MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 10-12, 2018
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
P80
Canet (EG Honda) and Brno win-
ner Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del
Conca Honda).
Jakub Kornfeil (Redox KTM)
was out of touch at the end in
13th; another five seconds away
Philipp Oettl and Marcos Ramirez
(both KTM) took the last points.
Bezzechi stretched his lead to
12 points, 158 to Martin's 146. Di
Giannantonio has 121, Canet 118,
with Bastianini closing with 117.
CN
MotoGP
1. Jorge Lorenzo (Duc)
2. Marc Marquez (Hon)
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Duc)
4. Cal Crutchlow (Hon)
5. Danilo Petrucci (Duc)
Moto2
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kal)
2. Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
3. Luca Marini (Kal)
4. Mattia Pasini (Kal)
5. Jorge Navaro (Kal)
Moto3
1. Marco Bezzecchi (KTM)
2. Enea Bastianini (Hon)
3. Jorge Martin (Hon)
4. Albert Arenas (KTM)
5. Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Hon)
But it was overshadowed by a
truly historic display of determi-
nation and courage. Nine days
earlier, Jorge Martin (Del Conca
Honda) had broken his left wrist.
In Austria he vied for pole, ran
strongly in the lead quartet
throughout, then with three laps
to go even led briefly.
It wasn't over yet for the coura-
geous 20-year-old from Madrid,
who was consigned to fourth in
a hectic last lap, when the front
four had been joined at the last
by Leopard Honda riders Enea
Bastianini and Lorenzo Dalla
Porta.
Bastianini zipped through to
take second from Martin, then
Spanish teenager Jaume Masia
(Bester Capital KTM) consigned
him to fourth.
As they ran into the final cor-
ner, however, Martin attacked
again as the young KTM rider
slipped and ran wide, to secure a
classic podium finish.
In tears afterwards, he said:
"It's difficult to explain. It was a
really hard weekend for me. To
be here is unbelievable."
Albert Arenas (Angel Nieto
KTM), with the leaders through-
out, was fourth, less than a
second adrift; mere hundredths
behind him came Dalla Porta, fol-
lowed by the heartbroken Masia
in sixth.
Bastianini had picked up his
teammate Dalla Porta in the
course of a strong ride after
dropping to 16th on the second
lap. He had come through a big
pursuit battle, which had earlier
been led by Tony Arbolino (Mari-
nelli Honda).
Another to catch up was John
McPhee (Green Power KTM),
condemned to a back-row start
after crashing in qualifying. He
got to eighth, but in the last-lap
shuffle was dropped to 12th,
behind Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas
Honda), early front-runner Gabriel
Rodrigo (RBA KTM), Arbolino,
erstwhile title challenger Aron
Marco Bezzecchi (12) held on for an
important victory in Austria.
