The MotoGP Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Austria is in the books, with Pedro Acosta taking his first MotoGP victory ahead of Jorge Martin, while Marco Bezzecchi completed the podium for Aprilia Racing. Read the teams’ post-race PR below.
More, from a press release issued by Red Bull KTM:
Victory! Acosta makes a MotoGP breakthrough with Austrian Grand Prix success.
Red Bull KTM won the 2026 Austrian MotoGP as Pedro Acosta controlled proceedings from early race distance and clinched the first premier class checkered flag of his career and the first for the factory this season. The Austrian Grand Prix provided home ground for Red Bull KTM and was a showcase for the speed and talents of Acosta but also a strong result for Brad Binder in 6th as KTM sealed the Moto3™ Constructors Championship on the same day as the KTM GP Academy registered a podium double.
Highlights and key moments from race day at Red Bull Ring
- Pedro Acosta wins at Red Bull Ring. The triumph represents KTM’s third at the circuit and the first in MotoGP since 2022. The Spaniard now has five trophies and three in a row this season and has moved up to 4th in the championship
- 6th and a hard-won 10 points for Brad Binder as the South African logs his highest classification of the season
- Enea Bastianini rides to 11th in Austria as Pol Espargaro takes 16th
- 2nd and 3rd position in Moto3 as Brian Uriarte finishes runner-up ahead of Alvaro Carpe
- Beñat Fernandez is the 2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion after 4th position in the finale for the series
A sun-kissed Red Bull Ring shone brightly for the last European Grand Prix before the flyway sequence of the 2026 calendar. Red Bull KTM took to the MotoGP grid for 28 laps with Pedro Acosta on the front row, Brad Binder in P11, Pol Espargaro, deputizing for Maverick Viñales for the third race in a row, in P14 and Enea Bastianini in P17.
Acosta, who had been a fraction of a second from Pole Position on Saturday and led the majority of the Sprint, barged into the top three from the second circulation. He hassled the rear wheel of Jorge Martin until he was able to take lead on lap 8 and then managed the distance over his pursuers. Pedro crossed the line a second ahead of Martin to join Miguel Oliveira (2020) and Brad Binder (2021) as KTM RC16 Grand Prix winners in Spielberg. The landmark was also notable for the Spaniard, nearly three seasons into his MotoGP career and after 56 starts on Austrian technology.
Binder scorched to the top six after five laps. The South African then found 5th at mid-race distance and engaged in more battling Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia. Brad persisted with his pace, the only rider with the soft front tire choice and grabbed 6th for his efforts.
Bastianini grabbed a few positions at the outset and pushed all race to try and breach the top ten. He was just 0.3 of a second away at the end and classified 11th. Espargaro was bustled by others on the first lap and lost some time but rallied to 16th and only just missed out on GP points.
MotoGP enters a 2027 test at the Red Bull Ring on Monday before boxing-up for the flyaways to Japan, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia in the coming weeks.
Pedro Acosta, 1st and 4th in the championship: “The first one is always special, and in front of so many Austrian fans. There were many KTM t-shirts and I’m so happy for the team, they deserve it more than me. I had many good people around yesterday when I f**ked up. This result was amazing.”
Brad Binder, 6th and 13th in the championship: “Overall, I’d say a successful weekend here in Red Bull Ring and I’m happy to have got my best finish of the year. I would have liked to have been a bit further up the grid but I did my best. Happy with the pace we were able to put together and happy with the work by the team. Well done to them, and also to Pedro on his first victory; I’m sure it’s the first of many.”
Aki Ajo, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager: “Super-special day. We had some challenges this summer and if we think about the last two years there have been hard moments and good moments and I cannot say how grateful I am for everybody who is in the process. We have such a good project with many great, passionate and professional people around…and when you have a rider like Pedro, this is what you can expect. From Friday we could see the bike, the track and maybe the tire compound suited us – both riders – and we went to the maximum. We had some disappointment yesterday but today we took our chance. Pedro was a 16-year-old when I started working with him and we won Moto3 in the first season. It’s been a great road since. I feel there is the chance to learn from every rider and we’re thankful to him and that kind of talent.”
Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsports Director: “Big emotions. We have come out of some tough moments since 2024. The company is back in shape…but we also had our issues on the track this summer: we responded from those with 2nd in Aragon, 3rd in Misano and then winning our home Grand Prix. It is something we could not have imagined a few weeks ago. I’m so happy for the team, for the factory and I also want to give this as a present to all KTM because we all fought to come out of a crisis. We are back. This is what we are fighting for. I am the happiest man and this is the happiest team on the planet. Thanks to KTM, thanks to them and thanks to Pedro who is an amazing rider.”
More, from a press release issued by Aprilia Racing:
Double podium for Aprilia Racing for the long race in Austria.
The weekend in Austria ended with another podium for the Aprilia Racing factory riders after the one they earned in the sprint race.
Jorge Martín had an outstanding start from pole position, maintaining first place when the red lights went out. The Spanish rider then rode his RS-GP26 to a second-place finish when the chequered flag came out. With his win in the sprint race on Saturday, Martín had taken back the championship lead, and at the end of the Austrian GP, he remains at the top of the standings with 286 points.
Marco Bezzecchi also had an extraordinary start from the fourth spot on the grid, moving into second place straight away. The Italian rider then finished third, finishing up a weekend of podium placements after taking third in the sprint race.
Finishing fourth was Ai Ogura, with the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team, back after his injury to repeat the result of the sprint race. This gave Aprilia three RS-GP26 machines in the top four positions.
Aprilia Racing closes out the weekend in Austria with their first double podium ever on the Spielberg track, both in the sprint race and in the long race, as well as another significant result – four consecutive pole positions taken in Silverstone, Aragón, Misano, and Austria – a milestone which the Noale-based manufacturer had never before.
Jorge Martin: “It was a great weekend. Getting back to this level of speed and having good fitness after the doubts in Misano make me extremely happy. I wanted to fight for the win, but battling with Pedro was quite difficult, although I tried all the way to the end.”
Marco Bezzecchi: “We truly achieved the maximum, and I’m pleased with the way I improved throughout the weekend. My performance wasn’t bad on Friday, but I wasn’t on par with the leaders. Saturday, we managed to remediate, even with a bit of luck. In the race, on the other hand, I think it was truly a good result. At the end, I got very close to Jorge. I may have missed the opportunity to try and overtake on turn 1 because of a small mistake, but in any case, I gave it one hundred percent.”
Massimo Rivola – CEO Aprilia Racing: “Congratulations to Pedro and KTM for their first win. I know how satisfying it is to achieve that in a home race. It was a great weekend for us, where Marco demonstrated growth and consistency, and Jorge showed us – especially on Saturday – a ride truly worthy of a World Champion. The road is still long, and our rivals are extremely strong, especially for the next round in Motegi, so we had better get to work straight away. We have an important test tomorrow with the Pirelli tyres on the 850cc and we also need to work to be competitive on a tough track.”
More, from a press release issued by Ducati Lenovo Team:
Marc Márquez and the Ducati Lenovo Team secure fifth place in Austria. Francesco Bagnaia finishes seventh.
The Ducati Lenovo Team completed the Grand Prix of Austria, host of the fifteenth event of the season. At the Austrian Ring, Marc Márquez finished the race in fifth position, while Francesco Bagnaia was seventh.
Márquez, after a good start, lost three positions on the opening lap to find himself in fifth place. He then managed to get up to speed a few laps later, moving up to fourth position. On lap ten, however, he ran wide, which made him lose his rhythm momentarily as he dropped down to seventh. Marc ultimately managed to bounce back to a fifth-place finish. Bagnaia moved up one place at the start and showed a good pace in the early stages. After dropping down to eighth, Pecco finished seventh.
As the fifteenth Grand Prix of the season comes to a close, Marc Márquez is second in the championship standings with 294 points. Francesco Bagnaia is ninth, 138 points in arrears of his teammate. The Ducati Lenovo Team is second in the teams’ standings (450 points), while Ducati is also second in the constructors’ championship (432 points).
The Ducati Lenovo Team will be back in action on Friday, October 2nd, for the opening day of the Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi.
Marc Márquez (#93 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 5th: “We struggled a bit this weekend. We still managed to be quick but unfortunately today in the race, already from lap one, I had some issues under braking, which made everything more complicated and prevented me from being consistent. In the end we were able to secure a fifth-place finish and I’m happy, because there was a moment in the race when I was very close to retiring. This weekend our opponents were quicker than us. We simply need to learn from it and make sure we’re ready for Motegi.”
Francesco Bagnaia (#63 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 7th: “Overall it was a good race, especially in light of the results from the previous three Grand Prix. It wasn’t easy, because conditions were different and we couldn’t find the right traction while losing a lot of grip at the same time. After five laps I decided to slow down my pace by half a second in order to arrive at the end in the best way possible. This allowed me to bridge the gap with Aldeguer and Binder in the final stages. Unfortunately, around lap six I started to have a small braking issue, which didn’t help in slowing down correctly. I still managed to react the proper way and finish in a crescendo.”
More, from a press release issued by BK8 Gresini Racing:
Fermin Aldeguer comes back, Alex Marquez crashes at Spielberg.
- RACEDAY
ALEX MARQUEZ NC
FERMIN ALDEGUER 8º
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ALEX MARQUEZ 8º (158)
FERMIN ALDEGUER 10º (115)
- TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
BK8 GRESINI RACING 6º (282)
Alex Marquez: “It’s a shame because, despite a difficult weekend, we had managed to find something that was helping me during the race. Unfortunately, I lost some time in a few battles and then made a mistake that compromised our Sunday. Now we have a week to recover, and then we’ll start thinking about Japan.”
Fermin Aldeguer: “We have to be satisfied. We made a good comeback after starting from the fourth row. We were fast, had a good pace, and fought with Marc for the position of best Ducati… As always, our weekends start off so-so with qualifying and then often improve. If we had started further up, who knows, but today we did well.”
More, from a press release issued by VR46 Racing Team:
The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team ends Sunday’s race at Spielberg in ninth place with Fabio Di Giannantonio while Franco Morbidelli is eighteenth.
The Austrian GP – which marks the end of the European races before the Overseas – ended with a Top10 for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team thanks to Fabio Di Giannantonio’s ninth place. Franco Morbidelli crossed the finish line of the Spielberg race in eighteenth place.
Di Giannantonio had a good start from the third row which allowed him to gain a position. Fabio showed a good rhythm and fought with determination to stay in the first ten places. Despite the Spielberg circuit not being particularly well suited to him, the rider from Rome was able to hold his own, crossing the finish line in ninth place. Di Giannantonio is fifth in the World Standing with 230 points.
A difficult start from the seventh row forced Morbidelli to recover some places after losing two positions. Despite the difficulties which led him to the twenty-second place, Franco bounced back crossing the finish line of the Austrian GP in eighteenth place. Morbidelli is now sixteenth in the World Standing with 56 points.
The Austrian GP marks the end of the European leg of the season, and the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is back on track in two weeks for the Japanese GP, which will kick off the MotoGP Overseas from the 2nd to the 4th of October.
Fabio Di Giannantonio: “Overall, it was a tough weekend, but this morning we made a change to improve the feeling of the rear grip and we made some steps forward for the race. This helped us, and in the first laps I was quite competitive, but then I started to struggle. We’re having some difficulties now, but the potential is very high and we are fast. We stay positive because we know we can come back to the top.”
Franco Morbidelli: “It was a difficult race and a tough weekend overall. I was expecting more and I wasn’t as fast as I wanted. It’s hard to accept that, but this result will be useful to keep working even more deeply both with the Team and with Ducati to come back to the performances we can have. Anyway, I am lucky beacuse I have a special team, we try to work to come back in front and giving our best even more.”
Pablo Nieto: “Our weekend was harder than usual, but we knew it because we’ve always struggled here at Spielberg. However, I think we’ve been working well throughout all the weekend and we must understand what went wrong to avoid having the same issues. Anyway, in thie European leg there were many positives, we learned a lot and made steps forward. Now the Overseas is just around the corner, I think we can perform well there and we will be able to understand how to improve even more until the end of the season.”
More, from a press release issued by Castrol Honda LCR:
- Frenchman Zarco struggled at the start and had to fight his way through the field to make progress.
- Zarco managed to overtake several rivals and set his own pace while defending his position.
- The rider crossed the finish line in 10th place, securing valuable points and gathering important data.
More, from a press release issued by Red Bull KTM Tech3:
Eleventh for Bastianini in intense Spielberg duel.
Enea Bastianini managed to gain six places at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday to finish eleventh, while Pol Espargaró recovered from contact with another rider to come home in 16th.
A modest attendance of 46,298 showed up at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday to watch Round 15 of the 2026 MotoGP™ World Championship, with the main event held over 28 laps.
Aiming for a place inside the top eight, Bastianini immediately gained ground in the early exchanges, moving from 17th on the grid to sit twelfth at the close of lap one.
Locked in a fight for ninth with Fabio Di Giannantonio, Johann Zarco, Fabio Quartararo and Raul Fernandez, ‘La Bestia’ didn’t have the confidence with the front end to make his usual Sunday fightback. In the end, he came home eleventh, less than two tenths off the final spot in the top ten.
Espargaró’s race was conditioned by an early moment at Turn 4. The Spaniard had gained a place to sit 13th on lap one, but a move to avoid Fernandez under braking on the third lap pushed him wide. Contact with another rider exiting the corner lost him further time. From there, the 35-year-old rose up from 18th to cross the line in 16th, just 0.2s off the points.
Red Bull KTM Tech3 now has a well-deserved weekend off before the Japanese Grand Prix (2-4 October), which marks the beginning of the flyaway tour.
Enea Bastianini: “It was more or less like yesterday. I’m a bit surprised because this morning my feeling was better than the race. Looking at the data, we were comfortable with the soft front tyre but with the medium we suffered. It’s the first time we’ve really worked well with the soft, because usually it doesn’t work so well with our bike. But here, it was good for us. Unfortunately, it was impossible to use it in the race because once you are in the slipstream, it starts to move and becomes very critical. I was expecting a little more from the race, but it didn’t happen for us this time. But it happened for Pedro, who did an incredible race. I wish to say congratulations to him.”
Pol Espargaró: “The start was actually good, but then I started fighting with the guys. Going into Turn 4, Raul (Fernandez) moved across under braking and I got caught in the slipstream, which pushed me almost onto the gravel. Then I was hit and the side of my aero was damaged, so I lost a lot of time. I lost around six seconds overall. My pace was actually very good and I had the rhythm to fight around P10 or P11, but I was already six seconds behind. I managed to overtake the Yamahas and catch the Hondas, but it was too late. I’m annoyed because I think we had the pace for a really good race, but everything changed in the blink of an eye. Pedro’s victory was very deserved. I think he could have won much earlier, but he built up his speed and finally got the result.”
Nicolas Goyon, Team Manager: “It was a difficult end to the weekend for both riders here in Austria. Enea finished 11th in the Sprint yesterday, and we know the main race is usually a little quicker, so we were hoping for a strong top-ten finish. Unfortunately, we ended up 11th again. On the other side of the garage, Pol finished 16th and just missed out on scoring points. He actually had a good race and was up in 13th early on, but battles with the other riders dropped him back. It leaves a bitter taste in our mouths, but Pol still had a strong weekend overall. I’d also like to congratulate KTM on a great job and Pedro Acosta on this fantastic victory. There was certainly potential for more from us this weekend, so we can only keep our heads down, continue working and try to improve for the next race in Japan in two weeks.”
More, from a press release issued by Honda HRC Castrol:
Sunday surge in Spielberg for Nakagami to lead Honda HRC Castrol home.
The cobwebs were blown off Takaaki Nakagami as he charged into the points at the Austrian GP, taking 13th and besting Luca Marini who ended the Grand Prix a place behind.
An intense weekend of work for the Honda HRC Castrol team came down to 28-laps on Sunday afternoon in the Austrian hills as both Honda RC213Vs lined up for Round 15 of the 2026 MotoGP World Championship. With both Takaaki Nakagami and Luca Marini having built steadily over the weekend for this moment, their targets were clear.
Takaaki Nakagami’s weekend has followed a clear trajectory throughout: upward. This progress would not halt on Sunday as the #30 put in a commendable ride from 18th to 13th, finishing just a tenth shy of Raul Fernandez. Having spent the vast majority of his time with the new 850cc project this year, the Austrian GP weekend’s performance demonstrates Nakagami’s deep connection with and understanding of the Honda RC213V having spent his entire Premier Class life with the machine. These are Nakagami’s first MotoGP points since he scored a sensational sixth at the French GP in 2025 held in mixed conditions. A perfect foundation for his home wildcard coming up in Motegi.
Sunday would be much more complicated than anticipated for Luca Marini, the Italian tangling with several riders in the first lap and losing important time early on. Keeping calm, he shifted his attentions to hunting down his rivals later in the race when they began to struggle with tyre life. This late charge saw Marini pass fellow Honda rider Diogo Moreira, the Italian trying to catch his teammate for the weekend Nakagami but ultimately unable to close the gap with just a handful of laps to go. Despite continuing his run of point-scoring finishes, Marini’s ambitions remain much higher than 14th place.
The Honda HRC Castrol team will remain at the Red Bull Ring for a one-day private test ahead of the new era of MotoGP starting in 2027. Afterwards, the MotoGP paddock will head for the Japanese GP – Honda HRC’s home race.
Takaaki Nakagami: “A great result today, I am of course really happy with how we have worked as a team this weekend. In the Sprint we got some good information for today and made some changes, especially on the electronics side, to help us manage. 28 laps were really tough with the direction that we went, I had to be super precise, but I knew that in the second half of the race I would have more tyre. I wasn’t expecting to finish ahead of some of the riders I did, so we have to be pleased. Let’s keep raising the level in Motegi with the Test Team. Tomorrow, I go back to my ‘normal’ job – a very busy period now.”
Luca Marini: “I had a lot of contact on the first lap, and I lost a lot of time, so I just focused on staying calm and managing everything for the last laps. Unfortunately, most people managed the situation, and we could not make as big of a late comeback as I was hoping for. We’ve worked a lot on the bike all weekend, right up until the race to try and find more grip in the rear. It didn’t work as we expected and it has been a tough Sunday. Congratulations to Taka, he showed his speed and put together a good weekend.”
More, from a press release issued by Pro Honda LCR:
Pro Honda LCR rider Diogo Moreira finished 15th at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
- Brazilian Moreira was determined to bounce back from yesterday’s setback and give his best in the race.
- Although he felt good during the morning warm-up and had a positive feeling on the bike, the rider admitted he did not have the same sensation during the race, struggling with the front end.
- Battling until the very end, Moreira crossed the finish line in 15th place, securing one championship point.
More, from a press release issued by Monster Energy Yamaha:
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo showed promising pace in the first half of the 28-lap the Grand Prix of Austria Race. He battled hard inside the top 10, while Álex Rins recovered positions after a difficult start. However, neither rider was ultimately able to challenge for points, with Quartararo finishing 17th and Rins crossing the line in 19th place.
Quartararo started from ninth on the grid and moved up to eighth on the opening lap. However, he was judged to have exceeded track limits in Turn 1 and gained an advantage, resulting in an instruction to drop one position. Losing another place in that same lap 2, the Frenchman fell to tenth before overtaking Fabio Di Giannantonio on lap 4 to reclaim ninth. Quartararo defended the position strongly for much of the race but lost out to the Italian on lap 14. As tyre degradation began to take its toll, he gradually slipped down the order and ultimately finished in 17th, 30.140s from the race winner.
Rins lined up in 20th and found himself in 22nd place in the early stages before passing Franco Morbidelli on lap 3. Overtaking Jack Miller four laps later moved him back into 20th position, and he gained another place when he passed Toprak Razgatlıoğlu on lap 9. With a sizeable gap to the riders ahead, the Spaniard focused on maintaining his rhythm. Álex Márquez’ crash on lap 13 promoted him to 18th, though Morbidelli later found a way through on lap 20. Rins continued to push until the chequered flag, taking 19th place, 34.413s from first.
After today’s Race, Quartararo remains 15th in the championship standings with 61 points, while Rins stays 20th with 24 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are 10th in the team classification with 85 points, and Yamaha hold 5th place in the constructor standings with 84 points.
The MotoGP paddock will now enjoy a one-week break before travelling to the Mobility Resort Motegi for the Grand Prix of Japan, taking place from 2-4 October.
More, from a press release issued by Prima Pramac Yamaha:
Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP experienced its most difficult weekend of the season so far at the Red Bull Ring, with both riders facing a series of issues from the opening sessions that prevented them from extracting the full potential of the YZR-M1. Despite the continued efforts of the technical team to find solutions and provide both Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Jack Miller with a more consistent package for the race, the difficulties experienced throughout the weekend remained.
Both riders struggled from the early stages of the Grand Prix, with a significant drop in tyre performance becoming apparent within the opening laps and making it difficult to maintain a competitive pace. As a result, Razgatlıoğlu and Miller were unable to make the progress the team had hoped for and eventually crossed the finish line in 20th and 21st position respectively.
The result brings a difficult weekend to a close, but the information collected throughout the sessions will provide further data for the ongoing development of the YZR-M1 project. The team will now analyse the findings from Austria and continue working towards the next round of the championship, the Japanese Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi in two weeks‘ time, with the objective of turning the lessons learned into further steps forward.
More, from a press release issued by BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha:
Izan Guevara Dominates Spielberg to Secure Crucial Austrian Grand Prix Victory.
BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2’s Izan Guevara delivered a commanding performance at the Grand Prix of Austria, securing his second victory of the 2026 season and the third Moto2 win of his career. Acting as the team’s sole representative after Alberto Ferrández was ruled out with a broken right collarbone, Guevara did so with flying colours, reducing the gap to the championship leader with a brilliant ride at Spielberg.
The BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 team enjoyed a memorable Sunday at Spielberg as Izan Guevara claimed a vital victory in the Grand Prix of Austria. Coming into the weekend 47.5 points adrift of the championship leader, the Spaniard knew the importance of maximising every opportunity in the title fight and converted his strong pace throughout the weekend into an outstanding win.
Guevara had a great launch from fifth on the grid and immediately joined the battle at the front of the field. The Spaniard quickly worked his way into second place before making a decisive move on Iván Ortolá at the start of lap 2 to take the lead. Once in front, Guevara steadily pulled clear of his rivals and established a comfortable advantage. A big moment at Turn 9 on lap 17 briefly threatened to derail his charge, but the 2022 Moto3 World Champion responded with a spectacular save. Regaining his rhythm almost immediately, he reeled off a series of consistent mid 1’33s laps to keep his pursuers at bay and secure a magnificent victory by 1.728s. The triumph marks Guevara’s second win of the season and the third Moto2 victory of his career.
Guevara remains second in the championship standings with 210 points and has cut the deficit to the series leader to 35.5 points. Ferrández sits in 21st overall with 17.5 points, while the BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 team holds third place in the team standings with 227.5 points.
Alberto Ferrández was unable to take part in the race after being declared unfit following a diagnosis of a broken right collarbone sustained on Saturday. After arriving in the hospital in Spain this morning he left a message to the team saying he was cheering on his teammate. Ferrández has since undergone surgery. He is doing well and is now focused on the next stage of his rehabilitation. The team wish him a speedy recovery and hope to have him back in the box soon.
The Moto2 paddock will now enjoy a one-week break before travelling to the Mobility Resort Motegi for the Grand Prix of Japan, taking place from 2-4 October.
Izan Guevara: “I started the race trying to get to the front and push with a strong pace. I had spoken with the team before the race, and the target was to stay around the 1’32s–1’33s range throughout the race, which I felt very comfortable doing. I had a big moment at one point, but fortunately I managed to save it and stay focused on the race.
“We also decided to use the development front tyre. I had a really good feeling with it throughout the weekend, and compared with the standard tyre, it gave me more stability and good performance over the distance. That was important because it allowed me to reach the final laps with a tyre that was still working well and ready to fight.
“There are still a lot of races to go, so now it’s time to enjoy this moment and keep recovering points in the championship. I really like the next circuits as well, so the goal is to continue in the same way, enjoy the races, and keep fighting.”
Alex De Angelis – Team Manager: “First of all, I want to send a big hug to Alberto. We know that his surgery to repair the collarbone fracture went well, which is great news, and on behalf of myself and the whole team I want to wish him a very quick and complete recovery. We are all looking forward to having him back with us soon.
“As for Izan, today he did something truly exceptional. Once again, he managed to surprise us, and I think this is one of his greatest strengths. We know he is fast and we believe in him, but every time he manages to do something that even we didn’t expect. We knew we had a good package, that he likes this track, and that the heavy braking areas could suit him, but to see him win with such a gap to the others was something we could never have predicted.
“The pace he had was incredible, and he brought home some extremely valuable points for the championship. So, congratulations to the technicians, to Izan, and to everyone in the team. Alberto’s team were also on the grid today supporting Izan’s crew, which once again shows that we really are one big family.
“A big thank you to Pramac and Yamaha, and hopefully we can continue like this. Finally, I want to wish Izan a lot of fun tomorrow when he gets the opportunity to ride the MotoGP bike.”
