The 2022 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich) was the thirteenth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fifth round of the 2022 MotoE World Cup. All races (except MotoE race 1 which was held on 20 August) were held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 21 August 2022.
Background
Track layout changes The Grand Prix used a new layout of the Red Bull Ring, wherein a chicane was added to the previous fast slight-left hander of turn 2. This was done to improve the overall safety of the track by greatly minimizing the speed the riders carry into turn 3. The new variation to the circuit follows safety reviews into the high speed accident on lap 9 of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix. The final configuration was chosen among 15 proposals, with the track being 30 meters longer than the previous configurations.
Riders' entries In the MotoGP class, Stefan Bradl continues to replace Marc Márquez in the Repsol Honda Team, Lorenzo Savadori runs as a wildcard with Aprilia for the fourth time in this championship. In the Moto2 class Sam Lowes was forced to miss the Grand Prix due to the dislocation of his left shoulder, and later further checks also revealed a fracture in the upper part of the humerus. To replace him on the Kalex of the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team is the seventeen year old Australian Senna Agius. To replace Gabriel Rodrigo, the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team has chosen to have the 23 year old Japanese Taiga Hada race on his Kalex from this race until the end of the season. Rory Skinner races for the second consecutive race as a wild card with the American Racing Kalex. In the Moto3 class, Joel Kelso returns to the CIP Green Power KTM, while Nicola Carraro continues to replace Matteo Bertelle on the QJmotor Avintia Racing Team KTM. In the MotoE class, Xavi Cardelús returns to the Avintia Esponsorama Racing's Energica after missing the two races in the Dutch TT.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After the British Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo maintains the lead in the riders' standings with 180 points, plus 22 over Aleix Espargaró. Francesco Bagnaia (winner at Silverstone, 131 points) and Enea Bastianini (118 points), overtake Johann Zarco, now fifth with 114 points. In the constructors' classification, Ducati dominated with 271 points; followed by Yamaha (180 points), Aprilia (175 points), KTM (131 points), Suzuki (110 points) and Honda (88 points). In the team standings, there are only two distances between Aprilia Racing (first at 240 points) and Ducati Lenovo Team (second at 238 points), with the latter having overtaken Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, now third with 206 points. Prima Pramac Racing and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are fourth and fifth with 195 and 179 points respectively.
Moto2 Championship standings before the race The victory in the previous Grand Prix allowed Augusto Fernández to conquer the leadership of the riders' standings and he is at 171 points with a 13 point advantage over Ai Ogura and 15 points over Celestino Vietti, the previous leader; Arón Canet is fourth with 127 points, plus 19 over Tony Arbolino. The constructors' classification reads: Kalex 300 points, Boscoscuro (who at Silverstone with Alonso López climbed on the podium with his bike for the first time this season) 77 points, MV Agusta 5 points. In the team standings, Red Bull KTM Ajo leads with 246 points, with a lead of 16 points over Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, 49 over Flexbox HP40, 87 over Elf Marc VDS Racing Team and 90 over Mooney VR46 Racing Team.
Moto3 Championship standings before the race The retirements of Sergio García and Izan Guevara, combined with his victory at Silverstone, allow Dennis Foggia to reduce the distance in the riders' standings; García is first at 182 points, with only three points ahead of Guevara, and 42 over Foggia. Jaume Masià and Deniz Öncü are fourth and fifth with 127 and 114 points respectively. In the constructors' classification, Gas Gas leads with 235 points, followed by Honda (206 points), KTM (194 points), Husqvarna (142 points) and CFMoto (101 points). The team classification sees Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team clearly in the lead with 361 points, plus 127 on Leopard Racing; third Red Bull KTM Ajo with 175 points, preceding Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (146 points) and Red Bull KTM Tech3 (143 points).
MotoE Cup standings before the race Dominique Aegerter leads the standings ahead of this Grand Prix with 158 points, with a lead of 31.5 points over Eric Granado, 45.5 over Matteo Ferrari, 60 over Mattia Casadei and 79 over Miquel Pons.
Free practice
MotoGP The first session, held in wet-dry conditions, saw Jack Miller as the fastest ahead of Johann Zarco and Joan Mir. In the second session, the roles are reversed between Zarco and Miller, with Jorge Martín third. The French driver confirms himself as the fastest also in the third session, ahead of his compatriot Fabio Quartararo and Miller.
Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3 The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2FP315 Johann ZarcoDucati1:31:374 1:29.837 1:28.964220 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:31.7731:29.8771:29.117343 Jack MillerDucati 1:30.756 1:29.8611:29.280489 Jorge MartínDucati1:31.6161:29.8661:29.324563 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:32.5131:29.9971:29.377623 Enea BastianiniDucati1:31.9761:30.0661:29.457742 Álex RinsSuzuki1:31.8751:30.3211:29.473833 Brad BinderKTM1:31.9131:30.1281:29.521912 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:32.0741:30.1131:29.5231036 Joan MirSuzuki1:31.5761:30.4551:29.5381141 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:32.5571:30.1471:29.5401230 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:31.9411:30.3111:29.5851372 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:32.3211:30.0661:29.6231449 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:32.7751:30.7001:29.6411510 Luca MariniDucati1:32.9981:30.0301:29.6841644 Pol EspargaróHonda1:32.9051:30.3641:29.7101721 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:32.4881:30.6171:29.7551888 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:32.4221:31.3151:29.821194 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:32.0071:30.6391:29.8452073 Álex MárquezHonda1:32.4371:30.5091:30.017216 Stefan BradlHonda1:32.7481:31.1821:30.0262240 Darryn BinderYamaha1:35.0721:31.5751:30.4722387 Remy GardnerKTM1:35.0921:31.3241:30.5542432 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:32.9631:30.8741:31.6992525 Raúl FernándezKTM1:33.7961:31.9781:31.204 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Free Practice 4 Enea Bastianini finished at the top of the standings, followed by Luca Marini and Francesco Bagnaia.
MotoE Mattia Casadei was the fastest in both free practice sessions. In the first, held in the wet, he preceded Niccolò Canepa and Eric Granado. In the second, in the dry, he is followed in the standings by Dominique Aegerter and Granado.
The top eight riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2127 Mattia CasadeiEnergica 1:49.203 1:41.720277 Dominique AegerterEnergica1:51.4861:42.060351 Eric GranadoEnergica 1:50.1901:42.175471 Miquel PonsEnergica1:50.6361:42.32257 Niccolò CanepaEnergica1:49.8371:42.334611 Matteo FerrariEnergica1:50.2861:42.39674 Héctor GarzóEnergica1:50.9351:42.631817 Álex EscrigEnergica1:51.4991:42.861921 Kevin ZannoniEnergica1:53.9991:43.0051018 Xavi CardelúsEnergica1:53.2491:43.0641178 Hikari OkuboEnergica1:52.3131:43.0751240 Jordi TorresEnergica1:51.6231:43.0911334 Kevin ManfrediEnergica1:50.7921:43.3361412 Xavi ForésEnergica1:52.2241:43.455156 María HerreraEnergica1:55.1061:43.4601638 Bradley SmithEnergica1:52.1421:43.5441770 Marc AlcobaEnergica1:56.8771:44.949NC72 Alessio FinelloEnergica1:52.380 OFFICIAL MOTOE COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Qualifying
MotoGP
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2123 Enea BastianiniDucati Qualified in Q2 1:28.7721 1263 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q21:28.7962343 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:28.8813489 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q21:28.9584 2520 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:29.003565 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:29.0466712 Maverick ViñalesAprilia Qualified in Q21:29.1357 3836 Joan MirSuzuki Qualified in Q21:29.2558941 Aleix EspargaróDucati 1:29.2311:29.25591049 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:29.3501:29.33610 41142 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q21:29.424111233 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q21:29.536121310 Luca MariniDucati1:29.386N/A1351430 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:29.390N/A141544 Pol EspargaróHonda1:29.475N/A151621 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:29.540N/A1661788 Miguel OliveiraKTM 1:29.613N/A17186 Stefan BradlHonda1:29.809N/A18194 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:30.085N/A1972072 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:30.122N/A202140 Darryn BinderYamaha1:30.328N/A212287 Remy GardnerKTM1:30.397N/A2282325 Raúl FernándezKTM1:30.475N/A232432 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:30.487N/A242573 Álex MárquezHonda1:33.653N/A259 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS Notes – Joan Mir and Aleix Espargaró set identical lap times in Q2. Mir got 8th position as his second fastest lap time was quicker.
Moto2
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2179 Ai OguraKalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.9331 1221 Alonso LópezBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:33.9812337 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:34.1013496 Jake DixonKalex Qualified in Q21:34.1044 2535 Somkiat ChantraKalex Qualified in Q21:34.1055651 Pedro AcostaKalex Qualified in Q21:34.1266713 Celestino ViettiKalex Qualified in Q21:34.1707 3823 Marcel SchrötterKalex1:34.3251:34.2458975 Albert ArenasKalex Qualified in Q21:34.25491019 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex Qualified in Q21:34.25710 4116 Cameron BeaubierKalex 1:34.3101:34.382111254 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro1:34.5231:34.421121340 Arón CanetKalex Qualified in Q21:34.4451351412 Filip SalačKalex Qualified in Q21:34.516141514 Tony ArbolinoKalex Qualified in Q21:34.602151664 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:34.5351:34.655166179 Jorge NavarroKalex Qualified in Q21:34.65517187 Barry BaltusKalex Qualified in Q21:34.800181952 Jeremy AlcobaKalex1:34.619N/A1972016 Joe RobertsKalex1:34.655N/A20218 Senna AgiusKalex1:34.938N/A212242 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta1:34.996N/A2282361 Alessandro ZacconeKalex1:35.007N/A232484 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex1:35.117N/A242528 Niccolò AntonelliKalex1:35.122N/A2592618 Manuel GonzálezKalex1:35.205N/A262724 Simone CorsiMV Agusta1:35.206N/A272881 Keminth KuboKalex1:35.301N/A2810294 Sean Dylan KellyKalex1:35.651N/A293029 Taiga HadaKalex1:35.721N/A303133 Rory SkinnerKalex1:35.899N/A3111 OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto3
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2196 Daniel HolgadoKTM Qualified in Q2 1:41.2341 1271 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna Qualified in Q21:41.2442353 Deniz ÖncüKTM Qualified in Q21:41.3793454 Riccardo RossiHonda Qualified in Q21:41.5064 257 Dennis FoggiaHonda Qualified in Q21:41.5885610 Diogo MoreiraKTM Qualified in Q21:41.6276724 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda 1:41.9771:41.6387 3828 Izan GuevaraGas Gas Qualified in Q21:41.6428927 Kaito TobaKTM Qualified in Q21:41.67591082 Stefano NepaKalex Qualified in Q21:41.71410 41111 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas Qualified in Q21:41.77211125 Jaume MasiàKTM Qualified in Q21:41.800121366 Joel KelsoKTM1:42.1931:41.8571351416 Andrea MignoHonda1:42.2401:42.02514156 Ryusei YamanakaKTM1:42.0081:42.112151644 David MuñozKTM Qualified in Q21:42.5191661719 Scott OgdenHonda Qualified in Q21:42.683171817 John McPheeHusqvarna Qualified in Q21:42.951181948 Iván OrtoláKTM1:42.290N/A1972072 Taiyo FurusatoHonda1:42.302N/A202143 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto1:42.353N/A212231 Adrián FernándezKTM1:42.510N/A2282320 Lorenzo FellonHonda1:42.749N/A232499 Carlos TatayCFMoto1:42.871N/A242564 Mario AjiHonda1:42.908N/A259269 Nicola CarraroKTM1:42.936N/A262723 Elia BartoliniKTM1:42.969N/A272870 Joshua WhatleyHonda1:43.644N/A28102967 Alberto SurraHonda1:43.666N/A293022 Ana CarrascoKTM1:43.736N/A30 OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS
MotoE Fastest session lap