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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 10 / AUGUST 10-12, 2018 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA P78 Pons HP40 teammates Bal- dassarri and Fernandez crashed with Corsi in the early stages, with Remy Gardner pushed off track, getting going again only to fall later that same lap. Baldas- sarri, who caused it all, remount- ed to finish last. Sam Lowes was another to crash out. Bagnaia has 189 points, Olivei- ra 186. Marquez has dropped out of contention on 113, with Binder close at 111, then Baldassarri and Mir, 106 and 103. Moto3 Redox KTM rider Marco Bezzec- chi took a flawless second win of the season from a first pole. He led almost from start to finish to extend his World Championship lead. end: Marquez getting the posi- tion early on the final lap, but Marini getting it back just before Marquez slid off. Pasini was a couple of tenths adrift; Navarro held off Binder for fifth. Marcel Schrotter (Dynavolt Kalex) had closed at the finish after dealing with a fading Joan Mir (EG-VDS Kalex). Quartararo came through from 20th on lap one to head the next group, with Iker Lecuona (SII KTM) complet- ing the top 10, Romano Fe- nati (Marinelli Kalex) on his back wheel and Danny Kent (Speed Up) not far adrift. Locatelli, Manzi and Nagashima took the rest of the points. American Joe Roberts (NTS), second fastest in wet practice on Friday, finished 19th. dropped out of contention, but Bagnaia finished the first lap third behind fast-starter Jorge Navarro (Federal Oils Kalex). By the fifth he was ahead, with a second to Oliveira up front. Tenth by tenth, he chipped away, and by half distance had caught up. But the outcome would be in doubt until the final few yards. "I am most happy about the championship, but it was a very nice race," said Bagnaia. "When I caught him I was at the limit of my rear tire. But when I saw it was possible to overtake, it was amazing." The Kalex seemed to have more front grip for braking and turning, the KTM had better drive. That meant the third and twistiest section favored Bag- naia. For a smiling Oliveira, "It sucks a bit to lose like this, but it was a great battle. I left it all out there. In the last lap I tried to close the line, but it wasn't possible to get this win." Behind them, Marquez took third off Navarro on lap 10, and they were joined by Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Kalex), Marini and Bind- er. Navarro had lost touch by a couple of seconds at the end, so when Binder was instructed to lose one place he had to slow down by that much to get behind the Spaniard, ruining his podium chances. The other three fought to the It was biff and barge for the final lap, this time it went to the Kalex of Francesco Bagnaia (42).