'Boring' Austrian MotoGP 'a very particular track'

“It's a very particular track, the start and the firs💮💖t 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 spectacle at Aragon thisও weekend.

Although MotoGP didn’t race at the Spanish circuit last year, the omens are promising, wi♈th victory in the two previous races decided by last-lap battles and a few tenths of a second.

The 5.077km circuit also boasts 🍌a wide variety of corners compared to the stop-and-go Red Bull Ring.

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

“It's becausꦑe it's very difficult for all of the riders to keep a close gap with the rider in front of you, because of tyre temperature, brake temperatu✨re, etc.

“And then when you follow another rider [closely], it's more d✱ifficult 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 start and the first lap are so importa🉐nt.”

Recovery rides by Marc Marquez and Franco 🌟Morbidelli did at least provide some overtaking a꧃ction.

Austria has also produced some memorable victory showdowns in the past, including between Marquez and Andrea Doviz🐲ioso.

“Yeah, because they were Dovi and Marc. Two manufacturers fighting for the title, one again💛st another,” Marini said.

“Now, because only a Ducati can fight with another Ducati, it's difficuܫlt to see those kind of b♕attles.”

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira also snat꧙ched a last-turn win in a restarted 2020 Red Bull Ring race.

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

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