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You are here: Home1 / MotorBugs Blog2 / Motorsports News3 / MotoGP 20224 / MotoGP™ – Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) beats Quartararo b...

MotoGP™ – Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) beats Quartararo by 0.4s in Austria.

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In front of 92,000 jubilant fans the lights went out for the MotoGP™ race and it was Bagnaia who grabbed the holeshot from Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Miller slotted into P3 with Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) holding station in P4. Quartararo got a decent start but at the end of the first lap, Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) passed the Frenchman to demote the Championship leader to P6. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), meanwhile, didn’t get a good getaway after his holeshot device didn’t engage but the number 41 recovered to P7 at the beginning of the second lap. Elsewhere, Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) crashed out at Turn 4 on the first lap and it was later confirmed the 2020 World Champion suffered ligament damage in his foot.

The leading Ducati quartet quickly found themselves over a second clear of Viñales, who had stretched his advantage over Quartararo to half a second. It wasn’t line astern in the lead group though. Miller overtook Bastianini at Turn 3 and Martin then had a successful bite at the cherry, only for Bastianini to snap back at Turn 1 on Lap 5. Viñales then made a mistake down at Turn 4, the Spaniard dropped behind Aleix Espargaro and Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing), before drama unfolded further up the road.

Bastianini looked like he had a problem going into Turn 3. Zarco did an excellent job of taking avoiding action as the Italian slowed right down through no fault of his own, before the polesitter then ran straight into the gravel a few seconds later at Turn 4. Was there an issue? It certainly looked like it as Bastianini was then forced to retire.

This saw Bagnaia and Miller open a one second advantage over Martin, Quartararo was a further 1.3s away in P4 with Espargaro and Viñales P5 and P6. Martin was digging deep and on Lap 11 of 28, the Spaniard was right with his Ducati stablemates. Quartararo was still 1.4s behind the third of the GP22s and had main title rival Espargaro 1.1s adrift, as Bagnaia set a personal best lap to gain a 0.6s lead over Miller.

On Lap 14, Quartararo set his personal best lap of the race and the reigning Champion was now 0.6s behind Martin. The latter made a mistake at the chicane with 12 laps to go and was forced to give the position up to Quartararo, but did Martin then have a problem? He raised his hand coming out of Turn 4 to signal he might have but he was back at full speed soon enough.

The situation with eight laps to go was this: Bagnaia boasted a 0.9s lead over teammate Miller, who was now hearing Quartararo’s YZR-M1 swarming all over the back of his GP22 tail. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) picked off Aleix Espargaro for P5, and Espargaro was coming under pressure from Zarco and Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar). Martin was still in P4, 0.6s away from Quartararo. That 0.6s gap soon became 0.3s with Martin now the fastest rider on track.

With four laps to go, a sensational move at Turn 2B saw Quartararo carve his way past Miller up into P2. Miller just held off Martin for P3 as Quartararo saw Bagnaia 1.5s up the road at the beginning of Lap 26 of 28. Starting Lap 27, Quartararo had clawed 0.2s back and starting the last lap, it was under a second!

Martin, up the inside of Miller, crashed unhurt at Turn 1 which gave Miller an easy ride home to P3. But could Quartararo do anything to stop Bagnaia from winning? No, not quite, although he wasn’t far away. Pecco took victory by just 0.4s to make it a hat-trick and reduce the gap to the Frenchman to 44 points, with Miller on the podium again in P3.

Fourth place for Marini is the Italian’s best result in the premier class to date, he eventually held off Zarco in fifth by less than half a second. 2.4s further behind was Aleix Espargaro who sees his disadvantage to Quartararo grow to 32 points heading to Misano, but on a tough weekend for the Spaniard, it could have been worse from P9 on the grid.

Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) gave KTM a P7 on their home patch, it was another solid Sunday rider for the South African, as he and Rins were separated by a tenth on the line. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) claimed P9 ahead of Martin in 10th, the latter able to remount after his last lap tumble at Turn 1.

Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Viñales, Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) and Andrea Dovizioso (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team) rounded out the points positions at the Red Bull Ring.

The title race pendulum is definitely swinging towards Bagnaia at this moment in time, and coming up next is the Italian’s home race at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli – a track he knows like the back of his hand. Quartararo though extends his lead, but the Frenchman, Espargaro and Bagnaia are now split by just 44 points. Game on.

Top 10:
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team)
2. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.492
3. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 2.163
4. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 8.348
5. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) + 8.821
6. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 11.287
7. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 11.642
8. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 11.780
9. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 16.987
10. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 17.144.

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MotoGP™ RAC Classification 2022

Red Bull Ring – Spielberg
, August 21st 2022
º C
Clear
Track condition: Dry
Humidity: %
Ground: º
1 25 63 Francesco Bagnaia IT Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 172.8 42’14.8860
2 20 20 Fabio Quartararo FR Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 172.8 +0.492
3 16 43 Jack Miller AU Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 172.7 +2.163
4 13 10 Luca Marini IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 172.3 +8.348
5 11 5 Johann Zarco FR Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 172.2 +8.821
6 10 41 Aleix Espargaro ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 172.1 +11.287
7 9 33 Brad Binder ZA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 172.1 +11.642
8 8 42 Alex Rins ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 172 +11.780
9 7 72 Marco Bezzecchi IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 171.7 +16.987
10 6 89 Jorge Martin ES Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 171.7 +17.144
11 5 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 171.7 +17.471
12 4 88 Miguel Oliveira PT Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 171.6 +18.035
13 3 12 Maverick Viñales ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 171.5 +20.012
14 2 73 Alex Marquez ES LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 171 +26.880
15 1 4 Andrea Dovizioso IT WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 170.8 +29.744
16 44 Pol Espargaro ES Repsol Honda Team Honda 170.8 +30.994
17 6 Stefan Bradl DE Repsol Honda Team Honda 170.3 +37.960
18 25 Raul Fernandez ES Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 170 +42.082
19 32 Lorenzo Savadori IT Aprilia Racing Aprilia 169.7 +46.666
20 87 Remy Gardner AU Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 163.5 1 laps
36 Joan Mir ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 0
21 Franco Morbidelli IT Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 162.2 3 laps
40 Darryn Binder ZA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 170.9 16 laps
30 Takaaki Nakagami JP LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 170.3 19 laps
23 Enea Bastianini IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 155.7 22 laps

Championship Standings MotoGP™ 2022

MotoGP™ Championship 2022
1 20 Fabio Quartararo FR Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 200
2 41 Aleix Espargaro ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 168
3 63 Francesco Bagnaia IT Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 156
4 5 Johann Zarco FR Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 125
5 43 Jack Miller AU Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 123
6 23 Enea Bastianini IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 118
7 33 Brad Binder ZA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 107
8 42 Alex Rins ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 92
9 89 Jorge Martin ES Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 87
10 88 Miguel Oliveira PT Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 85
11 12 Maverick Viñales ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 85
12 36 Joan Mir ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 77
13 10 Luca Marini IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 69
14 72 Marco Bezzecchi IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 68
15 93 Marc Marquez ES Repsol Honda Team Honda 60
16 30 Takaaki Nakagami JP LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 45
17 44 Pol Espargaro ES Repsol Honda Team Honda 42
18 73 Alex Marquez ES LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 29
19 21 Franco Morbidelli IT Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 26
20 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 23
21 4 Andrea Dovizioso IT WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 11
22 40 Darryn Binder ZA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 10
23 87 Remy Gardner AU Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 9
24 25 Raul Fernandez ES Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 5
25 6 Stefan Bradl DE Repsol Honda Team Honda 0
26 51 Michele Pirro IT Aruba.it Racing Ducati 0
27 32 Lorenzo Savadori IT Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0

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