Marquez continues his dominance of the 2025 season with a first Austrian GP crown as he closes in on the riders title.

Acosta, the one rider who had shown pace to match Marquez throughout practice, pushed too hard, too early. He lost it at the high-speed Turn 8 before he had even registered a lap time, and his factory KTM was a write-off after several cartwheels.

Almost by process of elimination, that left the VR46 riders in second and third. Franco Morbidelli initially led Fabio Di Giannantonio despite starting a row behind him – but Di Giannantonio put a move on his team-mate on the opening lap to secure a second place he would not lose.