Bagnaia was in a class of his own with Brad Binder (KTM) a distant second and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati-VR46) in third.
AUSTRIA - Ducati's world champion Francesco Bagnaia produced a flawless display to dominate the Austrian MotoGP at Spielberg on Sunday and take another step towards a second successive title.
"We managed everything well and demonstrated our potential from yesterday, I'm very happy," added 'Pecco', the nickname that has stuck ever since his sister struggled to pronounce Francesco when he was born. He sped off the line on his trusty factory Ducati to hold off Binder to turn one as Maverick Vinales, who qualified in second, suffered another poor start as he had done 24 hours earlier in the sprint.
On lap three Martin came in to serve the long lap penalty for irresponsible riding for his role in a seven-rider turn one crash in Saturday's sprint.Up front Bagnaia continued to fend off Binder, the South African desperately trying to give his Austrian team a win on their home circuit just as he had done in 2021, his last win.
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