During the dry portion of the race, Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati), Marc Marquez (Honda) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) diced at the front of the pack.
With just a few laps remaining, the riders had a choice … stay on slicks in the wet, or switch to a bike with rain tires and lose significant time in the pits. There were several riders making each of these choices.
Brad Binder (KTM) chose to remain on his slicks and gain a significant gap over the riders emerging from pit lane on rain tires with just three laps remaining. Binder kept it upright and won the race, while Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin (Ducati) charged through the pack on their rain tires to capture the remaining podium positions. Marquez was very fast in the dry, but crashed on his rain tires with two laps remaining and finished in 15th position.
Quartararo finished in 7th position and leaves the Red Bull Ring with a 47 point lead in the championship. The next race is at Silverston in two weeks. For full results of today’s race, take a look here. You can find additional details on the MotoGP site.
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