[Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:44:29 +0300]

VIENNA August 18. 2024 (Saba) -Italian Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia raced clear to win an "incredible" Austrian MotoGP sprint on Saturday and overtake Jorge Martin at the top of the championship standings, AFP said.

Spaniard Martin of Ducati-Pramac finished second, while compatriot Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia completed the podium.

The reigning two-time MotoGP champion Bagnaia started the grid in second place and completed the 14 laps in 20 minutes 59.768 seconds, 4.673sec faster than Martin.

The Turin-born rider now sits top of the championship standings, but is tied on 250 points with Martin.

Six-time world champion Marc Marquez started third but slid off his Ducati-Gresini bike with five laps to go and did not finish.

Italian Franco Morbidelli (Ducati-Pramac), South African Brad Binder (KTM) and Marco Bezzecchi of Italy (Ducati-VR46) came in sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

And the top 10 was rounded off by Spaniards Pol Espargaro (KTM) and Pedro Acosta (GasGas-Tech3).


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