Miguel Oliveira with the Ktm of the Tech 3 team he wins the Styrian GP of MotoGp in front of Miller (Ducati) e Pol Espargaro (Ktm). bedroom Me, fifth Andrea Dovizioso, ninth Valentino Rossi, 13 Quartararo, 15 Morbidelli. Big regret for Mir: the Suzuki rider was dominating the race with more than two seconds ahead of him the accident in Viales with 12 laps to go does not force the suspension of the match. When he resumed for a sprint of 12 laps he revolutionized the values on the track: first he led Pol Espargaro, then Miller took the lead on the last lap, finally the extraordinary and ferocious duel between him and the Spaniard favored Oliveira, very cold at fit in and take home the first, extraordinary victory of his career: also the first victory of a Portuguese in the history of the top class.
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The Suzuki protest
Harsh controversy from Suzuki because Pol Espargaro has in the last part of the race clearly invaded the green area (extra curb): the regulation expressly says that in this case the driver should be penalized by one position (as happened in Moto 2 to Martin, with consequent promotion to Bezzecchi’s victory). If that had been the case, Mir, fourth, would have been promoted to the podium: it didn’t happen. Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio is furious: When a rule with subjective interpretation, discussions will never end. I don’t like this rule, but if there is … I reported it to the race management, but we are in Austria, what a Ktm track … In addition to the insult: we were winning in the first part, the race was suspended, and in the second this happens to us ….
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Dovizioso at -3 from Quartararo
Quartararo remains first
in the world ranking with 70 points, +3 over Dovizioso and +14 over Binder: on balance a missed opportunity for Dovizioso (winning seven days ago on the same track) that in the first part of the race he even gravitated around the tenth place in serious tire crisis and in the second part he only managed to limit the damage up to 11 points, however precious, for the world fight.
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The great fear
Drama close to 12 laps to go. Maverick Viales, suddenly running out of brakes on his Yamaha M1, he literally threw himself off the bike at an estimated speed of 220 km per hour. As the Spaniard rolled on the asphalt without consequences, the bike shook like a bullet against the protections, then going into flames. The race was suspended while Mir was clearly ahead with Suzuki. Yamaha is naturally trying to figure out what happened while Viales explained that the brake had reached the full stop without acting. The pilot did not resume the race which resumed with a new start at 14.39.
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Marquez’s message
Before the race, Marc Marquez released a video message on social media in which he explained: I miss the MotoGP, I would like to be on the track. Now it’s time to recover well from the injury. It will be a long recovery, but it will return as soon as possible. I miss all the fans: don’t worry, I’m fine. The Spaniard is recovering from the injury to the humerus in his right arm suffered at the Spanish GP on 19 July. Repsol Honda Team on Saturday had officially communicated the updates on the return of the multiple world champion estimating a recovery between two and three months.
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