Algarve MotoGP Results: Bagnaia Almost Perfect, Quartararo Fails To Finish

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JAKARTA - Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia performed almost perfectly at the Algarve Grand Prix, Portugal, on Sunday to claim his third win of the season. Bagnaia finished ahead of Suzuki's Joan Mir and his Ducati partner Jack Miller.

Bagnaia, starting from pole position for the fifth time in a row, overcame a minor error early in the race when he nearly lost his lead in the final race of the season.

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New world champion Fabio Quartararo of the Yamaha team, who clinched the title last month at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, crashed with five laps remaining.

It was the first time the French rider failed to finish this season. He also had a disappointing weekend when he was overwhelmed in qualifying.

Miller lost speed with 15 laps remaining and was briefly overtaken by LCR Honda's Alex Marquez, who has moved up five places to aim for his first podium of the season, but the Australian came back to take third and help Ducati claim the constructors' title.

The race ended dramatically when red flags were flown following the crashes of KTM's Miguel Oliveira and Iker Lecuona in the last two laps.