2019 Austria MotoGP Review, Johann Zarco leaves KTM team at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season

Review of round eleven of the 2019 MotoGP season at the Red Bull Ring, on the outskirts of Spielberg, Styria, Austira.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Ducati Team rider Andrea Dovizioso on his works Ducati Desmosedici GP19.



Second was Repsol Honda Team rider and current MotoGP champion Marc Marquez on his works Honda RC213V, he was two tenths of a second behind Dovizioso at the end.



While, third was Petronas Yamaha SRT rider Fabio Quartararo on his Yamaha YZR-M1, he was six seconds behind Dovizioso at the end of the race.



In the Moto2 race (Inline-three 765cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Brad Binder on the KTM.



Second was EG 0,0 Marc VDS rider Álex Márquez on the Kalex, he was three tenths of a second behind Binder at the end. While, third was +Ego Speed Up rider Jorge Navarro on the Speed Up, he was eighteen tenths of a second behind Binder at the end.

While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by VNE Snipers rider Romano Fenati on the Honda. Second was VNE Snipers rider Tony Arbolino on the Honda, he was ten tenths of a second behind Fenati at the end. While, third was Petronas Sprinta Racing rider John McPhee on the Honda to complete a Honda podium whitewash, he was eleven tenths of a second behind Fenati at the end.

Finally in the MotoE race (a single make class with all the riders riding the Energica Ego MotoE bike; new for 2019), that was won by EG 0,0 Marc VDS rider Mike Di Meglio. Second was Avintia Esponsorama Racing rider Xavier Siméon, he was two seconds behind Di Meglio at the end. While, third was One Energy Racing rider Bradley Smith, he was four seconds behind Di Meglio at the end of the race

Finally, it was confirmed on Monday (12/8/19), Johann Zarco will leave the factory Red Bull KTM team at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season, despite having signed a two-year contract when he penned a deal last year.



Zarco has struggled to get to grips with the RC16 and has scored just 18 points compared to team-mate Pol Espargaro’s 61, Zarco currently sits seventeenth in the championship, with a best finish of tenth place at Barcelona in June.