Dovizioso wins the Austrian MotoGP after a
brilliant last-corner pass on Marquez. Italian Dovizioso is still 58 points
behind five-time world champion Marquez despite pipping the Honda rider on the
final lap to gain his first race win since the season opener in Qatar.
The pair swapped the lead
repeatedly over the closing laps and Marquez looked set
to finally break Ducati's Red Bull Ring dominance, only for
the Italian to launch a perfect block-pass at the very final opportunity
for arguably his greatest victory to date.
Rookie Quartararo took the early lead when
Marquez and Dovizioso ran wide after a braking duel on the opening lap.
The Petronas Yamaha rider then outshone the factory M1s of Rossi and
Vinales fair-and-square to complete the podium. Miller fell from the lead
group while Espargaro KTM appeared to cut out at the apex of Turn
3, Crutchlow falling in the chain reaction that followed.
Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi
was fourth, his best result since finishing second in the US in April, but he
is a whopping 127 points behind Marquez ahead of the British Grand Prix at
Silverstone on August 25. Joan Mir withdrew from the event to continue his
recovery from Monday's post-race fall at the Brno test. Jorge Lorenzo was
again absent after fractures to his vertebrae at Assen and replaced by HRC test
and wild-card rider Bradl.
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