Marc Marquez overtook brother Alex to win the Austrian Grand Prix sprint, picking up his first Red Bull Ring MotoGP win of any kind.
It marked Marquez's sixth sprint win in a row, and leaves him 123 points clear of his brother at the top of the standings.
Lining up ahead of three Ducatis, polesitter Marco Bezzecchi was slow off the line and immediately let the Marquez brothers through - though was spared being overtaken by his good friend Bagnaia because the latter's start was much, much worse.
Unleashed into second, Marquez fought off a Bezzecchi counter-attack out of Turn 1, then set off after his brother.
They broke away from their pursuers and Alex briefly looked like he was consolidating his advantage, but a familiar picture formed in the second half of the race as Marc caught up and began to put pressure on the leader.
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It paid off on lap 10, with Alex getting unsettled on the exit kerb out of Turn 2 and opening the door to a Marc attack into Turn 3, then coming up just short of finding a way back past on corner exit.
That was the end of the victory battle, with Marc going on to take the chequered flag 1.2s ahead of Alex.
KTM rider Pedro Acosta celebrated a third successive podium (across sprints and grands prix) after clearing Bezzecchi's Aprilia early on and settling for third place following a short-lived attempt to go with the Marquez brothers.
Bezzecchi took fourth, followed by Brad Binder, who made big progress early in the race, then cleared Trackhouse Aprilia's Raul Fernandez - whose ride height device then failed to cost him sixth place.
That sixth place went to Gresini Ducati rookie Fermin Aldeguer following a duel with Enea Bastianini, who made it three KTMs in the top seven - with the fourth KTM, that of Maverick Vinales, withdrawn after qualifying.
Fabio Di Giannantonio salvaged two points for VR46 Ducati in eighth, while Johann Zarco - the only rider in the field running the medium rear instead of the soft - picked up a single point for LCR Honda, fighting off reigning champion Jorge Martin (Aprilia) on the final lap.
Bagnaia - not unlike Aldeguer right behind him - had been all but sideways launching into the race, going into the path of several riders (most prominently Bastianini, Franco Morbidelli and Joan Mir), then immediately dropping well outside the top 10.
The start was either caused by a rear tyre issue or prompted one, because Bagnaia struggled massively after that, eventually bringing a visibly out-of-control Desmosedici into the pits.
Bagnaia is now 57 points back from the younger Marquez in the standings.
