2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2018 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 August 2018
Official name	Eyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich [1]
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:23.241 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:24.277 on lap 8 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Second Marc Márquez Honda Third Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Time 1:29.409 Fastest lap Rider Brad Binder KTM Time 1:30.157 on lap 11 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Second Miguel Oliveira KTM Third Luca Marini Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Marco Bezzecchi KTM Time 1:38.617 Fastest lap Rider Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda Time 1:36.307 on lap 20 Podium First Marco Bezzecchi KTM Second Enea Bastianini Honda Third Jorge Martín Honda

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.

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

MotoGP

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

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

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

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 201 2 Valentino Rossi 142 3 Jorge Lorenzo 130 4 Andrea Dovizioso 129 5 Maverick Viñales 113 6 Danilo Petrucci 105 7 Johann Zarco 104 8 Cal Crutchlow 103 9 Andrea Iannone 84 10 Álex Rins 66

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 189 2 Miguel Oliveira 186 3 Álex Márquez 113 4 Brad Binder 111 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 106 6 Joan Mir 103 7 Marcel Schrötter 91 8 Xavi Vierge 90 9 Fabio Quartararo 84 10 Mattia Pasini 82

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Marco Bezzecchi 158 2 Jorge Martín 146 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio 121 4 Arón Canet 118 5 Enea Bastianini 117 6 Gabriel Rodrigo 84 7 Jakub Kornfeil 80 8 Marcos Ramírez 67 9 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 63 10 Andrea Migno 60

Notes

1. 3-place grid penalty.

References

1. "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. 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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