After returning to the MotoGP (Sprint) podium at Silverstone, where he also put Aprilia on pole position and set the fastest grand prix race lap, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro fa🅷ces a tougher ch🐷allenge this weekend in Austria.

The Spaniard, retiring at the end of this season, freely admits that the stop-and-go nature of the circuit doesn’t suit his riding style. Or indeed, t🌺he strengths of the RS-GP, which still excels in fast corners, although progress has also been made in hard braking.

But﷽ th𓃲at would also make a good result in Austria extra sweet.

“It's not one of my favourite circuits, a♈s it's a 𒅌stop-and-go track that doesn't suit my riding style very much,” Espargaro said of the Red Bull Ring.

“However, I enjoy challenges and ꧋that's how I'll approach this weekend.

“I c𒈔an’t wait to be back on 𒈔track. Let's see if we can perform well, because good results on difficult tracks count twice.”

While Espargaro finished 9th in last year’s GP, team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales was the top Aprilia rider in sixth.

Although Austria has been the scene of some dramatic moments for Vinales, including brake failure in 2020 and♓ then a mid-2021 split from Yamaha, it’s a circuit he enjoys.

“The ‘Ring is a nice track. In the past we had struggled there, but last y✱ear I had a good result, especially in qualifying, where I started from the sec𝐆ond on the grid,” he said.

“I am ready to give one hundred percent⛦ to try and find what we were missing in Silverstone so we can improve our level and get back to the top.”

Vinales remains the top non♊-Ducati r𓂃ider in the world championship, in fifth, but with the KTM’s of Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder in close pursuit.

Meanwhile,🌸 there𓂃 will be a fifth Aprilia in action this weekend with test rider Lorenzo Savadori making his fourth wild-card of the season.

The Italian is back in action after suffering multiple fꦫractures to his vertebrae at Assen, where Espargaro injꦛured his hand.

Savadori will again be riding the Aprilia ‘laboratory bike’, working on parts and ideas for the future.
“I can’t wait to get back to racinꦑg. I’m still not at 100% physical fitness, 🍬but I have made progress,” Savadori said.

“I’ll be racing with a laboratory bike and we’ll be trying several upgrades. There will be plenty of work to do𝐆, including for the future.”

Aprilia’s 2025 future will not include either Espargaro (retiring and sw💫itching to Honda test riding duties) or Vinales (switching to Tech3 KTM).

Instead, current Pramac Ducati title leader Jorge Martin and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi will form next year’s factory line-up.