Suzuki made a shock announcement back in May that it would be quitting MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season just two years after it won the world championship with Joan Mir.
From that moment, Suzuki’s season has fallen off the rails. But a stunning ride from 10th on the grid from Rins saw him beat Marc Marquez in a last-lap belter to become the seventh different winner of 2022.
This came after he passed Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, who now leads the championship by 14 points after Quartararo crashed out on lap 11 of 27 as he tried to recover from a costly early mistake.
Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin converted pole into the lead off the line as Marquez – who was the only rider to use the soft rear tyre – and Quartararo slotted in behind.
Quartararo’s excellent launch from fifth only last two corners, however, as both Bagnaia – who had a poor launch from third after he struggled to engage his ride height devices – and Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro came through to demote the Yamaha rider.
The erstwhile championship leader would lose fifth to home hero Jack Miller charging through from eighth on his factory Ducati.
VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini would demote Quartararo seventh using the power of his GP22 to outdrag the Frenchman into Turn 1 at the start of lap six.
Quartararo’s race would become disastrous three corners later when he had a snap under braking into Turn 4 and ran off track, dropping down to 22nd.
He would get himself back into the points in 15th over the next few tours, but would crash out going through Turn 2 on lap 11 when he tucked the front-end of his Yamaha.
Marking his third non-score in four races, Quartararo has now lost the championship lead for the first time since the Portuguese GP.
By the point of Quartararo’s crash, Martin continued to lead but Rins had carved his way through the order from 10th on the grid, having scythed past Aleix Espargaro, Miller and Bagnaia at Turn 2 on successive laps from tours six to eight.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing
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Rins moved ahead of Marquez at Turn 1 on lap 11 before making his first appearance in the lead three tours later after carving up the inside of Martin at Turn 3.
This stint at the front was short-lived, though, Bagnaia came through to the lead on lap 15 at Turn 1 having passed both Martin and Marquez at Turn 4 the lap before.
Rins, Marquez and Martin engaged in a battle for second through to the final lap as…
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