The day’s motion began with a 20-lap Moto3 race, the place David Alonso scored his seventh win of the season to increase his lead within the championship standings.
Alonso’s victory probabilities have been aided by early drama for title rival and polesitter Ivan Ortola, who was compelled to peel into the pits resulting from technical drama simply seconds after taking his spot on the grid.
Nonetheless, it wasn’t all clear crusing for the CFMoto Aspar rider, who needed to serve an extended lap penalty on lap three for driving slowly earlier within the weekend that dropped him right down to tenth.
That meant that Boe Motorsports’ Joel Kelso led the early a part of the race from Tech3 rival Daniel Holgado and team-mate David Munoz, with the trio pulling away by a second from the remainder of the pack.
It was on lap seven when Holgado handed Kelso for the lead that extra riders began becoming a member of the lead group, with Intact GP’s Collin Veijer trying significantly speedy on the Husqvarna.
After dispatching Kelso for third, Veijer demoted Munoz into Flip 1 earlier than lastly passing Holgado for the lead in a while on the similar nook.
By this level, Alonso was firmly part of the lead group and on lap 13 he cleared Munoz and Leopard Racing’s Angel Piqueras in fast succession to fit himself immediately behind Veijer into second, whereas Holgado dropped to fifth.
After a failed try at passing Veijer into Flip 9 the next tour, Alonso lastly pulled off what turned out to be the decisive transfer for the lead into the identical right-hander on lap 15.
Alonso confronted extreme strain from quite a few riders within the ultimate 5 laps of the race, however held on to the highest spot by 0.121s.
Munoz emerged forward in a drag race with Holgado to the end line to take second by simply 0.005s, whereas Veijer fell to fifth behind Piqueras.
Ortola put in a stable restoration after ranging from the pitlane, however might additionally climb as excessive as ninth on the end, shedding much more floor within the title battle to winner Alonso.
Moto3 Austrian GP – Race outcomes
| 1 |
D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Group |
80 | CF MOTO | 20 | 154.9 | 25 | ||||
| 2 |  D. Munoz BOE Motorsports |
64 | KTM | 20 | 0.121 | 154.9 | 20 | |||
| 3 | D. Holgado Purple Bull GASGAS Tech3 |
96 | GASGAS | 20 | 0.005 | 154.9 | 16 | |||
| 4 |
Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing |
36 | Honda | 20 | 0.085 | 154.9 | 13 | |||
| 5 |
C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP |
95 | Husqvarna | 20 | 0.092 | 154.9 | 11 | |||
| 6 |  A. Fernandez Leopard Racing |
31 | Honda | 20 | 2.423 | 154.7 | 10 | |||
| 7 |
J. Antonio Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing |
99 | KTM | 20 | 0.064 | 154.7 | 9 | |||
| 8 |  J. Kelso BOE Motorsports |
66 | KTM | 20 | 0.096 | 154.7 | 8 | |||
| 9 |
I. Ortola MT Helmets – MSI |
48 | KTM | 20 | 4.656 | 154.3 | 7 | |||
| 10 |  R. Rossi CIP |
54 | KTM | 20 | 0.422 | 154.3 | 6 | |||
| 11 | M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Group |
18 | Honda | 20 | 0.420 | 154.2 | 5 | |||
| 12 |  T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP |
24 | Husqvarna | 20 | 0.063 | 154.2 | 4 | |||
| 13 | R. Yamanaka MT Helmets – MSI |
6 | KTM | 20 | 3.186 | 154.0 | 3 | |||
| 14 |
J. Roulstone Purple Bull GASGAS Tech3 |
12 | GASGAS | 20 | 0.071 | 154.0 | 2 | |||
| 15 | T. Furusato Honda Group Asia |
72 | Honda | 20 | 2.138 | 154.3 | 1 | |||
| 16 |
N. Fabio LEVELUP – MTA |
10 | KTM | 20 | 5.335 | 153.4 | ||||
| 17 |
L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse |
58 | Honda | 20 | 0.036 | 153.4 | ||||
| 18 |
X. Zurutuza Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing |
85 | KTM | 20 | 0.059 | 153.4 | ||||
| 19 |  S. Ogden Fibre Tec Honda – MLav Racing |
19 | Honda | 20 | 1.349 | 153.3 | ||||
| 20 |
D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Group |
22 | Honda | 20 | 0.147 | 153.3 | ||||
| 21 |
T. Buasri Honda Group Asia |
5 | Honda | 20 | 3.325 | 153.1 | ||||
| 22 |
J. Rosenthaler Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP |
34 | Husqvarna | 20 | 0.894 | 153.0 | ||||
| 23 | V. Pérez Fibre Tec Honda – MLav Racing |
21 | Honda | 20 | 0.249 | 153.0 | ||||
| 24 |
N. Dettwiler CIP |
55 | KTM | 20 | 3.781 | 152.7 | ||||
| 25 |
J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Group |
78 | CF MOTO | 20 | 1.440 | 152.6 | ||||
| 26 |
F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse |
7 | Honda | 20 | 15.070 | 151.5 | ||||
| dnf | S. Nepa LEVELUP – MTA |
82 | KTM | 14 | 6 Laps | 153.8 | Accident |
Celestino Vietti, Purple Bull KTM Ajo
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Pictures
In Moto2, Celestino Vietti scored his second consecutive victory in Austria, as championship contenders Sergio Garcia and Fermin Aldeguer completed exterior the highest 10.
Vietti didn’t make the perfect of begins from pole place and dropped to second behind Aron Canet, however was in a position to regain the place on the second lap with an excellent go over his Fantic rival into Flip 4.
Canet then dropped behind Velocity Up Racing’s Alonso Lopez on the next tour, whereas Vietti slowly carved a buffer of over a second on his Ajo Kalex throughout the subsequent section of the race.
There was drama for the Italian on lap 10 when he appeared to run right into a gear-shifting downside at Flip 3, permitting Lopez and Canet to shut in inside 4 tenths of him.
Nonetheless, with Lopez and Canet participating in a battle of their very own on lap 15, Vietti was in a position to draw back from the chasing pack once more and ultimately declare his first race win in 12 months by 1.85s.
Lopez took second, whereas CFMoto Aspar’s Jake Dixon demoted Canet on the final lap to clinch the ultimate spot on the rostrum.
Fifth place went to Marc VDS rider Tony Arbolino, whereas factors chief Garcia regarded set to complete sixth till he was hit with an extended lap penalty for exceeding observe limits with simply 4 laps left to run.
Taking the loop on the exit of Flip 1 on lap 20, the MT Helmets – MSI rider rejoined the circuit down in thirteenth place, earlier than taking the chequered flag in a lowly 14th place.
Nonetheless, along with his nearest rival and team-mate Ai Ogura lacking the race after struggling an damage in a crash in Saturday follow, Garcia returns from the weekend with a fair larger lead within the standings.
Velocity Up’s Aldeguer had an much more depressing race than Garcia as he languished down in twentieth place, having began seventeenth on the grid, whereas Joe Roberts might solely handle ninth for the American Racing Group.
