A number of facts emerged after Brad Binder from Red Bull KTM won the 2021 Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring Circuit, Sunday (16/8) night.
A fierce battle took place in the Austrian MotoGP, which will be the 11th series in MotoGP 2021. Since the start of the race, a number of racers dueled for the leading position.
When the race was running, Francesco Bagnaia from Ducati, Jorge Martin (Pramac), Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), and Marc Marquez (Honda) overtook to win.
After the Austrian MotoGP left 3 laps, the drivers who occupy the front row Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, and Fabio Quartararo chose to enter the pits to change motorbikes because it was raining at the Red Bull Ring Circuit.
Substitution of the bike was utilized by Brad Binder by taking over the first position even though using slick or dry tires.
Binder eventually became the winner of the 2021 Austrian MotoGP. Bagnaia and Martin were in second and third respectively. After the victory, a number of interesting facts emerged.
5 Facts After Binder Wins MotoGP Austria:
1. Binder’s First Podium
The result at the Austrian MotoGP is not only Brad Binder’s first MotoGP win in 2021, but also his first podium of the season.
In the previous 10 races, Binder’s best position was fourth in the German and Styria MotoGP.
2. Rossi’s Best Results
In addition to Binder, senior rider Valentino Rossi also got the best result in MotoGP 2021 at the Austrian MotoGP after finishing in eighth position after starting from 18th position.
The achievement in the Austrian MotoGP is Rossi’s second top 10 finish this season after the Italian MotoGP. It’s just that, at the Italian MotoGP, The Doctor finished 10th. In addition, Rossi finished outside the top 10 and failed to finish.
3. Quartararo Failed Podium
Fabio Quartararo missed the podium by finishing seventh in the Austrian MotoGP. The result turned out to be Quartararo’s worst finish this season. The sixth finish in the Catalunya MotoGP was Quartararo’s worst before the Austrian MotoGP.
4. Marquez Worst Position
In the same vein as Quartararo, Marc Marquez also recorded the worst result this season at the 2021 Austrian MotoGP. In the Austrian MotoGP Marquez finished 15th after falling on the last laps after replacing the motorbike with wet tires.
Before finishing 15th in the Austrian MotoGP, the worst result of The Baby Alien was finishing ninth in the Spanish MotoGP.
5. Oliveira Unlucky
Binder’s colleague, Miguel Oliveira, became one of the drivers who had bad luck at the Red Bull Ring Circuit after falling in the Austrian MotoGP.
Apart from failing to finish because he fell in the Austrian MotoGP, Oliveira also failed to finish in the Styria MotoGP.
