12:44
Good afternoon and welcome to race day at the Austrian MotoGP. The race will get underway in 15 minutes.
Enea Bastianini, Ducati MotoGP Red Bull Ring, Austria 2022
As it happened: Francesco Bagnaia wins the Austrian MotoGP!
Enea Bastianini will start the Austrian MotoGP from pole position, his first in the premier class, after getting the better of Francesco Bagnaia.
Jack Miller rounds out an all-Ducati front row ahead of Jorge Martin, reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo and a fifth Ducati of Johann Zarco.
Two big announcements have been made over the course of the weekend, the first of which saw KTM confirm GASGAS as the replacement name for its current Tech 3 team.
As part of the 2023 GASGAS Factory Racing Team, KTM also announced a return to the Austrian brand for Pol Espargaro - the other GASGAS seat remains unconfirmed.
The other announcement saw MotoGP confirm sprint races at every round next season.
Crash.net will continue to bring you the latest news and updates from race day at the Austrian MotoGP.
21 Aug 2022
12:25
Moto2 Race - CLICK HERE for the full results
11:04
Moto3 Race - CLICK HERE for the full results
11:02
MotoGP Sprint race points system
In case you missed it, the official points scoring system for next year's MotoGP Sprint races will see the top nine claim poins. The winner will be awarded 12 points all the way down to the rider in ninth scoring 1.
10:56
MotoGP about to become 'more spectacular' - Marquez
After confirmation that MotoGP will have sprint races at every round in 2023, Marc Marquez has become the lastest to favour the change.
“I think it's a wise decision, especially because it's in favour of the show. As a rider I like Sundays, because that's when the races take place.
"Sprint races will make MotoGP more spectacular and give a different point of view of the weekend,” said the eight-time world champion.
Marc
09:05
MotoGP Warm-up - CLICK HERE for the full results
09:02
Quartararo tops a rare MotoGP session in Austria
How he would love this to be the case later today, Quartararo finishes top in Warm-up from Vinales, Martin and Miller.
08:56
Although the rain looks to be very light, it looks like it could be enough to stop anyone from beating Quartararo's top time.
08:52
Rain is beginning to fall at the Red Bull Ring.
08:51
Quartararo is wasting no time - the Yamaha rider is five tenths clear of Vinales.
08:49
That hurt!
Aleix Espargaro appeared to be in pain during his bike swap.
08:46
Fabio Quartararo has his first flying lap deleted due to exceeding track limits.
08:44
Johann Zarco is the current leader from Fabio Di Giannantonio.
08:40
And we're underway with MotoGP Warm-up.
08:39
Warm-up is up first.
08:39
Good morning and welcome to race day from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring.
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