The first-ever Styrian GP takes centre stage


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2020 MotoGP Season

Styrian Grand Prix

Round 5
Red Bull Ring 
Spielberg, Austria
23 August 2020

The 2020 Styrian Grand Prix is set to take place in Spielberg which is a city located in the Bezirk Murtal in Styria, Austria.

This will be the fifth round of this year's Championship and it will take place at the Red Bull Ring.

The motorcycling event that was introduced during the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Valentino Rossi of Yamaha
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Several big-name riders will be looking to win the first-ever Styrian Grand Prix race and add important points. 
 
Alex Rins, Fabian Quartararo, Andrea Dovizioso, Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi will all be looking to walk away victorious this weekend.

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Yamaha rider Quartararo is placed at the top of the riders' standings having accumulated 67 points and he is followed by Ducati rider Dovizioso and Yamaha's Vinales.
 
Dovizioso won the previous round of the 2020 season which was the Austrian Grand Prix and it was his second successive win in Austria.  

Jack Miller of Ducati
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Despite having secured a win in Spielberg, Dovizioso admits he is still "not comfortable" going to other tracks as he is not fully on top of his problems in cornering. 
 
"Well, I think next round, if it will be dry, it will be more difficult because I think the competitors can be a bit stronger because in the race you can see a lot of things," Dovizioso said.
 
"Especially [Alex] Rins, if he didn't crash I think it was very difficult to beat him. "But I couldn't see him in the race because he crashed immediately.
 
 "But about the future, still I'm not comfortable 100% because on the braking I feel much better and really good, but in the middle of the corner, the first part of the exit, I'm still not that good - and we need that to be consistent and strong in other tracks."

Yahama are sitting at the top of Manufacturers' Championship standings - 14 points above their closest rivals, Ducati.
 
Ducati and KTM are placed second and third respectively on the standings after four races. 
 

2020 Austrian Grand Prix results

 
Winner: Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati 
Runner-up: Joao Mir - Suzuki 
Third-Place: Jack Miller - Ducati
 

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Published: 08/20/2020