After a long break, the MotoGP World Championship regains the Austrian GP at the renovated Red Bull Ring, formerly known as the A1-Ring and initially the Osterreichring. And since 2016, ten MotoGP races have been run with eight wins for Ducati and two for KTM. They won the first five races in one fell swoop, three of them in last lap duels against a brave Marc Márquez on Honda. And in 2023 Pecco Bagnaia scored a double and extended his lead at the top of the table to 62 points over Jorge Martín.
In case of winning 70% of the races held in Red Bull Ring It was not enough for Ducati to claim the talisman circuit title, the Borgo Panigale bikes will arrive at the Austrian GP with four Ducatis (Bagnaia, Martín, Bastianini and Marc Márquez) leading the championship and leading the podium with either of the this. two versions in the long run unbroken from Jerez and now has seven races in a row.
In the first three in Jerez, in Lusail between Bagnaia and Martín entered KTM Binder, in Portimao with Martín and Bastianini GasGas Acosta climbed to third place and the only victory that escaped them was in Austin against a superior Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) Bastianini saved Ducati’s honor by entering after Roses and Acosta. Of the 30 long race podiums, 26 for Ducati riders and four for the rest of the world.
The data doesn’t stop there. At Jerez, Sachsenring and Silverstone they took the top-5 and in Great Britain eight Ducatis were in the top-10. At Le Mans, Mugello and Assen took the top-4.
More choice to beat them in Sprint
Where their rivals managed to gain something against the Borgo Panigale motorcycles was in the Sprint race despite the presence of the historically undisputed king of the short form, Jorge Martín. In ten short races, six were signed up between Martín, Bagnaia and Bastianini and three Aprilias thanks to Viñales and Espargaró. What they have yet to achieve is completing the triplet on the podium. Of the 30 podiums distributed, 17 were for Ducati and 13 for Aprilia and KTM riders.
Source: La Verdad
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