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Cycle News 2021 Issue 33 August 17

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ROUND 10 / AUGUST 13-15, 2021 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA P74 MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP a third Moto3 victory of the sea- son in Austria. Deniz Oncu (Red Bull KTM Tech3) lost out at the penultimate corner but took his second Grand Prix podium, with Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) taking third. Garcia's win sees him close the gap to Acosta to 41 points in the championship ahead of Silver- stone in two weeks' time. Roma- no Fenati (fifth on his Husqvarna) is third in the series at 107. two rookies stood on the top two steps. It was Ogura's first po- dium in the class, while Augusto Fernandez (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) picked up a third consec- utive podium in third. Gardner was boxed in off the start, the Australian dropping to 10th. He would slowly make up places for seventh, limiting his championship damage. He now leads Fernandez by 19 points in the series. Joe Roberts (Italtrans Kalex) and Cameron Beaubier (Ameri- can Racing Team Kalex) were both caught up in a first corner pile-up with Beaubier being handed a double long-lap pen- alty as a result. Roberts came home in 16th, Beaubier 20th. MOTO3 A storming last lap from Sergio Garcia (Santander Consumer GasGas) handed the Aspar rider The rain came too late for wet- weather master Danilo Petrucci (9), who came home in 12th. Binder and Martin share some well-deserved Prosecco. Raul Fernandez made a statement ride in Moto2 to close back up to title leader Remy Gardner. Aleix Espargaro was three corners away from taking Aprilia's first MotoGP podium. In the end, he plummeted to 10th.

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