20:29.509
2	Alex Marquez	Gresini	Ducati	0.795
3	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo	Ducati	1.918
4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	VR46	Ducati	8.536
5	Franco Morbidelli	VR46	Ducati	9.685
6	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Yamaha	10.676
7	Pedro Acosta	KTM	KTM	12.049
8	Luca Marini	Honda	Honda	13.588
9	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	13.752
10	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Factory	Aprilia	14.584
11	Fermin Aldeguer	Gresini	Ducati	14.754
12	Brad Binder	KTM Factory	KTM	14.908
13	Enea Bastianini	Tech 3	KTM	16.009
14	Jack Miller	Pramac	Yamaha	16.182
15	Alex Rins	Yamaha	Yamaha	18.181
16	Johann Zarco	LCR Honda	Honda	18.625
17	Raul Fernandez	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	21.666
18	Augusto Fernandez	Tech3	KTM	29.061
19	Somkiat Chantra	LRC	Honda	33.622
20	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	34.989
DNF	Maverick Vinales	Tech 3	KTM	- - -
DNF	Joan Mir	Honda	Honda	- - -

Bagnaia pulled a shocking holeshot and the first laps were a dogfight between MM93, Bagnaia and Alex the Brother. Also, Quartararo put the Yamaha near the front much to the cheers from the crowd.

Bagnaia really looked respectable and up for the fight—for a few laps anyway. Marc hung around for a lap then did a string of seven 2:02 laps which put everybody else in "follower" mode.

Maverick Vinales, who had some success here at CotA last year, pulled into the KTM garage mid-race with some histrionics.

Bagnaia, in his post-race debrief, looked like a new man. Pulling a holeshot and running with the hot mess of Marquez brothers at the front did a great deal for his confidence. He said that MM93's near crash gave him a start and he was surprised to see Marc continue to flog the Ducati after that because it could have been a big one, and if he had crashed, Bagnaia could have run him over.