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Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro says he 'doesn't understand' why the media doesn't like the fact his MotoGP title battle with Fabio Quartararo is so friendly.

OPINION: Fabio Quartararo has seized control of the 2022 MotoGP world standings after another dominant victory as his nearest rivals faltered. With Suzuki quitting, Honda struggling to get near the podium and Yamaha only enjoying success courtesy of Fabio Quartararo, Japanese manufacturers have been left in the dust by their European counterparts. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose.

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SPIELBERG: Italian Enea Bastianini will start from pole on his Ducati-Gresini bike in Sunday's Austrian MotoGP whilst his in form compatriot Francesco ...

Bagnaia will start on the front row of the grid on his Ducati along with Australian team-mate Jack Miller whilst Yamaha rider Quartararo will set off in the row behind. SPIELBERG: Italian Enea Bastianini will start from pole on his Ducati-Gresini bike in Sunday’s Austrian MotoGP whilst his in form compatriot Francesco Bagnaia kept the pressure on series leader Fabio Quartararo in posting a faster time in qualifying. For Bastianini his first ever pole position is a welcome return to form having hit a dry patch after winning three races earlier in the campaign — the last the French MotoGP in May.

Bradley Smith will take no further part in the AustrianGP after fracturing his foot during Saturday's MotoE race at the Red Bull Ring.

I’ll head back home to work with my medical crew, and keep you updated on a recovery timeline. While the Withu GRT RNF rider managed to navigate the first corner melee of race one unscathed, the new chicane proved his undoing. A highside out of turn 2b brought the Brit down heavily and while he was initially able to walk clear of the incident, albeit with an obvious limp, further investigation at the local hospital diagnosed a fractured fifth metatarsal of his left foot.

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OPINION: Fabio Quartararo has seized control of the 2022 MotoGP world standings after another dominant victory as his nearest rivals faltered. With Suzuki quitting, Honda struggling to get near the podium and Yamaha only enjoying success courtesy of Fabio Quartararo, Japanese manufacturers have been left in the dust by their European counterparts. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia held onto a third-successive victory at the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix as Fabio Quartararo took a damage-limiting second at the ...

Securing his and the VR46 team’s first MotoGP podium, Marco Bezzecchi has all the characteristics that made his mentor special With Suzuki quitting, Honda struggling to get near the podium and Yamaha only enjoying success courtesy of Fabio Quartararo, Japanese manufacturers have been left in the dust by their European counterparts. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose.

Race results from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring, round 13 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

Rookie Darryn Binder produced a stunning first lap to climb from 21st to the edge of the top ten before later crashing out. Worse was to follow for the Italian, who ran wide several times before spearing off into the gravel and retirement with some sort of front-end technical issue. Up front, Miller began pressuring Bagnaia for the lead, the Australian making several unsuccessful lunges.

The Austrian circuit smiles down at Enea Bastianini, who snatched the pole by a few tenths of a second from Pecco and his official Ducati. The Gresini team's ...

I think they’re very close in terms of competitiveness, so it’s all about trying to maintain the right concentration to be able to face the last races to the fullest of my potential.” “It’s easy from the outside to think of solutions of this kind, but things are different in the race. “The start will have to be good, but it won’t be like in Qatar. “In the last few races before the summer break, I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be. Everyone will want to be ahead in that sector of the track.” The Gresini team’s Italian rider will start at the top of the grid tomorrow.

Bagnia dominated from start to finish and continues to cut points, while Quartararo gave another coup finishing second.

Remy Gardner – 9 points Darryn Binder – 21 points Alex Marquez – 27 points Pol Espargaro – 42 points Luca Marini – 56 points Marc Marquez – 60 points Marco Bezzecchi – 61 points Joan Mir – 77 points Jorge Martin – 81 points Miguel Oliveira – 81 points Brad Binder – 98 points Aleix Espargaro – 158 points

The Japanese rider produces a phenomenal comeback ride to win in Austria as Suzuki and Muñoz complete the podium.

Holgado slipped to P8 by the chequered flag, the reigning Moto3™ Junior World Champion had a four second margin to ninth place John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), while Kaito Toba (CIP Green Power) completed the top 10. With seven laps to go, Sasaki and Suzuki had opened up a slight advantage as Öncü, Garcia, Guevara and Muñoz scrapped away behind, as Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) crashed unhurt at Turn 3. A couple of corners after that, it was P2 and yes, you guessed it, Sasaki was back leading the race with 11 laps to go. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) produced a stunning comeback ride to win the Moto3™ CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich despite having a double Long Lap penalty to contend with. By Lap 9, Sasaki had picked his way back up into the top 10 – a 1:41.029 was eight tenths faster than race leader Guevara and the number 71 was carving his way to the front like a hot knife through butter. Sasaki took the lead on Lap 1 and then dived in to take the first of his two Long Lap penalties, the second came a couple of laps later – P24 was the result for the Japanese rider.

It's three wins in a row for the Italian as Quartararo runs him close at the Red Bull Ring.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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? With four laps to go, a sensational move at Turn 2B saw Quartararo carve his way past Miller up into P2. 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. 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. For the first time in his career Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) is a hat-trick hero after leading from start to finish in a tense CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich. 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.

SPIELBERG: Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia made it three MotoGP wins in a row at the Austrian Grand Prix today, while world championship leader Fabio Quartararo ...

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Contrary to the intiial suggestion, MotoGP will not count sprint race wins and podiums the same as conventional GP wins and podiums.

“There will be a podium for the sprint race, but it will not count for the total number of podiums that the rider has. So a rider will have a number of fastest laps, a number of poles, a number of podiums for which it will only count the podiums of the Sunday, and a number of victories. “We’re basically changing one practice for a sprint Race which will give points, meaning that from now on for the historical data, it will be the Sunday that continues to give the GP winner.

MotoGP: "Basically we are changing a test session for a Sprint Race that will give points, historically, racers will have an extra row of data.

So a rider will have a number of fastest laps, a number of poles, a number of podiums for which it will only count the podiums of the Sunday, and a number of victories. There will be a podium for the Sprint race, but it will not count for the total number of podiums that the rider has. For MotoGP it will be different.

OPINION: MotoGP will introduce sprint races in 2023 as part of a major format revolution aimed at boosting interest in the series in a time of decline.

OPINION: Fabio Quartararo has seized control of the 2022 MotoGP world standings after another dominant victory as his nearest rivals faltered. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. While it has good intentions, it is a move which raises many questions yet to be answered.

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He worked (and won), first with Yamaha, then with Suzuki, so he knows the mentality of the Japanese and their working method very well. It wasn’t what he expected, and so he’s probably feeling nostalgic for the MotoGP. Marc Marquez made it clear on Thursday that something needs to be changed in Honda.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo says he was 'on qualifying mode' in every lap of Sunday's MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix to fight for the podium at the Red Bull Ring.

OPINION: Fabio Quartararo has seized control of the 2022 MotoGP world standings after another dominant victory as his nearest rivals faltered. With Suzuki quitting, Honda struggling to get near the podium and Yamaha only enjoying success courtesy of Fabio Quartararo, Japanese manufacturers have been left in the dust by their European counterparts. Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose.

MotoGP rookies Remy Gardner and Darryn Binder both admit their chances of staying in the premier class in 2023 are now virtually non-existent.

Binder’s admission suggests that Oliveira may still take up the RNF offer, considering the only alternatives to Oliveira for the Razlan Razali-run team would theoretically be either Gardner or a Moto2 graduate – and Razali has made it clear he’s not keen on running a rookie in his first year with Aprilia. You just said it. Tech3 officially bringing in Pol Espargaro – as part of the announcement that it would become the works Gas Gas MotoGP team next year – meant one of Gardner or Fernandez would have to make way, and it was long understood the latter would be the one separating from the KTM family.

Tech3 KTM rookie Remy Gardner could be left without a MotoGP seat for 2023. Gardner, the reigning Moto2 champion and son of former 500cc legend Wayne Gardner, ...

I'm waiting for my manager to come with some offers for me and I'll choose the best one! Gardner has 9 points and Fernandez 5. “In MotoGP, it doesn't look like there's anything…

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SPIELBERG, Austria: Italy's Francesco Bagnaia maintained his magnificent run of form by winning the Austrian MotoGP on Sunday for a third successive victory ...

Spain's Sergio Garcia retains the overall lead by five points from his fellow Spaniard Izan Guevara. Ogura's compatriot Ayumu Sasaki won the Moto3 race. "However, I am very happy. I tried to be as calm as possible so I did not make an error. "It was a fantastic run but I had run out of everything by the end of the race," the Australian added. "It was a very, very long race, very tough," said 25-year-old Bagnaia, who was winning his fifth race of the campaign.

MotoGP: Another podium for the Australian rider, his fifth this season: "The new chicane makes the circuit more fun, but no less tiring.

The atmosphere of the team is perfect, and I think that this contributes to obtaining better results. "I can't wait to go back to my part of the world," Jack confessed. Here, in Austria, the wear on the rear was less than what was expected, which allowed us to play with the set-up to tackle the slower corners better, to avoid spinning. I’m happy to be part of this team and this atmosphere, even if I’m the number two rider. Luckily, I was able to calibrate the brakes and prevent the bikes from touching. "Actually, from the tests in Barcelona, there was almost nothing to change. He has to stay on the track, and he didn’t for two races. I had the soft front compound, and I needed to cool it. "Even when I had to face penalties, I always managed to fight for the podium by giving it everything I had. Looking at it on the screens, it seems like I’m racing at the speed of an old lady," Jack said jokingly. In the last stages of the race, he finally gave in to the talent and unscrupulousness of Fabio, who entered the chicane closing his trajectories, bringing his Yamaha to the second step of the podium. Martin entered, and Jack stood up to the Spanish rider’s attacks, inducing him to make a mistake.

Austrian Grand Prix poleman Enea Bastianini has explained the reason behind his early exit from the Red Bull Ring MotoGP event.

“And I broke the wheel. And arriving into Turn 4, I went straight [on].” “I went a little bit wide [out of Turn 9], and when I opened the throttle, I lost a little bit the rear, and the front wheel touched the kerb,” Bastianini explained.

Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia made it three wins on the trot in the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring – but championship leader Fabio ...

0 8 28 Laps Led Laps Out front, Miller challenged Bagnaia for the lead at Turn 9 on the ninth lap, going in deep enough to allow his works team-mate to sweep back ahead.