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Bagnaia's win came after securing pole position and rocketing into the lead, his only challenge
teammate Jack Miller at one-third of the race distance when the Australian passed him on the
penultimate corner but ran immediately wide to surrender the position.
Bagnaia remained in firm control at the newly revamped Red Bull Ring thereafter, the
Italian taking the win from a gallant Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha), who
carved his way up the order from sixth on the grid at a notoriously difficult track
for the factory Yamaha.
Miller would hang onto third, withstanding the attack from Pramac
Ducati's Jorge Martin who dive-bombed the Australian at turn one on
the last lap, only to lose the front and crash. The Spaniard kept
Three in a row for
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati
in MotoGP 2022
