Austria MotoGP: Race Statistic and Full Schedule this Weekend
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VIVA – The 13th  MotoGP race in the 2022 season will take place at the Red Bull Ring Circuit in Spielberg, Austria this weekend.
The MotoGP Grand Prix was held again in Austria in 2016 after an 18-year hiatus. The first Austria MotoGP was held in 1971 at the Salzburg ring which has hosted the Grand Prix 22 times.
In the inaugural Austrian GP, ??Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) won the 500cc race after finishing the race with a distance of more than one lap compared to Keith Turner who finished as runner-up. Agostini also won in the 350cc class.
The Red Bull Ring had held two GPs before 2016, in 1996 and 1997, when the circuit was still called the A1-Ring. For 2022, the circuit layout at Spielberg has undergone a slight modification with the addition of a chicane after Turn 1.
Ducati has won the Red Bull Ring six times since 2016 through Andrea Iannone after starting from pole position, Andrea Dovizioso in 2017, 2019, and 2020/2021, Jorge Lorenzo in 2018, and Jorge Martin in 2021 from pole position.
Pembalap Yamaha RNF, Andrea Dovizioso
- AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim
In 2016, Lannone tasted his first win since moving up to the MotoGP class and presented Ducati with his first win since Casey Stoner finished first in the Austria GP in 2010.
With Dovizioso finishing second, it was Ducati's first 1-2 finish in MotoGP for the first time since the 2007 Australian GP win by Stoner from Loris Capirossi.
The 2016 Austrian GP was also the first time Italian riders on an Italian motorcycle finished 1-2 in the premier class since the 1972 Finnish 500cc GP at Imatra won by Giacomo Agostini and team-mate Alberto Pagani. These two riders raced for MV Agusta.
Meanwhile, KTM collected two wins on their home circuit as Miguel Oliveira won the 2020 Styria MotoGP which was the first victory for the rider in the class and Brad Binder at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.
While Honda secured the top podium at the Austrian circuit in the 500cc race in 1996 and 1997 through Alex Criville and Mick Doohan. Honda's most recent best result at the Red Bull Ring was P2 for Marc Marquez from 2017 to 2019.
