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The front lever was inconsistent; every brake point was different. When I made the mistake in turn one, I braked, and it felt empty; there was nothing there, and for that reason, I went super wide! Not a little bit, super wide. "And I feel like today we were very lucky, because at one point of the race, I saw that, okay, I can- not continue. But then, the brakes, from one lap to the other, started to work. And then I started to be faster again and gain some posi- tions, but obviously, it was too late." Acosta controlled the second half of the race, although Martin and Bezzecchi remained within striking distance. The KTM rider responded each time the gap closed, eventually building a 1.4-second advantage with two laps remaining before bringing his RC16 safely to the checkered flag from Martin and Bezzecchi. "I came into this weekend with a lot of question marks about my condition," Martin said. "Finally, everything went super well, so it seems that we are going to avoid surgery. This is super important. I think I was so competitive. Today I did my absolute best. I started quite well. Then, when Pedro overtook me, I thought it was a good moment to maybe manage the fuel a bit more, the tires, and maybe attack at the end. But he was managing incredibly. He was untouchable today. I think we took the most out of the weekend. "I think today Pedro was fight- ing for something more than just a victory after such a long fight. Congratulations to Pedro." Ogura finished fourth, just nine-tenths of a second from the podium, while Marc Marquez was fifth. "This weekend has totally sur- prised me in a good way," Ogura said, "fourth position in both races. I had a good qualifying and no crashes, so it couldn't be better. The most important thing for me is that we were a lot closer to the top guys today, and we had a good start, and I was in the mix all the time. I am happy to have this race on my comeback from injury, and yeah, it was just a good weekend." Binder backed up Acosta's vic- tory with sixth, his best result of the season, followed by Bagnaia in seventh. Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) finished eighth after a three-second post-race penalty, with Fabio Di Giannan- tonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) ninth and Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) com- pleting the top 10. The championship swings back in favor of Jorge Martin as every- ROUND 15 / SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2026 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P98 Izan Guevara (28) led the Moto2 pack early on. He pulled clear for a convincing win over Filip Salac and David Alonso (80).