Another victory for Bagnaia, in demonstration
Winner of the sprint on Saturday and starting from pole position, Francesco Bagnaia never let go of his head to win this Austrian Grand Prix this Sunday, the tenth meeting of the season. The Italian consolidates his status as leader of the world championship. Brad Binder and Marco Bezzecchi finished second and third respectively. Starting in ninth place, Fabio Quartararo finished the race in eighth place. Johann Zarco is 13th.
Situation unchanged at 2 turns
Bagnaia has a warning but it will probably not change anything between now and the last two laps.
last 4 laps
Bagnaia continues his solo with five seconds of margin on Binder. Bezzecchi is in third position, Quartararo in ninth.
Battle for 3rd place
Marco Bezzecchi, Alex Marquez and Luca Marini are fighting for the last place on the podium. The first city has the advantage for the time being.
Quartararo returns to 9th position
The Frenchman overtook Enea Bastianini and is now in his original place. He was aiming for the top 7 at least, it will be complicated. 8 laps before the end.
More than two seconds ahead for Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia keeps a very fast pace, now pushing Brad Binder over two seconds. Another ten laps to complete his demonstration.
Good operation in sight for Bagnaia
As it stands, Francesco Bagnaia would have a 62-point lead in the standings. We will have to finish of course, with 13 laps still but the Italian could strike a blow after this weekend in Austria.
hollow bagnaia
15 laps from the finish, Francesco Bagnaia started to take off with a second ahead of Brad Binder!
yellow flag
Incident in the second sector with the fall of Joan Mir, 16 laps from the finish.
Vinales nibbles
Vinales climbs back and overtakes Miller to take sixth position. No change except at the head of the race, 18 laps from the finish.
Bagnaia does not weaken
The world championship leader still has Brad Binder in his wake but is holding on with 20 laps to go.
End of race for Miguel Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira suffered a mechanical problem and stopped there.
Almost two seconds gap between the duo and the pack
Bagnaia and Binder are nearly two seconds ahead of a group of four drivers led by Alex Marquez. Zarco is 10th ahead of Quartararo at 22 laps.
A duo flies away
Francesco Bagnaia is fast and takes the lead, only followed by Brad Binder. Another 25 rounds.
Binder in the wake of Bagnaia
Brad Binder is in contact with Francesco Bagnaia! Quartararo continues to retreat, 12th after 2 laps.
Quartararo does not confirm his departure
Fabio Quartararo lost his two places won at the start of the second round.
Good start for Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo got off to a good start, moving up to 7th position where Johann Zarco slipped to 13th.
Let’s go !
Let’s go for 28 laps! Francesco Bagnaia retains the lead after the first corner!
A new mindset for Quartararo
The 2021 world champion, who shows a new state of mind this weekend in Austria by claiming to no longer worry about the classification, took an encouraging 9th place in qualifying, two weeks after starting last on the grid at Silverstone (Great Britain).
During the sprint, his hopes of obtaining a good result unfortunately flew away at the first corner, after the very daring maneuver of Martin, who pushed him and caused the falls of several other pilots. If he did not fall, the Niçois was relegated to the back of the pack and finally finished 15th.
The starting grid
At the end of the morning on Saturday, the untouchable Bagnaia won his fifth pole position of the season, beating the Spaniard Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) by only 37 thousandths of a second.
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Welcome to RMC Sport, to follow live commented, from 2 p.m., the tenth round of the MotoGP season with the Austrian Grand Prix. Italian Francesco Bagnaia won the sprint race on Saturday and will start on pole, where Fabio Quartararo will start from ninth place ahead of his compatriot Johann Zarco.