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Pecco Bagnaia Just Can’t Explain Nightmare Gremlins in Austrian GP Sprint

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Francesco Bagnaia is mystified about the exact cause of the issue that caused him to retire his factory Ducati after a nightmare in the MotoGP sprint at the Austrian Grand Prix.After an encouraging start to the weekend and qualifying third, ahead of his nemesis and team-mate Marc Marquez, Bagnaia got nothing but wheelspin as he tried to get the power down at the start of the race.The lurid ...Keep reading

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Starting position 4 won the 13th MotoGP sprint of the season: World Championship leader Marc Marquez won the 13th MotoGP sprint of the season.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Francesco Bagnaia had to give up on Saturday during the sprint race in Austria. Ducati's Italian rider had a sad season, very far from the Marquez brothers. Neither he nor his team understood what was happening to him.

·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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The Spaniard Alex Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP24), second in the sprint race of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix, has pointed out that «on the plane he knew it would be like this, because Marc costs a little more with new tire and» he gets «more profit there». «Then, when the performance of the tires is falling, [...] The entry Alex Márquez, second in the sprint of Austria was first published in Information Focus.

As third in the qualifying, Vice World Champion Francesco Bagnaia had placed himself ahead of Marc Marquez. However, Bagnaia entered the Spielberg sprint with great suspension problems. The Ducati factory driver had to give up.

Catatrophic start, no pace, braking failure, task: Francesco Bagnaia's sprint in Spielberg was a debacle. He can only name the culprit indirectly.

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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
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