MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9 / AUGUST 6-8, 2021
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
P60
fourth (114) and Miller fifth (100).
MOTO2
For the first time since the Span-
ish GP, pole sitter Remy Gard-
ner (Red Bull KTM Ajo) failed
to finish on a Moto2 podium,
as Marco Bezzecchi took his
first race victory since Valencia,
2020. The SKY Racing Team
VR46 rider hunted down Gard-
ner, the Aussie making a crucial
error as he out-braked himself
into turn four, almost hitting Bez-
zecchi and running off track. He
rejoined to finish fourth.
Bezzecchi had 1.171 seconds
to spare over Aron Canet (Aspar
Team Moto2) in second at the
flag with Augusto Fernandez (Elf
It was a similarly poor result
for Pecco Bagnaia, who took
11th after leading the first race
before the red flag with a baffling
loss of speed at the restart. Ba-
gnaia headed home the Avintia
Esponsarama Ducati of Enea
Bastianini, Valentino Rossi, Sky
VR46 Avintia rider Luca Marini,
Tech3 KTM's Iker Lecuona, the
second Repsol Honda of Pol
Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli's
stand-in rider Cal Crutchlow of
the Petronas Yamaha, Lecuona's
teammate Danilo Petrucci and
Vinales.
In the championship, Quartar-
aro extends his title lead to 172,
40 points up on Zarco's 132.
Third is Mir with 121, Bagnaia is
MYOWNRACE
know why but it felt like the front re
had no temperature and for the first
flying lap it was like it was wet. We need
to look and see what happened. I went
down to 25th at one point because I
almost ran off the track. I passed four or
five guys in the next laps un l the red
flag. The restart was much be er, and I
had more confidence even if we really
need a harder front re. It is way-too
weak for us. I was riding on the re limit
the whole race but managed to make a
couple of moves to take fourth, which I
was really happy with."
Mir's new rear
suspension squatting
device made him
instantly competitive
again.
