MotoGP Austrian GP

MotoGP Austrian GP: Bagnaia wins sprint after Martin penalty, Marquez crashes out

An early mistake for Martin at Spielberg means he and Bagnaia are now tied at the top of the points table

Rachit Thukral

Edited: Aug 17, 2024, 2:27 PM

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2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

2024 Austrian GP - Saturday at Red Bull Ring

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Francesco Bagnaia put himself level with Jorge Martin in the MotoGP points standings with victory in the sprint race for the Austrian Grand Prix, while a crash cost Marc Marquez a likely podium finish.

The two title protagonists appeared set for an epic duel in Saturday’s half-distance race at Spielberg, but a penalty for cutting the chicane at Turn 2 left Martin out of the picture and allowed Bagnaia to cruise to a comfortable victory.

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro claimed the final spot on the rostrum, benefitting from a crash for Gresini rider Marquez with four laps to run.

At the start of the sprint, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia got the holeshot from second on the grid to snatch the lead into Turn 1, but Martin fired back immediately at Turn 3 to put himself back in front.

The decisive moment of the race came on lap 2 when Martin came in too hot at Turn 2 and had to take to the run-off area, handing the advantage back to Bagnaia.

Although the Pramac rider did slow down and slot in behind the two-time champion, the stewards claimed that he didn’t drop a second behind as required by the regulations, handing him a costly long-lap penalty.

Martin finally took the loop located at the exit of Turn 1 on lap 8 of 14, dropping to third in the order behind Marquez and just fractionally ahead of Espargaro.

With Marquez unable to close the gap to Bagnaia and eventually crashing at Turn 3 on lap 10, the Italian rider was able to run away and sprint to a 4.67s victory, his third in a sprint race in 2024.

The fall for Marquez allowed Martin to move back up to second and put both riders exactly on 250 points ahead of Sunday’s grand prix.

Espargaro took a strong third for Aprilia despite lacking the pace to keep up with Martin, while Enea Bastianini again displayed impressive late-race speed to climb from ninth on the grid to take fourth on the factory Ducati.

Jack Miller scored an encouraging fifth place result on the best of the KTMs ahead of Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli, who was forced wide at Turn 1 when being overtaken by Bastianini.

Apart from Miller, three more KTMs finished the top 10, as team-mate Brad Binder took seventh, wildcard rider Pol Espargaro crossed the line in ninth and Tech3’s Pedro Acosta just missed out on points in 10th.They were separated by Marco Bezzecchi in eighth on the only remaining VR46 Ducati.

A disastrous start for Maverick Vinales on the factory Aprilias consigned him to 11th at the finish, just ahead of Fabio Quartararo on the best of the Yamahas.

Honda’s charge was led by LCR rider Johann Zarco in 15th place.

MotoGP Austrian GP: Sprint results

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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Retirement Points 1 F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 1 Ducati 14

20'59.768

173.9 12 2 J. Martin Pramac Racing 89 Ducati 14

+4.673

21'04.441

4.673 173.3 9 3 A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team 41 Aprilia 14

+7.584

21'07.352

2.911 172.9 7 4 E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23 Ducati 14

+9.685

21'09.453

2.101 172.6 6 5 J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 43 KTM 14

+10.421

21'10.189

0.736 172.5 5 6 F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing 21 Ducati 14

+10.523

21'10.291

0.102 172.5 4 7 B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33 KTM 14

+10.941

21'10.709

0.418 172.4 3 8 M. Bezzecchi Team VR46 72 Ducati 14

+11.932

21'11.700

0.991 172.3 2 9 P. Espargaro Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 44 KTM 14

+15.101

21'14.869

3.169 171.8 1 10 P. Acosta Tech 3 31 KTM 14

+16.611

21'16.379

1.510 171.6 11 M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team 12 Aprilia 14

+16.759

21'16.527

0.148 171.6 12 F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20 Yamaha 14

+17.943

21'17.711

1.184 171.5 13 M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team 88 Aprilia 14

+18.304

21'18.072

0.361 171.4 14 R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team 25 Aprilia 14

+19.185

21'18.953

0.881 171.3 15 J. Zarco Team LCR 5 Honda 14

+21.330

21'21.098

2.145 171.0 16 T. Nakagami Team LCR 30 Honda 14

+22.940

21'22.708

1.610 170.8 17 L. Marini Repsol Honda Team 10 Honda 14

+25.830

21'25.598

2.890 170.4 18 L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team 32 Aprilia 14

+26.622

21'26.390

0.792 170.3 19 J. Mir Repsol Honda Team 36 Honda 14

+27.458

21'27.226

0.836 170.2 20 A. Marquez Gresini Racing 73 Ducati 14

+37.870

21'37.638

10.412 168.8 dnf A. Fernandez Tech 3 37 KTM 11

+3 Laps

17'07.833

3 Laps 167.5 Retirement dnf A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing 42 Yamaha 10

+4 Laps

15'37.882

1 Lap 166.8 Retirement dnf M. Marquez Gresini Racing 93 Ducati 10

+4 Laps

15'46.728

8.846 165.3 Retirement dnf S. Bradl HRC Test Team 6 Honda 5

+9 Laps

8'07.794

5 Laps 160.4 Retirement View full results

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