ROUND 13 / AUGUST 19-21, 2022
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
P86
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Jake Dixon (Zinia GasGas Aspar
Team) passing Pedro Acosta for
third, also at turn 10. Acosta fin-
ished fourth on his return from a
broken femur, one position up on
now former championship-lead-
ing Red Bull KTM Ajo teammate
Augusto Fernandez.
Former championship leader
Celestino Vietti crashed out at
turn three on lap 17. American
Racing's Cameron Beaubier
came home 13th, one place
ahead of compatriot Joe Rob-
erts (Italtrans Kalex). Sean Dylan
Kelly did not finish.
In the championship, Ogura
takes over at the front on 183
points to Fernandez's 182. Vietti
slumps to third on 156.
five points on Quartararo in the
title chase, but the Frenchman
still leads on 200 to Espargaro's
168 points. Bagnaia still remains
in third, now on 156 points.
MOTO2
Ai Ogura moved into the Moto2
World Championship lead with
victory in Austria after surviving
a last-lap attack from Idemitsu
Honda Team Asia teammate
Somkiat Chantra.
Chantra went down the inside
at turn nine, the penultimate
corner of the race, but Ogura
re-passed him immediately at
turn 10 to collect the 25 points.
There was similar drama in the
battle for the final podium place,
32 points heading into Misano.
Rounding out the top 10 in
Austria was KTM's Brad Binder
in seventh, Suzuki's Alex Rins,
Marini's teammate Marco Bez-
zecchi the top rookie in ninth
and Martin recovering to 10th.
Suzuki's Joan Mir, a former
podium man in Austria, suffered
a monumental highside on the
opening lap at turn four. He suf-
fered a ligament tear in his right
foot as a result and will undergo
treatment to determine if he will
be fit to race at Misano.
Other crashes included Remy
Gardner (Tech3 KTM), Takaaki
Nakagami (Idemitsu LCR Honda)
and Darryn Binder (RNF Yamaha).
Bagnaia's win sees him gain
Ai Ogura (79) sustained a last-lap
attack from teammate Chantra (35) to
take the win and the Moto2 title lead.
