Jorge Lorenzo continued to pull
himself back into the MotoGP title race after overcoming Marc Marquez to win the
2018 Grand Prix of Austria and hand Ducati victory for the third successive
year at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
Marquez failed to convert pole into
victory for the first time this season but nevertheless extended his lead
at the summit of the riders' standings and now holds a 59-point cushion over
Valentino Rossi, who came sixth. Lorenzo finished second at the
Czech Grand Prix and took his third win of the campaign in Austria, depriving
Marquez of the chance to complete his set of MotoGP victories.
Lorenzo had two wins to his name in
2018 coming into this race, and the veteran didn't attempt to hide his
happiness after adding a third to his collection. The Red Bull Ring only
returned to the MotoGP calendar in 2016, since which Italians Andrea Iannone and
Andrea Dovizioso, both of Ducati at their points of victory, had accounted for
both wins.
Honda
had another impressive display from Cal Crutchlow, who held his spot in fourth
but was a long way from breaking the top three, where Dovizioso, Lorenzo and Marquez
sprang acres ahead of their competition. Ducati's Danilo Petrucci was another
not far from breaking that hierarchy, though he could only finish fifth.
Further down the ranks was Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales, who
finished sixth and 12th, respectively, and never looked capable of
challenging at the climax of a disastrous week in Austria.
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