2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 12 August 2018. The victory would prove to be Lorenzo's last in MotoGP, as well as his final podium finish.

Austria  2018 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date12 August 2018
Official nameEyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich[1]
LocationRed Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:23.241
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Time 1:24.277 on lap 8
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati
Second Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Time 1:29.409
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:30.157 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Second Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Third Italy Luca Marini Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM
Time 1:38.617
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda
Time 1:36.307 on lap 20
Podium
First Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM
Second Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Third Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Marc Márquez and Jorge Lorenzo, battling for the lead, with Andrea Dovizioso in the back in the MotoGP race. Lorenzo went on to win, with Márquez and Dovizioso finishing second and third.

Classification edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99   Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 28 39:40.688 3 25
2 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +0.130 1 20
3 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28 +1.656 2 16
4 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 28 +9.434 5 13
5 9   Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +13.169 4 11
6 46   Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +14.026 14 10
7 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +14.156 9 9
8 42   Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +16.644 10 8
9 5   Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +20.760 6 7
10 19   Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 28 +20.844 12 6
11 53   Tito Rabat Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +21.114 7 5
12 25   Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +22.939 11 4
13 29   Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +26.523 8 3
14 38   Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 +29.168 13 2
15 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 28 +30.072 21 1
16 55   Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +30.343 17
17 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +31.775 15
18 43   Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +34.375 16
19 21   Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +40.171 19[N 1]
20 45   Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +53.020 20
21 17   Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 28 +53.261 23
22 12   Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +54.355 22
Ret 10   Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 10 Accident 18
Sources: [1][2][3]

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42   Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25 37:45.914 1 25
2 44   Miguel Oliveira KTM 25 +0.264 2 20
3 10   Luca Marini Kalex 25 +5.953 10 16
4 54   Mattia Pasini Kalex 25 +6.114 6 13
5 9   Jorge Navarro Kalex 25 +8.554 4 11
6 41   Brad Binder KTM 25 +8.944 8 10
7 23   Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +9.126 7 9
8 36   Joan Mir Kalex 25 +12.404 20 8
9 20   Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 25 +16.250 3 7
10 27   Iker Lecuona KTM 25 +16.718 12 6
11 13   Romano Fenati Kalex 25 +16.829 15 5
12 52   Danny Kent Speed Up 25 +17.716 17 4
13 5   Andrea Locatelli Kalex 25 +23.200 14 3
14 62   Stefano Manzi Suter 25 +27.944 23 2
15 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +27.994 22 1
16 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 25 +28.493 21
17 77   Dominique Aegerter KTM 25 +29.043 19
18 4   Steven Odendaal NTS 25 +38.176 25
19 16   Joe Roberts NTS 25 +40.544 24
20 95   Jules Danilo Kalex 25 +41.655 26
21 66   Niki Tuuli Kalex 25 +41.727 28
22 64   Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 25 +42.766 27
23 32   Isaac Viñales Suter 25 +43.811 29
24 55   Alejandro Medina Kalex 25 +45.372 30
25 18   Xavi Cardelús Kalex 25 +51.185 31
26 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +1:13.901 9
Ret 73   Álex Márquez Kalex 24 Accident 5
Ret 22   Sam Lowes KTM 17 Accident 16
Ret 21   Federico Fuligni Kalex 17 Shoulder Pain 32
Ret 24   Simone Corsi Kalex 3 Accident 18
Ret 87   Remy Gardner Tech 3 3 Accident 11
Ret 40   Augusto Fernández Kalex 3 Accident 13
DNS 97   Xavi Vierge Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
  • Xavi Vierge suffered a broken wrist in a collision with Steven Odendaal during qualifying and was declared unfit to start the race.

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12   Marco Bezzecchi KTM 23 37:13.198 1 25
2 33   Enea Bastianini Honda 23 +0.473 9 20
3 88   Jorge Martín Honda 23 +0.544 2 16
4 75   Albert Arenas KTM 23 +1.373 3 13
5 48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 23 +1.421 11 11
6 5   Jaume Masiá KTM 23 +1.519 12 10
7 71   Ayumu Sasaki Honda 23 +8.585 18 9
8 19   Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 23 +8.658 6 8
9 14   Tony Arbolino Honda 23 +8.691 5 7
10 44   Arón Canet Honda 23 +8.809 4 6
11 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 23 +8.824 16 5
12 17   John McPhee KTM 23 +8.944 30 4
13 84   Jakub Kornfeil KTM 23 +9.671 13 3
14 65   Philipp Öttl KTM 23 +14.685 8 2
15 42   Marcos Ramírez KTM 23 +14.697 7 1
16 27   Kaito Toba Honda 23 +19.377 28
17 7   Adam Norrodin Honda 23 +19.419 10
18 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 23 +19.504 17
19 40   Darryn Binder KTM 23 +19.550 27
20 32   Ai Ogura Honda 23 +19.602 26
21 22   Kazuki Masaki KTM 23 +19.706 25
22 23   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 +19.981 14
23 8   Nicolò Bulega KTM 23 +23.419 22
24 72   Alonso López Honda 23 +24.056 20
25 77   Vicente Pérez KTM 23 +27.634 29
26 10   Dennis Foggia KTM 23 +27.747 15
27 81   Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +35.938 21
28 41   Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 23 +46.868 24
29 73   Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 +47.289 23
Ret 16   Andrea Migno KTM 11 Accident 19
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 3-place grid penalty.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2018 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ "EYETIME MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "EYETIME MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.


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