Ranging from pole on the Pink Bull Ring, Bagnaia fended off the fast-starting KTM duo of Brad Binder and Jack Miller on the run to Flip 1 to take the holeshot.
Rapidly pulling a spot to Binder in second, Bagnaia on his manufacturing facility Ducati more and more got here below much less risk because the 14-lap contest ticked away, reaching the chequered flag 2.056s forward for his fourth dash win.
Bagnaia’s dash victory now places him 46 factors forward within the championship over Martin, with Marco Bezzecchi 59 adrift.
Binder was second whereas Pramac’s Martin accomplished the rostrum, however is presently below investigation for triggering chaos at Flip 1 on the opening lap.
Left in twelfth after having a number of laps deleted in qualifying for exceeding monitor limits, Martin got here charging into Flip 1 seeking to make up floor.
However he nudged Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo as the sector bunched into the primary right-hander, which despatched the Frenchman into the aspect of the sluggish beginning Aprilia of Maverick Vinales.
This all led to Martin’s team-mate Johann Zarco, VR46 Ducati’s Marco Bezzecchi and RNF Aprilia’s Miguel Oliveira crashing out, whereas Quartararo, Vinales and Ducati’s Enea Bastianini had been compelled to select their manner by means of the chaos and tumbled down the order with the incident presently below investigation by the stewards.
On the finish of the opening lap, Bagnaia and Binder had been already beginning to drop Miller, who was a second adrift come the top of the second tour.
Brad Binder, Pink Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing
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Miller quickly got here below risk from VR46’s Luca Marini and Martin, with the previous choosing his manner by means of into Flip 1 on lap six.
Martin was gifted fourth when KTM’s Miller ran large below braking for Flip 3 moments later.
Martin piled strain on Marini and launched a transfer into the Flip 2 chicane on the following lap, however made contact with the VR46 rider as he carved up the within.
Marini crashed out and Martin was positioned below investigation once more, however prevented a penalty for that specific incident.
This left him to complete a distance third from Binder and Bagnaia forward, whereas Gresini’s Alex Marquez took fourth from Miller.
Pol Espargaro was sixth on the Tech3 KTM in a heroic journey from thirteenth, edging out brother Aleix Espargaro on the manufacturing facility Aprilia by 0.144s on the chequered flag.
Vinales recovered to eighth after his Flip 1 chaos involvement having began second, whereas Franco Morbidelli took the ultimate dash level on his Yamaha away from Honda’s Marc Marquez, who leapt up from 18th on the grid.
Bastianini was thirteenth behind Joan Mir (Honda) and Gresini’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, whereas Raul Fernandez was fifteenth on the RNF Aprilia forward of Quartararo.
Quartararo was concerned in a contact with Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori at Flip 4 on lap six, which resulted within the Yamaha rider being given a long-lap penalty.
LCR stand-in Iker Lecuona was sixteenth from Augusto Fernandez, who additionally bought slapped with a long-lap penalty for exceeding monitor limits too many instances.
Zarco re-joined the race after the Flip 1 incident however retired late on, whereas Takaaki Nakagami was taken to the medical centre for checks on his foot after taking a tumble on lap three.