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2022 MotoGP Season
2022 Austrian Grand Prix
Round 13
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Sunday, 21 August 2022
The 2022
Austrian Grand Prix which is also known as Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich will take place in Spielberg on August 21.
This will be the 13th round of this year's Championship and it will take place at the Red Bull Ring which was previously known as Österreichring.
KTM's Brad Binder won last year's Austrian MotoGP with the Ducati duo of Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin finishing second and third respectively.
The most recent race of the 2022 MotoGP campaign was the British MotoGP, also known as Monster Energy British Grand Prix and it took place on August 7.
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Bagnaia won the 2022 British MotoGP as the Italian rider recorded his fourth victory of the campaign having also won the Dutch MotoGP, Italian MotoGP and Spanish MotoGP.
Jack Miller of Ducati finished third at the British MotoGP and Aprilia rider Maverick Viñales secured the second spot following a memorable race.
Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo remains at the top of the 2022 riders' standings with 180 points as he looks to successfully defend his MotoGP World Championship.
Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia and Bagnaia are placed second and third on the standings with 158 points and131 points respectively.
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Last year's Austrian MotoGP winner Brad Binder finished 11th at the British MotoGP - just seven seconds behind winner Bagnaia.
“All weekend we had quite good pace on race rubber," the South African rider who is placed seventh on the rides' standings said.
"But in qualifying we kept trying to make a competitive lap-time to be a bit further up. I had a really good start today but unfortunately in Turn 5 I had a bit of contact and lost five positions.
"It put me off the back of the front group and although I caught up again I made a massive mistake with my tyre choice."
Ducati are placed at the top of the Constructors' championship standings and they are followed by Yamaha and Aprilia respectively.
2021 Austrian MotoGP results
Winner: Brad Binder - KTM
Runner-Up: Francesco Bagnaia - Ducati
Third-Place: Jorge Martin - Ducati
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