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2021 Austria Moto3 FP2 Result: Binder Rules Before Rain Does
The second practice session for the lightweight class had a surprise in store and rather than any surprises on the timesheets, where FP1 leader Darryn Binder followed it up with another solid session, it came in the shape of rain and hail hitting the tarmac for the final ten minutes. That put a halt to any intentions to dethrone the South African, who remained the quickest man at the end of Friday, half a tenth quicker than championship leader Pedro Acosta. John McPhee kept close to secure third, while Dennis Foggia in fourth was still within a tenth of Binder’s top time.
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2021 Austria Moto2 FP1 Result: Ogura Climbs To The Top
A nearly spotless sky awaited the intermediate class as they started their second rodeo at the Red Bull Ring and Ai Ogura was out to prove what he couldn’t quite prove last weekend, the rookie taking over top spot for the final ten minutes of the session. Despite some contact with a slow Simone Corsi on his final flying lap, Augusto Fernandez came within a hundredth of a second of top spot and finished ahead of early session leader Marcel Schrotter.
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2021 Austria Moto3 FP1 Result: Binder In The Limelight
It was a sunny start to the second weekend in Austria and much like the headlines late on Thursday, the Petronas Sprinta team held top spot on the timesheets for a considerable amount of time in FP1. Darryn Binder was the lead protagonist, the South African leading the way early on and then picking it up again at the end of the time attack, to finish one tenth of a second ahead of Romano Fenati. The Italian was one of several KTM and KTM-adjacent riders debuting a carbon rear wheel cover, together with championship leader Pedro Acosta, who finished third in the session.
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Styria Moto2 & Moto3 Review: Neil Morrison On Bezzecchi's Return, Gardner's Woes, Ogura's Rise, And KTM Distractions
As ever Moto2 and Moto3 threw up a plenty of intrigue at the Styrian Grand Prix with one name putting his name back in the championship fight, while another cemented his place at the top. Here, we dive into some of the more pressing matters in both classes.
Bezz is back
It’s still a stretch. But Marco Bezzecchi put himself back into championship contention with his first win of the season on Sunday. The 22-year old shrugged off speculation surrounding his future by producing his strongest weekend for some time. This has always been a strong track for Bezzecchi’s braking abilities, with the Italian scoring wins here in 2018 (Moto3) and 2020 (Moto2). In the race, his speed through Turns 1 and 3 was crucial, and key to him recovering from a shaky early spell to reel in, then pounce on, Remy Gardner.
For much of this season, Bezzecchi has either struggled to qualify well, or manage tyre wear to live with the Red Bull Ajo team-mates. But he overcame both here, backing up his searing free practice pace by qualifying third on Saturday. Then, as he dropped from first to third in the early laps, he paid careful attention to the riding styles of Gardner and Aron Canet to make his way back to the front.
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Guest Blog: Mat Oxley - Happy 50th MotoGP birthday to Ducati and two-stroke 500s!
MotoGP has two big 50th anniversaries coming up: the first two-stroke 500cc GP win and Ducati’s MotoGP debut
This Friday, August 14, it will be 50 years since the two-stroke’s first MotoGP victory. And four weeks later, on September 12, it will be 50 years since Ducati entered its first MotoGP race.
Both these anniversaries are significant landmarks in the history of motorcycle grand prix racing, signalling a generational change in technology, just as we are currently seeing a generational change of riders in MotoGP.
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Styria MotoGP Subscriber Notes: The Randomness Of Restarts, Another Rookie Sensation, The Power Of Podiums, And Maverick's Electronics Woes Explained
Weather in the mountains is always unpredictable. Usually when people say that, they mean it as a bad thing, but it isn't necessarily so. Unpredictability swings in all possible directions, and means that just because something is likely to happen, it doesn't mean that it will. It was supposed to rain all day on Sunday at the Red Bull Ring. It did, overnight, and in the morning. Then it dried out, and we had a drying Moto3 race followed by dry Moto2 and MotoGP races.
Two MotoGP races, in fact. A very short two-and-a-half lap race, interrupted by a fiery crash and long delay, and then a completely new race – if a race is interrupted before the leader crosses the line at the end of lap 3, the race is restarted as if the first attempt had never happened, with everyone allowed to race and the same grid as set by qualifying – which was shortened by one lap, from 28 to 27 laps.
The red flag shook up the field, creating winners and losers, some riders getting a chance to correct earlier mistakes, others finding themselves struggling in the second race. There is a small element of random chance in every MotoGP race – a good thing, or else the outcome would always be entirely predictable – and the cards fall a different way each time the lights go out.
We'll keep the red flag flying here
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2021 WorldSSP300 Championship Standings After Race 8, Most, Czech Republic
WorldSSP300 standings after the second race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 Styria MotoGP Race Result: The Bull Was Particularly Red
Results and summary of the MotoGP race in Styria:
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2021 Most World Supersport Race Two Result: Close Racing, No Red Flags
Nineteen laps of a dry track would determine the victor, with no red flags this time out.
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2021 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 10, Styria, Spielberg, Austria
Moto2 standings after the Moto2 race in Spielberg:
Round Number:
10
Year:
2021
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2021 Moto3 Championship Standings After Round 10, Styria, Spielberg, Austria
Moto3 standings after a wet race at Spielberg:
Round Number:
10
Year:
2021
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2021 WorldSBK Championship Standings After The Superpole Race, Most, Czech Republic
World Superbike standings after the sprint race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 Styria MotoGP Warm Up Result: Marquez Reigns In The Wet
Results:
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2021 Styria Moto3 Warm Up Result: Acosta Fastest On Wet Track
Results:
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2021 Styria MotoE FP1 Result: Granado Leads The Way
The MotoE cup joined the circus for a ride around the Red Bull Ring and it was the same familiar names at the forefront, with Eric Granado leading the way by eight hundredths of a second from Matteo Ferrari. Dominique Aegerter joined the top three, with Xavi Cardelus and Fermín Aldeguer completing the top five. Yonny Hernandez, Jordi Torres and Lukas Tulovic also finished within half a second of the leader. Teammates Kevin Zannoni and Miquel Pons rounded out the top 10, with championship leader Alessandro Zaccone down in 11th, eight tenths off top spot.
Results:
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2021 Austria MotoGP FP1 Result: A Zinger Of A Lap From Zarco
The second round in Austria started with enough headlines to fill a news ticker but track action eventually took centre stage as premier class riders put in a first time attack of the weekend. With the forecast more optimistic than last time around, not too many were tempted by soft rubber in the closing stages of FP1 but Pramac Racing continued to shine, with Johann Zarco taking the all time lap record from his teammate and topping the session by almost eight tenths of a second. That late lap pushed the two Suzukis back, with Joan Mir second and Alex Rins third in the session.
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Austria MotoGP Thursday Round Up: Spielberg's Bad Vibes, A stiffer Front Tire, And Closer Second Races
The Red Bull Ring has faced much criticism in the six years since MotoGP started going back there, mostly about the safety of the riders on track. But one thing that gets overlooked is the circuit's propensity for generating drama off track. In 2020, we had Andrea Dovizioso announcing he would not be racing with Ducati again in 2021. In 2019, we had the drama with Johann Zarco splitting with KTM, with additional drama around Jack Miller possibly losing a place to Jorge Lorenzo, who would return to Ducati to take Miller's place at Pramac.
The year before, Yamaha had held a press conference in which management and engineers officially apologized to factory riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales for building a dog-slow bike that left them 11th and 14th on the grid. Spielberg was the place where Romano Fenati got into an altercation with the Sky VR46 Moto2 team, and was sacked in 2016.
So much discord and division. Perhaps the circuit is built on a conjunction of ley lines, or perhaps the Spielberg track was built on an ancient cemetery where the contemporaries of Ötzi were buried. Or perhaps the middle of a MotoGP season is when tensions generally reach boiling point. The latter explanation is the most likely, perhaps, though a good deal less entertaining.
Bouncing off the limiter
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Yamaha Suspends Maverick Viñales For Austrian GP For "Irregular Operation" - But What Exactly Did He Do?
Yamaha has suspended Maverick Viñales from participating in this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. In a press release issued today, the Monster Energy Yamaha said Viñales had been suspended for "the unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle by the rider during last weekend's Styria MotoGP race".
According to Yamaha, this behavior was visible in the data logged by the Yamaha M1, and that data forced Yamaha to draw the conclusion that "the rider‘s actions could have potentially caused significant damage to the engine of his YZR-M1 bike which could have caused serious risks to the rider himself and possibly posed a danger to all other riders in the MotoGP race".
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Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 226: Styria MotoGP - Crashes, Red Flags, Rookie Winners, And The Maverick Mystery
The Paddock Pass Podcast crew look back at an eventful and important first MotoGP race after the summer break. We kick off the show with David Emmett teaching Adam Wheeler the correct pronunciation of the German for Austria, while Neil Morrison comments on David's dress sense. After a quick recap of where MotoGP stands after the race, we talk about the unpredictability of the weather in Austria, and how it ended up playing into Fabio Quartararo's hands. We discuss our love/hate relationship with the Red Bull Ring, and ask whether the crash which caused the race to be red flagged was a result of the track layout or could have happened anywhere.
We disuss KTM's ups and downs, based in no small part on Michelin's tire allocation, with the fronts being too soft for the RC16 to use properly. We talk about Brad Binder's incredible comeback, and Dani Pedrosa's deeply impressive wildcard appearance, showing real speed despite not having raced in nearly three years. We discuss Suzuki's holeshot device, and how Joan Mir used it to his advantage. And naturally, we talk about Jorge Martin's incredible victory, where it came from and what it means for the future.
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2021 WorldSBK Championship Standings After Race 12, Most, Czech Republic
World Superbike standings after the second race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 10, Styria, Austria
Results:
Round Number:
10
Year:
2021
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2021 Most World Superbike Race Two Result: Most Excellent
In the last twenty two laps of the weekend, Jonathan Rea is the only rider in the top ten using the SC0 harder tyre, with everyone else using the SCX Superpole Race tyre.
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2021 WorldSSP Championship Standings After Race 10, Most, Czech Republic
World Supersport championship standings after the second race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 Styria Moto2 Race Result: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Results and summary of the Moto2 race in Styria:
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2021 Styria Moto3 Race Result: No Rest For the Wicked
Results and summary of the Moto3 race in Styria:
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2021 Most World Superbike Superpole Race Result: Cold But Dry
After the drama of yesterday, the riders lined up to continue their battles and redeem their mistakes. After overnight rain, the ten laps of the newly added Czech circuit were on a lower temperature track than yesterday with everyone on the SCX sprint tyre.
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2021 Styria Moto2 Warm Up Result: Lowes Sets Sail
Results:
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Styria MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Meaningless Practice, Holeshot Devices, Track Limits, And The Curious Case Of The KTM Rider Announcement
It has been a fascinating day of thrilling action at the Red Bull Ring. Records have been broken, riders have pushed the limits of their bikes, and the fans – back in full force at last – have added some of the atmosphere that has been missing during the long Covid-19 pandemic. There was elation and heartbreak, a sensational pole in MotoGP, and above all, glorious Austrian summer weather.
Yet it all lacked a sense that it stood outside reality, had no bearing on the actual racing, nothing to do with MotoGP. Perhaps that is the illusion of a return to racing after such a long summer break, the longest in recent history. But more likely, it is because while the fans lapped up the action under the sunshine, we all knew that whatever happened on Saturday is likely to be undone by the weather gods on Sunday. If it rains tomorrow – and it almost certainly will, though the question of when, how heavily, and for how long is completely uncertain – then what happened on track today will be forgotten. On Sunday, it all starts from scratch again.
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Ducati Team confirms 2021 MotoGP online launch date
Factory Ducati team to officially present its new MotoGP rider line-up of Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia on February 9.