The MotoGP World Championship continues on Friday with the Styria GP, the first of two consecutive races at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg (Austria) that promise to be exciting in all three categories.
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The MotoGP is currently led by Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) with 34 points ahead of Johann Zarco (Pramac / Ducati) on a track that is particularly cheap for Desmosedici. It’s also the first race for Maverick Viñales following the announcement of Monster Energy Yamaha end-of-season departure.
A year after his MotoGP debut, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM) is returning to the track where he won at Mugello and finished seventh in the championship before the break. Dani Pedrosa (wildcard on KTM) and Cal Crutchlow (replaces the injured Franco Morbidelli on Petronas Yamaha SRT) compete in the Styrian GP.
Red Bull KTM Ajo has dominated the Moto2 season so far. In this comeback, Remy Gardner is leading by 30 points and will remain there after the GP in Styria; his colleague Ral Fernández is second with 31 points with a win of 25. Marco Bezzecchi (Sky Racing Team VR46) is already 25 points behind Fernández, so there will be no change in the order.
Pedro Acosta is starting his debut season in Moto3. With four wins in nine games, it will be interesting to see his comeback when he’s 48 points ahead of Sergio García (GasGas Aspar). Dennis Foggia (Leopard) quickly regained form after the break, winning two and finishing third in four races to move up to third and get back into the race for the top spots.
The schedule of all sessions for the MotoGP Styria GP:
Friday 6th August
08: 00-08: 40: FP1 Moto3
08: 55-09: 40: FP1 MotoGP
09: 55-10: 35: FP1 Moto2
12: 15-12: 55: FP2 Moto3
13: 10-13: 55: FP2 MotoGP
14: 10-2: 50: FP2 Moto2
Saturday 7th August
7. 08: 00-08: 40: FP3 Moto3
08: 55-09: 40: MotoGP FP3
09: 55-10: 35: FP3 Moto2
11: 35-11: 50: Q1 Moto3
Qualification 12: 00-12: 15: Q2 Moto3 qualification
12: 30-13: 00: FP4 MotoGP
13: 10-13: 25: Q1 MotoGP qualification
13: 35-13: 50: Q2 MotoGP qualification
14: 10-14: 25: Q1 Moto2
Qualification 14: 35-14: 50: Q2 Moto2 qualification
Sunday 8th August
7.40-8.00 a.m .: Moto3
Warm up
8:10 am-8:30am: Moto2 warm-up phase 8:40 am-9:00 am: MotoGP warm-up phase
10:00 a.m .: Moto3 race
11:20 am: Moto2 race
1 p.m .: MotoGP race
Source: https://pt.motorcyclesports.net
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