Peremptory success of the Ducati world champion who precedes Binder’s Ktm and Bez’s Desmosedici VR46 and Rossi’s brother (present in the pits): now Pecco is +62 on Martin in the standings
Wet master. The Ducati world champion in MotoGP Austrian GP does an encore of the Sprint Race: flawless victory and world championship planing in the middle of the championship. In the tenth of the 20 seasonal races, I’m sorry Bagnaia still shines its class: triumph on the track of the Red Bull Ring in front of the Ktm of Brad Binder and to the Ducati VR46’s Marco Bezzecchithird, and Luca Marini, celebrated in the lap of honor by their ‘boss’ Valentino Rossi on the edge of the track, and an important groove dug in the World Championship. Now Bagnaia rises to +62 eloquently on Jorge Martin, seventh after a good race, but held back by 12th place at the start and a Long Lap Penalty. Fifth Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini), ahead of Maverick Vinales’ Aprilia.
unassailable waterhole
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The methods chosen by Bagnaia to conquer his fifth success (Sunday) of the season are worthy of mention: flawless start from pole; resistance in the first laps to a Binder who tried, in vain, to place the wheels of his KTM alongside Pecco’s red missile; peremptory extension and victory put in the safe already after two thirds of the race. Winning escape, escape for the World Championship: beyond the numerical data, the 62-point margin in the middle of the championship is a huge figure, even considering the 37 on the table every weekend, when the Ducati rider is in this state of form he is unassailable. He has achieved a perfect symbiosis with his bike and the confidence gained is fueling his speed.
podium jokes
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Binder was a worthy opponent, second podium in a row, but never a rival capable of worrying Bagnaia, while Bezzecchi, after the bruises on Saturday, took third place which gives him morale after a good fight and a great overtaking on Alex Marquez . The Marquez minor was also passed in the final by Marini, to the delight of his brother Valentino Rossi, who was present as team manager. The four Ducatis in the first five places reaffirm the superiority of Borgo Panigale’s work in a season that the Bolognese manufacturer is dominating and almost numbing.
the others
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After the glories of Silverstone, Aprilia collects a 6th place with Maverick Vinales, who didn’t have a bad pace, but still made a bad start from the second spot on the grid, and Aleix Espargaro’s 9th behind Fabio Quartararo: the Frenchman elbowed, but was unable to make up for the limits of his Yamaha. Enea Bastianini (10th) and Franco Morbidelli (11th) finished ahead of Marc Marquez, in his first points finish of the season on Sunday with a very modest Honda that once again unseated his teammate Joan Mir. Bad Jack Miller, only 15th with Ktm in a GP full of problems and monopolized by the superiority of Bagnaia and Ducati. At the seasonal halfway point, talking about the open World Cup already smacks of heresy.
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