Round ten of the 2016 MotoGP™ season sees the World Championship return to Austria for the first time since 1997, with Valentino Rossi the only current rider to have ridden a GP at the circuit before.
After such a long summer break catch up with the first half of the season, which saw Marc Marquez open up a 48-point lead in the championship standings.
Find out from the teams themselves how they plan to be quick around the latest addition to the World Championship calendar, the 4.3km Red Bull Ring – Spielberg.
Team’s approaches to getting acquainted with the new circuit varied, with some taking part in a two-day test private test recently and others taking a different approach.
Austria is the home of KTM, who will be joining the MotoGP™ grid in 2017 with a full factory team. Ahead of the Austrian GP motogp.com caught up with one of their riders for next season, Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), to chat about his year so far and the challenge ahead.
The on track action in Austria kicks off on Friday 12th August at 9am local time with Free Practice.