Was the Red Bull Ring put on the MotoGP calendar to allow Ducati to finally score a victory? A success that had been awaited since 2010 and a double never seen since 2007, both events having been celebrated in Australia. To answer this question positively would be to take a dangerous shortcut. Which Valentino Rossi carefully avoids.
Valentino Rossi was at the finish of the Austrian Grand Prix torn between two feelings. The satisfaction of having demonstrated all the competitiveness of his Yamaha on this very special circuit by finishing in front Márquez. But also the disappointment of having narrowly missed the third step of the podium won by his teammate Lorenzo.
« I'm still sorry to have missed the opportunity for a podium » says the Doctor upon arrival. “ We closed the gap by working all weekend, but not enough. We were all in difficulty at the end, we were skating a lot, but Ducati was smarter. I was slipping a lot at the end, I couldn't attack. I tried anyway, but in vain. We take the 13 points and direction Brno! »
But in the Czech Republic, Red warns: the Ducatis will still be there: “ the Ducatis will be just as fast in Brno. We will have to count on them. Here we suffered with our tires, we consumed them more than the Ducati. The race was complicated. Hopefully it's due to this track and we won't have the same problems in Brno ". And to think that it was said that it was the Ducati which wore out their rubber the most… Iannone established itself with a soft front and a medium rear!
