been catastrophic.
The race was red flagged
as medical teams tended to
the very shaken but otherwise
unhurt Morbidelli. At the restart,
Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) took
the advantage to lead from Pol
Espargaro (Red Bull KTM), who
took the lead at turn three. That
was as good as Espargaro got,
as he started tumbling down the
The two men in serious danger
were factory Yamaha teamsters
Maverick Vinales and Valentino
Rossi. Incredibly, Zarco's disinte-
grating Ducati flew over Vinales'
head, while Morbidelli's errant
Yamaha split the two riders and
continued to the outside run-off.
If Vinales or Rossi had been
even a tenth of a second earlier
or later, the results could have
IIIMY OWN RACE:
04 ANDREA DOVIZIOSO
1ST MOTOGP
"It was a very peculiar race given the
interrup on due to the bad crash of
Zarco and Morbidelli," Dovizioso said.
"Today my feeling with the bike was
not par cularly good, but in some
areas, I felt strong, and I could make
a difference. The weekend started
well, but I was not sure if we could win
the race: we managed to be immedi-
ately compe ve, and I found good
sensa ons, but we s ll lack something
compared to the previous years. This
track suits the characteris cs of our
Desmosedici GP bike, but we will s ll
have to work to take another step
forward and put ourselves in a posi on
to fight for the victory in all the upcom-
ing races."
36 JOAN MIR
2ND MOTOGP
"It's been an amazing day," said Mir.
"I knew a couple of races ago that I
had the pace to be on the podium, but
various things happened to prevent it.
I got my first career victory at this track
in Moto3, and for me this result is also
MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / AUGUST 14-16, 2020
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
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