LIVE MotoGP, Austrian GP 2020: live race updates. Dovizioso wins in Austria for the third time

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15.10 Updated championships standings:

1 Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha FRA 67
2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 56
3 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA 48
4 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 41
5 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 38
6 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda JPN 37
7 Jack MILLER Ducati AUS 36
8 Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha ITA 31
8 Joan MIR Suzuki SPA 31
10 Johann ZARCO Ducati FRA 28
11 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 20
12 Alex RINS Suzuki SPA 19
12 Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA 19
14 Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM POR 18
15 Alex MARQUEZ Honda SPA 15
16 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA 11
17 Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati ITA 9
18 Bradley SMITH Aprilia GBR 8
19 Iker LECUONA KTM ESP 7
19 Tito RABAT Ducati SPA 7
19 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 7
22 Michele PIRRO Ducati 4

15.07 The race has been affected heavily by the red flags after the incident between Zarco and Morbidelli. Luckily, both riders are ok!

15.05 Andrea Dovizioso will try to come back in the standings of this year MotoGP.

15.02 Dovizioso wins and takes his revenge on Ducati after the two will not be together next year. Mir (+1″377) and Miller (+1″549) complete the podium. Binder P4 (+5″5), Rossi P5 (5″8). Follow in order, from P6 to P10, Nakagami, Petrucci, Quartararo, Lecuona and Viñales.

DOVIZIOSO WINS THE AUSTRIAN GP 2020!

-1 UNBELIEVABLE MIR OVERTAKES MILLER AT THE LAST TURN!

-1 Rossi 0.4 away from Binder! He can try the attack.

-1 DOVIZIOSO HAS 1″3 on Miller! IT’S ALMOST DONE FOR THE ITALIAN!

-2 DOVIZIOSO GAINS AGAIN! 1″1 AHEAD OF MILLER. THE WIN IS CLOSE!

-2 Rossi is now less than one second away from BInder in P4.

-2 MILLER DOES NOT GIVE UP! He is less than one second away from Dovizioso, the Italian need to fight until the end.

-2 Quartararo closing on Petrucci to get P7.

-3 DOVIZIOSO IS FLYING! HE IS 1″ AHEAD OF P2! Rossi is closing on Binder.

-4 Mir is way faster than Miller, but can’t overtake him. The Aussie is using the full potential of the Ducati engine on his motorbike.

-4 Rossi gains half-second on Nakagami and consolidates P5.

-5 DOVIZIOSO FLYING AWAY! 0.7 advantage on Miller and 0.9 on Mir. Quartararo trying to limit the damage is now in P8, Viñales in P11 after starting from the pole position.

-6 Rossi is as fast as Dovizioso Miller and Mir. Such a pity he lost too much in the first part after the race started again.

-7 Dovizioso is trying to push and create a gap but Miller and Mirare not giving up.  Rossi still in P5, the podium is far for the DOC who is still chasing his 200th podium.

-8 Dovizioso, Miller and Mir are basically going together. Binder is 3″1 away from the lead, Rossi 5″0, Nakagami 5″3 and Petrucci 7″7.

-9 Dovizioso in the lead ahead of Miller, Mir, Binder and Rossi. Yamaha in trouble with a ba race, the only one saving the team is Valentino Rossi.

-10 UNBELIEVABLE! RINS FALLS! It seems an elimination race!

-10 Valentino Rossi is in P5, 5″ behind Dovizioso. Binder ahead of him is 1£9 away.

-10 Rins overtakes Mir and closes on Dovizioso.

-11 DOVIZIOSO OVERTAKES MILLER AND TAKES THE LEAD! He takes on Miller on the straight with double speed. The Italian will fight with Rins and Mir for the win.

-12 Rins makes a mistake and loses half-second from Miller and Dovizioso!

-12 KTM DISASTER!! P. Espargaro and Oliveira collide and both riders fall. Rossi gains two positions and is now in P6.

-13 Dovizioso and Rins are now close to Miller. P. Espargaro overtaken also by Mir. The Spaniard is in P4, 1″8 behind the leader. WHAT A SUZUKI!

-13 DOVIZIOSO IS NOW PUSHING! The Italian is closing the gap with Miller, only 0.4 away from the lead.

-14 Rossi is closing the gap on Binder, the winner last Sunday in Brno.

-14 Miller has soft tyre, Dovizioso had a medium in the front and a soft in the back. The gap between them is still 1″1.

-15 Espargaro immediately takes the position back. Strong engine for KTM.

-15 P. Espargaro makes a mistake and allows Rins to take P3.

-16 Rossi attacks and overtakes Nakagami, taking P8.

– 16 Miller increasing the gap, now he has 1″1 advantage on Dovizioso and 1″6 on P. Espargaro.

-17 Rins overtakes Mir and takes P4. Both Suzuki fighting for that position.

-17 MILLER IS GOING AWAY! Almost 1″ advantage on Dovizioso who is in P2.

-18 Miller in the lead. Dovizioso overtakes P. Espargaro and takes P2. From P4 to P9, in order, Mir, Rins, Oliveira, Binder, Nakagami and Rossi.

-18 Nakagami overtakes Rossi, the Italian is paying for a mistake in the battle with Binder in the previous lap.

-19 Binder overtakes Rossi and takes P7. Three KTM bikes in the first seven positions.

-19 Quartararo comes back and is in P16 already.

-20 MISTAKE FOR VINALES, HE IS THE LAST ONE!

-20 Miller in the lead, he immediately takes over P. Espargaro. Rossi is in P7.

14.33 LIGHTS OUT! THE RACE IS ON AGAIN!

14.31 SECOND WARM UP LAP! The race is starting again.

14.30 Riders are back on track

14.27 Valentino Rossi was almost hit by the bikes involved in the incident

An understandably shaken @ValeYellow46…#AustrianGP ?? pic.twitter.com/UB0fdyx0TG

— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) August 16, 2020

14.24 Order of the riders when the race will start again: P. Espargaro, Dovizioso, Miller, Mir, Oliveira, Viñales, Rossi, Rins, Binder, A. Espargaro, Petrucci, Nakagami, A. Marquez, Crutchlow, Smith, Lecuona, Bradl, Pirro, Rabat, Quartararo.

14.21 Other images of the incidents:

Somehow, both @YamahaMotoGP riders avoided being struck by the crashed bikes! ???#AustrianGP ?? pic.twitter.com/yw7qeWkkUg

— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) August 16, 2020

14.20 MORBIDELLI IS OK! He was shown walking already, horrible incidents, luckily with the best possible result.

14.19 The images of the incident:

RED FLAG ?

HUGE CRASH involving @JohannZarco1 and @FrankyMorbido12 at Turn 3! Both riders are conscious ?#AustrianGP ?? pic.twitter.com/3vewoqXvJG

— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) August 16, 2020

14.18 20 more laps until the end of the race.

14.17 Race temporary interrupted, the race will start with the grid position at the end of lap 8.

14.15 Zarco is ok, he immediately stood up after the incident. Morbidelli was brought away from the ambulance, we are waiting for updates on him.

14.14 Horrible incident! Zarco cuts in front of Morbidelli in the straight. Both motorbikes end off track and then bounce back on track almost hitting Viñales and Rossi. A huge risk for all of them!

-20 UNBELIEVABLE! RED FLAGS! HORRIBLE INCIDENT!

-20 DOVIZIOSO AGAIN!  He overtakes Miller and starts chasing P. Espargaro that is pushing hard now.

-21 Both Yamaha, Rossi and Viñales fight for P6.

-21 Dovizioso overtakes Mir and takes P3.

-22 UNBELIEVABLE QUARTARARO OFF TRACK! The leader of the championships is now in the last position!

-23 Espargaro takes the lead, he overtakes Miller. KTM wants to replicate the results of Brno.

-23 Fight on track between Mir and Dovizioso for P3.

-23 Rossi is in P8, 2″5 behind the lead.

-24 Uncertain race, no one is flying away, the gaps are still manageable and the race is still open.

-24 Miller in the lead ahead of, in order, P. Espargaro and Mir, the latter overtook Dovizioso.

-24 KTM PUSHING HARD NOW! P. Espargaro overtakes Dovizioso to take P2. Oliveira takes on Morbidelli.

-25 Quartararo started his come back. He overtakes Viñales and gets into P5.

-25 Dovizioso still in contact with Miller in the lead, he probably is planning the attack to P1.

-26 Fair race so far, no one really pushes too much at the moment.

-26 Dovizioso takes P2 at the moment, behind Miller. P. Espargaro in P3 followed by Mir and Viñales.

-27 Morbidelli and Rossi overtake Rins after he went outside the track. They are now respectively in P7 and P8.

-28 Horrible start from Quartararo.

-28 Laps Miller takes the lead thanks to a great start, followed by Viñales and Dovizioso. Rossi had a great start and gains three positions!

14.00LIGHTS OUT! THE AUSTRIAN GP 2020 HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!

13.59 28 laps to decide this year winner for the Austrian GP.

13.58 FORMATION LAP!

13.55 So far in Austria, five teams won. Yamaha (8 times), Honda (7), Suzuki (7), Ducati (4) and MV Agusta (2).

13.52 Austrian GP –  Won Top Class

3 – AGOSTINI Giacomo [ITA] (1971, 1972, 1974)
3 – ROBERTS Kenny Sr. [USA] (1978, 1979, 1983)
3 – LAWSON Eddie [USA] (1984, 1986, 1988)
3 – SCHWANTZ Kevin [USA] (1989, 1990, 1993)
3 – DOOHAN Mick [AUS] (1991, 1994, 1997)
2 – DOVIZIOSO Andrea [ITA] (2017, 2019)

13.48 Interesting stats: five riders have won here in Austria three times, but no one has one four times. The five riders are Giacomo Agostini (1971, 1972, 1974), Kenny Roberts Sr. (1978, 1979,1983), Eddie Lawson (1984, 1986, 1988), Kevins Schwantz (1989, 1990, 1993) and Mick Doohan (1991, 1994, 1997).

13.46 We are about to start. Here are the standings of this morning’s warm-up:

1 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 309.4 1’24.365
2 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 311.2 1’24.367 0.002 / 0.002
3 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 304.2 1’24.393 0.028 / 0.026
4 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 305.9 1’24.565 0.200 / 0.172
5 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Esponsorama Racing Ducati 310.3 1’24.597 0.232 / 0.032
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 315.7 1’24.604 0.239 / 0.007
7 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 308.5 1’24.611 0.246 / 0.007
8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 317.6 1’24.633 0.268 / 0.022
9 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 306.8 1’24.686 0.321 / 0.053
10 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 304.2 1’24.793 0.428 / 0.107
11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 310.3 1’24.828 0.463 / 0.035
12 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 305.0 1’24.871 0.506 / 0.043
13 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 309.4 1’24.899 0.534 / 0.028
14 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.8 1’24.958 0.593 / 0.059
15 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 312.1 1’25.031 0.666 / 0.073
16 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 306.8 1’25.041 0.676 / 0.010
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 312.1 1’25.103 0.738 / 0.062
18 53 Tito RABAT SPA Esponsorama Racing Ducati 309.4 1’25.120 0.755 / 0.017
19 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 306.8 1’25.267 0.902 / 0.147
20 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 305.0 1’25.292 0.927 / 0.025
21 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 305.9 1’25.310 0.945 / 0.018
22 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 305.9 1’25.608 1.243 / 0.298

Good afternoon and welcome to the LIVE race updates of the Austrian GP 2020, the fourth round of this year MotoGP. We are expecting to see an exciting and close race on the Spielberg track.

The race will start at 14.00 and will see Maverick Viñales starting from the pole position. From what we have seen so far during the weekend, the race is projected to be uncertain until the end. The weather can play a key role in mixing up the race, as rain is not excluded today, nor it is excluded the possibility to start on a dry track and to have heavy rain in the middle of the race.

Since 2016, when MotoGP takes place in Austria, Ducati has always won, and this year, the Italian team seems to be competitive as well. Jack Miller will start from the first row after a bad weekend in Brno. Andrea Dovizioso will start from P4, his best starting-grid position so far this season. The 34-year-old Italian has won here in Austria twice already (2017 and 2019) and will be motivated to conquer his third victory on this track. Yesterday he announced that he would part ways with Ducati at the end of this season, but he will not retire yet from the sport.

OA Sport offers the LIVE updates of the race of the Austrian GP, the fourth race of MotoGP 2020: real-time and lap-by-lap updates. Lights out at 14.00. Enjoy the race!

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