Austria Moto3: Mir claims dominant seventh win of 2017

Mir became the first rider since Valentino Rossi to win seven or more times in the first 11 races of the lightweight category.

Despite starting 10th after his best lap was deleted due to a track limits violation in qualifying, Mir was made his way into the lead in six laps.

Schedl GP's Phillipp Oettl came close to passing him on Lap 10 but, after Mir held the German off, he rapidly pulled away from the rest of the leading group that was battling for second until the end of the race.

Mir eventually won by 3.045s over Oettl, who held on to second after Sky VR46 rider Andrea Migno crashed at Turn 1 from that very position.

Gresini's Jorge Martin, returning from a two-race injury break, stole the final podium position from Livio Loi (Leopard) by 0.008s.

Estrella Galicia rider Aron Canet took fifth, followed by Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini).

Gabriel Rodrigo (ROE Racing) failed to convert his second consecutive pole position into a win, as he quickly lost ground after the start and had to settle for seventh.

Adam Norrodin (SIC Racing) claimed eighth ahead of rookie sensation Jaume Masia, who stood in for the injured Darryn Binder at Platinum Bay.

The 16-year-old impressed by fighting through the field and at one point even ran second before losing ground during the final stages.

Enea Bastianini (Estrella Galicia) completed the top 10, as Mir's main title challenger Romano Fenati had a quiet race in 12th. As a result, Mir has extended his points lead to 63 points.

Ajo KTM's Bo Bendsneyder and British Talent Team rider John McPhee suffered a dramatic crash at Turn 1 while fighting for second when the Dutchman hit the Briton.

Bendsneyder's teammate Niccolo Antonelli also retired, after a collision with Tatsuki Suzuki.

Race results:

Pos.	#	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	36	Joan Mir	Honda	37'23.124
2	65	Philipp Ottl	KTM	3.045
3	88	Jorge Martin	Honda	3.377
4	11	Livio Loi	Honda	3.385
5	44	Aron Canet	Honda	3.502
6	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	3.730
7	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	3.804
8	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	4.183
9	15	Jaume Masia	KTM	4.310
10	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	4.858
11	8	Nicolo Bulega	KTM	4.887
12	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	5.054
13	5	Romano Fenati	Honda	5.080
14	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	7.015
15	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	16.246
16	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	16.447
17	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	16.449
18	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	16.653
19	96	Manuel Pagliani	Mahindra	16.673
20	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Peugeot	17.077
21	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	34.984
22	6	Maria Herrera	KTM	43.607
23	13	Maximilian Kofler	Peugeot	57.874
24	4	Patrik Pulkkinen	Peugeot	57.982
Ret	12	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	1 lap
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	1 lap
Ret	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	1 lap
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	7 laps
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	8 laps
Ret	23	Niccolo Antonelli	KTM	9 laps
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	9 laps
Ret	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Mahindra	21 laps
Ret	18	Gabriel Martínez-Abrego	KTM	21 laps