MotoGP Czech GP: Live commentary and updates from Brno

Hope you enjoyed reading along with us this afternoon! This is Richard Asher, signing off - stay tuned to the website for follow-up news!

KTM, meanwhile, has got a lot of head-scratching to do. This was not Acosta's first mechanical issue of the weekend or the season. Yesterday, he struggled through much of the sprint with a stuck rear ride-height device. Reliability is starting to cost serious points for the Austrian squad. 

As for Bagnaia, it was a fairly familiar race pattern featuring a strong start and then a struggle in the second half of the race. 

Many riders have something to celebrate today. It's Ogura's best MotoGP finish, topping the third place he scored in France. Mir deserves credit for hanging on to that soft rear tyre and finishing fifth. Martin, meanwhile, probably couldn't have hoped for much better than ninth given his penalties.  

Here are your race results from the Czech Grand Prix:

RACE

All Stats

 

Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93		Ducati	21	39'51.297				25
2	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79		Aprilia	21	+0.421 39'51.718	0.421			20
3	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63		Ducati	21	+2.255 39'53.552	1.834			16
4	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	21	+2.424 39'53.721	0.169			13
5	J. Mir Honda HRC	36		Honda	21	+12.810 40'04.107	10.386			11
6	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54		Ducati	21	+14.874 40'06.171	2.064			10
7	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	21	+18.657 40'09.954	3.783			9
8	L. Marini Honda HRC	10		Honda	21	+21.265 40'12.562	2.608			8
9	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89		Aprilia	21	+21.401 40'12.698	0.136			7
10	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23		KTM	21	+22.273 40'13.570	0.872			6
11	D. Moreira Team LCR	11		Honda	21	+22.881 40'14.178	0.608			5
12	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	21	+22.942 40'14.239	0.061			4
13	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21		Ducati	21	+25.003 40'16.300	2.061			3
14	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7		Yamaha	21	+25.806 40'17.103	0.803			2
15	M. Viñales Tech 3	12		KTM	21	+26.360 40'17.657	0.554			1
16	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43		Yamaha	21	+33.121 40'24.418	6.761
17	C. Crutchlow Team LCR	35		Honda	21	+44.784 40'36.081	11.663
dnf	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37		KTM	20	+1 Lap 38'28.095	1 Lap		Retirement
dnf	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42		Yamaha	17	+4 Laps 33'04.025	3 Laps		Retirement
dnf	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	1	+20 Laps 2'59.130	16 Laps		Accident
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So, things panned out perfectly for Marquez and could not have been worse for Bezzecchi. Marquez is now only 40 points off the championship leader - and the late problem for Acosta means Marquez overtakes him for fourth in the standings.

It will need a mistake from Marquez for Ogura to win now. Highly unlikely! And Pedro Acosta's KTM has given up the ghost! He's out!

There's half a second between Marquez and Ogura, but it looks like Marc has got this under control with a lap to go. Di Giannantonio is quicker than Bagnaia, but there's too much gap to catch him for third now.

Martin has passed Marini for 10th. Marquez and Ogura are trading fastest sectors - while Di Giannantonio finds a fastest lap! 

Three laps to go, and Ogura has just set a personal best. Meanwhile Acosta is fighting back at Mir, whose soft rear is hanging on remarkably well. But not enough to hold off the KTM, who regains fifth into the stadium.

Fascinating stuff now - Ogura has very little to lose while Marquez must surely have points on his mind. The gulf in experience is vast - Ogura has only one grand prix podium to his name!

Ogura does what needed to be done, passing Bagnaia at Turn 10. Marquez is less than a second ahead...

The top 10 is Marquez, Bagnaia, Ogura, Di Giannantonio, Mir, Acosta, Aldeguer, Raul Fernandez, Moreira and Marini - with Martin now within a second of the Honda.

Early evidence is that Marquez is checking out. Half a lap after his move, it looks like Ogura will be his only threat - if he can clear Bagnaia pronto.

Mir has passed Acosta, who is having troubles, it would seem. And Marquez passed his team-mate for the lead! 

As Di Giannantonio streaks away from Acosta into an increasingly secure-looking fourth, Marc is pulling the pin and swarming all over Bagnaia.

The pace at the front is hotting up as the Ducatis respond to Ogura. It's the final third of the race and time to go! Fastest lap falls to Marc Marquez...

Ogura has just posted fastest lap...watch out!

Acosta goes wide in the stadium and Di Giannantonio gratefully accepts fourth place.

Martin will  have to close a gap of 1.6s to Luca Marini, and pass the Honda, if he wants to make the top 10.

Marquez is close behind Bagnaia now, and Ogura is speeding up behind the Ducatis. He's got clear road behind him now, with 2.4 seconds back to the battling Acosta and Di Giannantonio. Meanwhile Martin is up to 11th.

Jorge Martin is struggling to shake off Enea Bastianini's KTM, and is still 12th.

It's that time of the race where the tv feed is showing the likes of Toprak Razgatlioglu in 16th. But this is going to get exciting soon - it's closing up at the front.

Aldeguer is speeding up, and putting pressure on Mir for sixth. It looks like a matter of time...

We're into the second third of the race, with the factory Ducatis swapping fastest laps at the front and Ogura not far behind. Acosta and Di Giannantonio are within striking distance of the Trackhouse Aprilia, but there's a 2.7s gap back to Mir.

Fermin Aldeguer has passed Moreira for seventh. Martin has gone through the long lap loop again, and it turns out the stewards are happy with his efforts after all. He is free to race, but he is down in 12th. 

Mir has passed Moreira to take sixth. 

Jorge Martin tries to serve his first long lap penalty, and messes it up! He went way over track limits on the exit. Try again, Jorge. 

The top three are covered by a second. Ogura looks unthreatening...but he is a late-race man as mentioned....

Mir, incidentally, is the one rider to have taken a soft rear tyre. So his fast start from 11th comes as no surprise. Will he stay on board the Honda as the rubber fades, though?

Things have settled a little now, with Bagnaia leading Marquez, Ogura, Pedro Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Diogo Moreira, Joan Mir and Martin.

Fabio Quartararo is out of the race, we're awaiting news of exactly what happened

Bagnaia has outbraked Ogura for the lead at Turn 10. Marquez is next in line - and takes second before  the end of the lap. 

Bagnaia tries a move for the lead at turns 3/4 but Ogura swoops back in front

Ogura leads, but Bagnaia is all over him! Marquez is keeping watch in third.

Martin is eighth, ahead of his double long lap...

DiGia was wrong-footed by Marc, allowing Bagnaia through as well. And now Pecco is getting racy, taking second from his team-mate!

They're heading off on the formation lap! All major contenders are indeed on the medium tyres, both front and rear.