Taking the bull by the horns! MotoGP riders put their off-road driving skills to the test in Austria

List
of
hopefuls

With
Bagnaia
on
form,
team-mate
Jack
Miller
fresh
from
the
podium,
Jorge
Martin
(Prima
Pramac
Racing)
already
a
winner
at
the
track
and
Enea
Bastianini
(Gresini
Racing
MotoGP)
back
up
into
the
battle
at
Silverstone,
there
is
a
long
list
of
hopefuls.

It
does
not
even
stop
there,
with
the
likes
of
Zarco
and
Marco
Bezzecchi
(Mooney
VR46
Racing
Team)
likewise
quick
and
eager
to
make
their
mark.

Huge
highside

Another
factory
eager
to
keep
the
pressure
on
Quartararo
is
Aprilia.
Aleix
Espargaro
did
not
manage
to
capitalise
on
the
number
20’s
P8
at
Silverstone
as
he
took
ninth.

But
after
a
huge
highside
on
Saturday
left
him
racing
with
a
broken
heel,
that
became
a
job
well
done
in
difficult
circumstances
as
he
only
lost
one
point
to
the
Frenchman.
And
there
was
still
an
Aprilia
on
the
podium…

Poetic
place

After
speed
before
bad
luck
in
Germany
and
then
third
at
Assen,
which
marked
his
first
rostrum
finish
with
Aprilia
Racing,
second
at
Silverstone
and
only
four
tenths
off
Bagnaia
was
quite
a
statement
from
Maverick
Vinales.

The
trend
says
the
next
step
should
be
the
top
one,
but
it
is
far
from
a
simple
task
in
MotoGP.
Can
Top
Gun
do
it,
in
his
200th
Grand
Prix
and
at
a
poetic
place
to
get
back
on
top?
The
Aprilia
remains
as
serious
a
threat
as
ever,
and
at
the
very
least
it
may
be
a
good
weekend
to
chip
away
more
points
from
Yamaha
for
both
Noale
machines.

Red
Bull
Ring

Is
the
Red
Bull
Ring
still
Borgo
Panigale
turf?
Can
Vinales
put
in
a
poetic
weekend?
Are
KTM
up
to
push
forward
on
home
turf?
What
will
the
standings
look
like
as
we
head
for
San
Marino?

We
will
find
out
this
weekend,
with
MotoGP
going
racing
at
2pm
local
time
(5.30pm
IST)
on
Sunday
for
the
Austrian
GP.

Indian
audience
can
catch
all
the
action
live
on
Eurosport
channel.