This second race in two weekends in a row on the Red Bull Ring track will have a special flavor in MotoGP. It will indeed mark the 900th premier category competition. A saga that began in 1949 with 500 two-stroke and has continued since 2002 with four-strokes currently 990cc. And to mark the occasion, the winner of this Styrian Grand Prix will set off with a shiny car from the BMW range…
On the 899 premier class Grand Prix races contested so far, there are 111 different winners. Who is at the top of the ranking? Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), nine times world champion, who won 89 victories, which means that the “Doctor” has won 10% of all the races in the premier class in history.
Rossi, Agostini, Marquez, Doohan and Lorenzo, have won 35 % of the 899 first-class races between them. Rossi also started from 346 of them, either 38,5 % of all the first class races in history.
899 courses, 111 winners, 269 podiums, 19 different countries having celebrated a victory, it is the table before this Grand Prix of Styria. To make sure you don’t miss out on this historic stage, here are the race schedules for this Sunday!
SUNDAY 23 AUGUST
08h40-09h00 Warm-up Moto3
09h10-09h30 Warm -up Moto2
09h40-10h00 Warm-up MotoGP
11h00 Course Moto3 (23 tours)
12h20 Course Moto2 (25 tours)
14h00 Course MotoGP (28 tours)
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