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Jack Miller wins Spanish GP

Spanish 16-year-old Pedro Acosta took his third straight Moto3 win as three of his closest pursuers crashed on the final corner. Italian Romano Fenati on a Husqvarna inherited second place.

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Ducati Lenovo's Jack Miller celebrates his MotoGP win at Jerez yesterday. Pic/AFP

Ducati Lenovo's Jack Miller celebrates his MotoGP win at Jerez yesterday. Pic/AFP

Australian Jack Miller rode to only his second victory at the Spanish MotoGP on Sunday as Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia finished runner-up to take the overall championship lead. Miller, who underwent surgery early in April, took the lead when pre-race championship leader Fabio Quartararo started to lose pace midway through the race. On a track where Ducati had not won since 2006, Bagnaia followed Miller home to take the championship lead from Quartararo. Italian Franco Morbidelli was third on a Yamaha. Frenchman Quartararo finished 13th and doubled over, seemingly in pain, at the finish. Miller started and finished his immediate post-race interview in tears. "It's a flood of emotions: happy sad, everything," he said. 

"I thought when Fabio went past OK he's got a bit better pace," Miller said. "I thought he was going to bolt. "I didn't expect him to come back to me but he did. "He started to drop really off when I passed him. "There were still 12-13 laps left and I was thinking that's a long time out in front by myself but I was able to do it." Bagnaia followed Miller home to give Ducati the first two places and take the championship lead. "I'm happy," he said. "This was a really tough track for us, so to finish one-two is a really big result for us." 

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