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Dovizioso wins Austrian GP as horror crash halts race
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Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso won an action-packed Austrian Grand Prix which was halted for 20 minutes after Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha collided with the Avintia Ducati of Johann Zarco in Spielberg yesterday.
The red flag came out immediately when Morbidelli and Zarco came together at turn three, with their cartwheeling bikes missing Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales by inches as the two Yamahas navigated the turn. Both riders walked away from the crash relatively unscathed and MotoGP said they were taken to the medical center for a check-up where they were declared fit as the race restarted with 20 laps. Dovizioso, who said on Saturday that he would not be renewing his contract with Ducati, took the chequered flag after race leader Alex Rins of Suzuki crashed with 10 laps to go to keep the team’s perfect record at the Red Bull Ring intact. Ducati has won every race since the circuit was introduced on the calendar in 2016. However, the manufacturer lost out on a one-two finish when Joan Mir capitalized on Jack Miller’s mistake on the penultimate corner of the final lap as his Pramac Ducati went wide to give the Suzuki rider second place and his first podium in MotoGP. Dovizioso’s victory saw him leapfrog Vinales into second in the overall standings and reduced Fabio Quartararo’s lead at the top to 11 points after four races.
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