Austria MotoGP: Race Statistic and Full Schedule this Weekend
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Pembalap Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez.
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The Red Bull Ring includes three tracks in the current calendar where Marc Marquez has raced but never won in the premier class. The other two are Portimao and Mandalika.
Yamaha's best results at the Red Bull Ring were Jorge Lorenzo's P3 in 2016 and Fabio Quartararo in 2019 and 2021. Norick Abe and Luca Cadalora also finished P3 in 1996 and 1997 in 500cc racing at the A1 Ring.
Suzuki have also never tasted Spielberg's top podium when their best result was Joan Mir's P2 at the 2020 and 2021 Styria GP.
Aprilia, who has thrived this season, achieved her best result in Austria when Aleix Espargaro finished P10 at the 2021 Austrian GP. Aprilia is the only one manufacturers who have not tasted the sweetness of the MotoGP podium at the track.
Honda controlled pole position from 2017 to 2019 at the Red Bull Ring, all of which were won by Marc Marquez. Then in the first race in Austria in 2020, Maverick Vinales offered pole for Yamaha, then in the second race (GP Styria) Pol Espargaro took pole for KTM.
After Miguel Oliveira, Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro on the podium at the 2020 Styria GP, for the first time the premier class podium has not been filled by a Japanese manufacturer since the 1973 Swedish GP when Phil Read (MV Agusta), Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) and Kim Newcombe ( König) went up to the pulpit.
The 2016 Austrian GP recorded a top average speed of 182.4 km/h. At the 2021 Styria GP, the average speed is 183.4 km/hour, although the race has to be restarted.
Heading to Austria, standings leader Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha is under pressure as he sits just 22 points clear of nearest rival Aleix Espargaro of the Aprilia team who is the only rider to always finish with a point so far in 2022.
Pembalap Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia.
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Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia is slowly moving forward. The land crawled to third place in the standings armed with four wins in the last seven races.