MotoGP Austria: Francesco Bagnaia wins the sprint as Jorge Martin causes havoc at turn one

After securing his first fr𓃲ont row in over a year, Maverick Vinalℱes suffered a dreadful start as he went from second to eighth.
But eighth soon turned into 18th as Vinales was one of several riders imp🧜acted by Jorge Martin lunging to the insid🦄e.
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- Francesco Bagnaia on pole after edging out Maꦐverick Vinales at the Red Bull Ring
Quartararo was between Martin and Vinales, before Marco Bezzecchi, Miguel Oliveir💎a and Johann Zarco were all 🦋taken down as a result.
Bezzecchi had to retire as a result of his crash, while there was an early D🔥NF for Takaaki Nakagami after the LCR Honda rider crashed on lap two.
As Bagnaia continued to lead f🎃rom Binder, there were changes in the✤ battle for P3 as Marini passed Miller at turn 1.
Miller then made a mistake under🏅 brꦡaking for turn three which allowed Martin to overtake the factory KTM rider.
With chaos behind them, the two l♒eaders began to separate even further as Bagnaia broke clear of Binder’s challenge.
Going from bad to worse, Quartararo was given a Long Lap penalty d🅰ue to irrespon𒉰sible riding, which was not for the turn once incident.
Despite the big collisions at t𝓰urn one, Vinales was producing a brilliant comeback as he overtook Marc Marquez just after mid-race distance.
The Aprilia rider then passed Franco Morbidelli one lap later at turn three, which resulted in him moving up to eight🌱h place.ꦫ
Vi🧔nales then challenged his teammate Aleix Espargaro and Pol Espargaro for sixth but was unable to move up any further.
Holding a 1.8 second lead, Bagnaia managed his gap to Binder perfectly as he came across the line to win from t🐎he South African and🍃 Martin.