2021 Styrian Moto2 Grand Prix, Austria - Race Results
Race results from the 2021 Styrian Moto2 Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Marco Bezzecchi race start, Moto2 race, Styria MotoGP, 8 August 2021
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Slick tyres on a drying track.
Ai Ogura received a late long-lap penalty for exceeding track limits while in a close second place just behind Marco Bezzecchi, but the Japanese then cut across the white line as he rejoined the track and received a furt🌳her three-second post-race penalty.
Aron Canet🔴 then picked up the fight and hunted down Bezzecchi in the closing laps, but the Italian hung on for his first Moto2 victory of the season during a rare off-day for Ajo riders Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez...
| Styrian Moto2 Grand Prix, Austria - Race Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | (Kalex) | 37m 29.460s |
| 2 | Aron Canet | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | (Boscoscuro) | 37m 30.631s |
| 3 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 37m 32.720s |
| 4 | Remy Gardner | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 37m 33.316s |
| 5 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 37m 36.382s |
| 6 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | (Kalex) | 37m 38.850s |
| 7 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 37m 39.050s |
| 8 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 37m 41.677s |
| 9 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Kalex) | 37m 42.207s |
| 10 | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | 37m 42.334s |
| 11 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Kalex) | 37m 42.992s |
| 12 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 37m 43.531s |
| 13 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 37m 43.657s |
| 14 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 37m 43.996s |
| 15 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | (Boscoscuro) | 37m 48.076s |
| 16 | Thomas Luthi | SWI | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 37m 48.838s |
| 17 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | 37m 49.120s |
| 18 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | 37m 51.927s |
| 19 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 37m 52.222s |
| 20 | Jorge Navarro | SPA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 37m 54.727s |
| 21 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | 37m 59.581s |
| 22 | Nicolò Bulega | ITA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 38m 7.004s |
| 23 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 38m 7.555s |
| 24 | Yari Montella | ITA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 38m 8.467s |
| 25 | Simone Corsi | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | +2 laps |
| Cameron Beaubier | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | DNF | |
| Hector Garzo | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | DNF | |
| Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | NTS RW Racing GP | (NTS) | DNF | |
| Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | DNF | |
| Barry Baltus | BEL | NTS RW Racing GP | (NTS) | DNF | |
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