MotoGP - Styrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - August 8, 2021 Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin celebrates winning the MotoGP race with the trophy on the podium REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
(Reuters) -Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin fended off Suzuki's reigning world champion Joan Mir to seal his first MotoGP win on Sunday at the Styrian Grand Prix that was stopped and re-started after a fireball incident.
Pole-sitter Martin faced immense pressure from Mir but finished 1.548 seconds ahead of the Suzuki rider to hand Pramac their maiden MotoGP win in his rookie season.
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