2024-08-18 14:07:25
The pilot Italian Francesco Bagnaia, with Ducati, became the new leader of the MotoGP championshipafter imposing itself so much in the Sprint race as well as in the main race of the Austrian GPThe podium was completed by Jorge Martín and Enea Bastianini, both of Ducati.
Bagnaia, who had won the Sprint on Saturday, started in second place, only behind Martín, who arrived at this race as the championship leader. In a good fight that took place in the first lap, Bagnaia managed to overtake Martín in the last corner, to grab the lead and not let it go for the entire race..
Martin, for his part, was able to maintain second positionwhile Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati), who started seventh, made a great recovery and finished in third place.
Fourth place went to the Spaniard and multiple champion Marc Márquez (Ducati)who started third but made a mistake on the first lap that caused him to fall to thirteenth place, so he had to row from the bottom throughout the race.
With this result, Bagnaia regained the championship lead, reaching 275 points and gaining 5 points over MartínIn third place is Bastianini, with 214, followed by Márquez, with 192.
The Italian, who took his third consecutive victory at the Red Bull Ring, is looking for his third MotoGP championshipafter those achieved in 2022 and 2023. The next date will take place on September 1, when the Aragon GP is held in Spain.
Top 10 at the Austrian GP
1- Francesco Bagnaia.
2- Jorge Martin.
3- Enea Bastianini.
4- Marc Marquez.
5- Brad Binder.
6- Marco Bezzecchi.
7- Maverick Viñales.
8- Franco Morbidelli.
9- Aleix Espargaró.
10- Alex Márquez.