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2019 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix Live: As it happened.
Read our 2019 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix live coverage from Red Bull Ring.
Welcome to our 2019 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix commentary.
The 2019 Austrian Grand Prix took place at Red Bull Ring on Monday August 12, 2019. Read our MotoGP live commentary to see the coverage as it we reported it live.
Dovizioso: "It was the last corner - I had to try! If I arrive too long I can finish 2nd easy. I felt so strong in that moment. It's something in the past I was thinking about. I'm so happy for all the people working so hard and for Luca."
Marquez: "I'm happy because we made a big mistake with the rear tyre. Everyone else was with the soft and it had more grip. I was sliding a lot the rear. Dovi did an incredible job but we're leading by 58 points."
Quartararo: "An incredible race. We chose the soft tyre and I still don't have the experience of managing it. Even when I was leading I tried to save it. Then I managed the gap to Valentino."
MotoGP Race - Results: Dovizioso, Marquez, Quartararo, Rossi, Viñales, Rins, Bagnaia, Oliveira, Petrucci, Morbidelli, Nakagami... CLICK HERE for the full results
Well, well, well. Just when you have the feeling this is getting predictable, MotoGP throws up a race like that. What. A. Race. 4 straight Ducati wins here in Austria. And that's up there with their very best.
28/28: Dovizioso steals victory off Marquez with a brilliant move at T10! He picks the world champion's pocket at the final curve! What a ride by the Ducati man and what a comeback. That's up there with his Motegi '17 performance.
28/28: Dovizioso is under again at T1! But Marquez holds the tighter line and leads into 3...
27/28: Dovizioso has another bite at T1 but he's wide! And now Marquez has breathing space coming out of 3! That could be it...
26/28: Marquez is under Dovizioso at T7 - there's a response at T9 but Dovizioso is in too hot! Marquez leads onto the start-finish straight.
26/28: Rossi is holding firm in 4th place with Viñales and Rins unable to bridge those two tenths to make a move.
25/28: This is tense... Surely a Marquez move is incoming here. Dovizioso will have to be at his very, very best if he can halt the Marquez freight train here.
23/28: Dovizioso drops the pace by around half a second. He's pushing, but that familiar #93 shadows his every move.
22/28: The quiet before the storm here. Marquez is surely catching his breath behind the #04 Ducati.
21/28: The leaders drop the pace by a full second. Dovizioso doesn't want to give anything away. Behind, Viñales and Rins have caught Rossi.
20/28: Change of the lead! Dovizioso drives by Marquez along the main straight to lead into T1! Finally some questions are being asked of Marquez. But this isn't over. Not by a long way.
19/28: Viñales is now just 0.5s back of Rossi.
18/28: Nakagami has hit problems and is dropping down the top 10. That leaves Oliveira in a fine 8th and the top KTM.
17/28: It's a two-rider fight at the front! Marquez and Dovizioso are together.
15/28: The gap between Rossi and Viñales is down to 1s. It was 1.4s a few back. The Catalan is gradually closing in.