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2020 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix Live: As it happened.
Read our 2020 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix live coverage.
Welcome to our 2020 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix commentary.
The 2020 Austrian Grand Prix took place on Monday August 17, 2020. Read our MotoGP live commentary to see the coverage as it we reported it live.
Update from Petronas Yamaha: "Franco is okay. His right hand, right shoulder and head took the brunt of his crash but he did not lose consciousness at any point. He has undergone a CT scan, which showed that there are no major issues. Franco is currently in the Clinica Mobile undergoing minor treatments."
MotoGP race - Results: Dovizioso, Mir, Miller, Binder, Rossi...CLICK HERE for the full results
Binder is the man for KTM again taking 4th from 17th, ahead of Rossi, Nakagami, Petrucci, the recovering Quartararo, Lecuona and Vinales.
Joan Mir claims his first podium with a brilliant second, nabbing the position off Miller after he makes a mistake into the penultimate corner.
Miller's mistake, together with Dovizioso's win might be pause for thought for Ducati's management...
ANDREA DOVIZIOSO WINS THE 2020 AUSTRIAN MOTOGP
The Italian throws a message Ducati's way by winning just 24 hours after confirming his relationship with Ducati is coming to a slightly acrimonious end
2 laps to go: Other results to note further down the order, Iker Lecuona is heading for his first MotoGP Top 10 in ninth. What could have been for KTM though
3 laps to go: This is Dovi's to lose while Miller and Mir battle over third, while Rossi is creeping up to the back of Binder for fourth.
5 laps to go: Is Dovi making the break, he has pulled a small gap over Miller, who now has Mir all over him
8 laps to go: Ducati looking great for a win here with only Dovi and Miller having only Mir now for company in third... but the Suzuki often comes on strong in the later laps. Mir is not out of this.
DOV, MIL, MIR, BIN, ROS, NAK, PET, CRU, QUA, LEC
Only 12 left in this race
An incensed Oliveira kicks things around the garage in anger.
Worth noting he has now been taken out of races by team-mates - different ones - on three occasions. Zarco at Silverstone 2019 and Binder at Jerez 2020
10 laps to go: Alex Rins is OUT too, down at Turn 5 just as he'd moved into the lead of the race.
Incredible, it's almost an identical crash to Espargaro and Zarco - Pol running wide into T4, coming back online to encounter Oliveira on the line and collide
This time both go down but while Espargaro blamed Zarco fro that one, Oliveira is clear his team-mate is at fault this time
Some good news fro KTM though, Binder is 5th from 17th on the grid
12 laps to go: Pol Espargaro is OUT with KTM stablemate Miguel Oliveira - what a disaster for KTM!
13 laps to go: Rins sets a new fastest lap and you can tell, he is all over the back of Dovi suddenly for second. They are both catching Miller
Espargaro has slipped back in fourth, followed by Mir, Oliveira Binder, Rossi and Nakagami
15 to go: Rins gets better of Espargaro who's pace has dropped off, with Dovi chasing Miller
With Morbidelli out, Quartararo down the order (13th) and Vinales seemingly struggling with tech issues, Dovi is looking quite good for the standings right now.
About that contract, Ducati...