- 2024-08-19
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MotoGP Austrian GP: Francesco Bagnaia Wins at Red Bull Ring, Takes Championship Lead
Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria on August 18, 2024.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) took his seventh victory of the season and the third Red Bull Ring win in a row.
He passed poleman Jorge Martin (Ducati Lenovo) on lap 2. And then, he contained the top and took the chekerd flag.
Jorge Martin finished in 2nd place behind Francesco Bagnaia by 3.232s.
This result marks Francesco Bagnaia taking the lead by 5 points over Jorge Martin in the Championship.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) completed the rostrum in third, Ducati also claimed a perfect podium sweep for the eighth grand prix in succession.
Starting from the third position, Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati) made contact with Franco Morbidelli (Pramac Ducati) on the first lap, dropping to 13th place, but he eventually finished in 4th. Franco Morbidelli was 8th.
The FIM Stewards ruled no further action for the Turn 1 incident.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) was the top KTM at the Austrian manufacturer's home GP in 5th.
Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Ducati) was 6th ahead of Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing).
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), who took 3rd in the Sprint Race, and Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) rounded out the top 10.
Francesco Bagnaia said, “Before the race, he [Rossi] just said to me that what I did yesterday [in the Sprint] was already good, so just try to repeat it. After the race, he was just very happy, also because Celestino [Vietti] just won his first race of the year, he wasn't in a good situation, so we are very happy for him; I think Bezzecchi did a good race also; Franky wasn't the best race but he managed to come back a lot; so I think it's a very good weekend for the Academy. It's always important to have Vale with us, but I speak a lot with him also when he's not here. We text a lot, and I think he's super useful because I need his point of view. So, when he's here it's true that he has to focus more on his team, but in the evening we spoke yesterday and on Friday. I need his point of view. Yesterday was a very great race, with a bit of luck with Jorge's penalty. But then today I think we did a very fantastic pace. It was incredible, the speed we had. I was just trying to be a bit faster every lap compared to Jorge just to have this kind of gap in the last part of the race, and again control a bit with the rear. I was having a lot of 'waving' [weaving] in the straight with the rear tyre, and it was important to have this kind of gap just to manage it.”
Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Race Results- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / 42m 11.173s
- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / +3.232s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +7.357s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +13.836s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +18.620s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / +21.206s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +24.322s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +27.677s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +28.829s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +30.268s
- Pol Espargaro / Red Bull KTM / +30.526s
- Miguel Oliveira / Trackhouse Aprilia / +30.702s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +33.736s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / +36.310s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS / +36.522s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +37.571s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / +40.432s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / +43.788s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / +44.134s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / +44.576s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / +54.126s
- Stefan Bradl / HRC Test Team / +54.923s
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