'Boring' Austrian MotoGP 'a very particular track'

“It's a very particularไ track, the start an🔥d the first lap are so important.”

2024 Austrian MotoGP
2024 Austrian MotoGP

After a processional Austrian Grand Prix, MotoGP will be hoping to deliver a much more entertaining spectacl﷽e at Aragon this weekend.

Although MotoGP didn’t race at the Spanish circuit last♍ year, the omens are p🦄romising, with victory in the two previous races decided by last-lap battles and a few tenths of a second.

Th﷽e 5.077km circuit also boasts a wide variety of cor𒐪ners compared to the stop-and-go Red Bull Ring.

“Really boring!” agreed Luca Marini, after watching much of the A🔜ustrian GP 🌌on TV in the Repsol Honda garage due to an early technical issue.

“It's because it's very difficult for all of the riders to keep a close g⭕ap with the rider in fron🦂t of you, because of tyre temperature, brake temperature, etc.

“And then when you follow another rider [clo🅷sely], it's more difficult to stop the bike. So you can see that every rider is more than a 1-second gap to the other.

“It's a very particular track, 🌼the staꩲrt and the first lap are so important.”

Recovery rides by Marc Marquez and Franco Mꦚorbidelli did at least provide some overtaking action.

Austria has also produced some memor💎able victory showdowns in t🐼he past, including between Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso.

“Yeah, because they were Dovi and Marc. Two manufacturers fighting for the tit🉐le, one against another,” Marini said.

“Now, because only a Ducati ca🧸n fi🌜ght with another Ducati, it's difficult to see those kind of battles.”

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira also snatched a last-turn win in a restarted 2020 Red ꦕBull Ring rℱace.

Meanwhile, a new track surface and an extra Michelin rear tyre option are among the unꩲknown factors heading into the Aragon weekend.

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