Francesco Bagna wins in Austria and close to the MotoGP title

Italian rider Francesco Bagna (Ducati) won the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix this Sunday, race 10 of the season, and is close to regaining the world title.

Bagnaya, who started from “pole position” in this main race and had already won the sprint on Saturday, completed 28 laps in a time of 42.23.315 minutes, leaving South African Brad Binder (KTM) in second place. , with a score of 5.191 seconds, Italy’s Marco Besecchi (Ducati) finished third with a score of 7.708 seconds.

The reigning world champion and leader of this year’s championship also made the fastest lap of the race, setting a new record for the Spielberg circuit in Austria.

Portugal’s Miguel Oliveira (April) was forced to retire on lap seven due to vibration from the front wheel of his motorcycle when he was in 13th position.

The race was pretty lonely for Banaya, who dominated from the top down with a grand slam (pole, best lap, sprint win and main race win) for the second time this year.

It was also the Italian’s fifth big win out of 10 this season.

A dominance that leaves him with 62 points ahead of second place in the championship, Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati), who was only seventh at Spielberg.

The Madrid driver had to take a long penalty loop for causing the incident that caused Miguel Oliveira to crash right on the first turn of the sprint race on Saturday.

Returning to the track in 13th position behind Miguel Oliveira, he eventually returned to seventh.

While Bagnaja was in the lead throughout the race, Brad Binder retained second place, so it was for third place that the main battles unfolded with Bessecchi, Luca Marini (Ducati) and Alex Marquez (Ducati) scoring the goal. in that order.

With those results, Banaya now has 251 points to 189 for Martin in second place and 183 for Bezecca in third, while Miguel Oliveira retains 15th with 40 points.

The next round of the World Cup is the Catalan Grand Prix, in two weeks.