MotoGP News: Bagnaia holds off Martin to win in Austria

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia out dueled MotoGP title rival Jorge Martin to take a key victory in the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring and retake the lead in the championship standing.

Bagnaia made the best start from the front row of the grid but couldn’t pass polesitter Martin.

Bagnaia made another attempt at Turn 1 at the start of the second lap and got the move done under braking to drop Martin to second.

The Pramac rider tried to retaliate, but Bagnaia stayed in front to the finish to win by 3.232s.

Enea Bastianini was third, 7.357s behind Bagnaia.

Marc Marquez was 4th, 13.8s behind Bagnaia while Brad Binder rounded out the top-5, 18.6s behind Bagnaia.

Race Results

Pos	No.	Rider	Team	Laps	Behind	Gap
1	1	F. Bagnaia	Ducati Team	28	+0.000s	0.000s
2	89	J. Martin	Pramac Racing	28	+3.232	3.232
3	23	E. Bastianini	Ducati Team	28	+7.357	4.125
4	93	M. Marquez	Gresini Racing	28	+13.836	6.479
5	33	B. Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	28	+18.620	4.784
6	72	M. Bezzecchi	Team VR46	28	+21.206	2.586
7	12	M. Viñales	Aprilia Racing Team	28	+24.322	3.116
8	21	F. Morbidelli	Pramac Racing	28	+27.677	3.355
9	41	A. Espargaro	Aprilia Racing Team	28	+28.829	1.152
10	73	A. Marquez	Gresini Racing	28	+30.268	1.439
11	44	P. Espargaro	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	28	+30.526	0.258
12	88	M. Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing Team	28	+30.702	0.176
13	31	P. Acosta	Tech 3	28	+33.736	3.034
14	30	T. Nakagami	Team LCR	28	+36.310	2.574
15	37	A. Fernandez	Tech 3	28	+36.522	0.212
16	42	A. Rins	Yamaha Factory Racing	28	+37.571	1.049
17	36	J. Mir	Repsol Honda Team	28	+40.432	2.861
18	20	F. Quartararo	Yamaha Factory Racing	28	+43.788	3.356
19	43	J. Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	28	+44.134	0.346
20	32	L. Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team	28	+44.576	0.442
21	5	J. Zarco	Team LCR	28	+54.126	9.550
22	6	S. Bradl	HRC Test Team	28	+54.923	0.797
dnf	25	R. Fernández	Trackhouse Racing Team	27	+1 Lap	1 Lap
dnf	10	L. Marini	Repsol Honda Team	5	+23 Laps	22 Laps