A new layout, best MotoGP™ finishes, the title race and Sprint races – it was a weekend full of hot topics at the Red Bull Ring
As the dust settles on another fantastic weekend of MotoGP™ action at the CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich, we’ve taken a look at some of the talking points from a busy and very important few days at the Red Bull Ring. Sprint races, a new layout, a new team entering MotoGP™ in 2023… Austria was by no mean quiet.
Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team): “It’ll definitely be a spectacle”
The breaking news on Saturday morning was the confirmation that Sprint races will be on the menu in 2023 at all Grands Prix. And it’s safe to say Miller was especially looking forward to trying out the new, exciting Saturday format.
“Yeah, definitely. For us as riders, myself personally, on my weekends off I go and race motorcycles. I love racing motorcycles, so another opportunity over the weekend. We have this big build-up of four days, five days here to race once. It’s been great, but I think change is good. Change is inevitable. It’s coming. The fact that the championship is working towards changing the program and willing to try a big step forward or a big step outside of what’s the regular, I take my hat off to them because it’s a gamble but I think it will be a positive gamble.
The new MotoGP™ Sprint Race format explained in detail
“Not only for us as riders, I think the exposure and the racing that’s going to come from a half-race distance, let’s say the points, win or lose, it’s not a massive gain or loss, so you can risk a little bit more. So, that alone is going to create fantastic racing. Like you said, the tire management sort of goes out the window. So, it will be soft. It will be fast. It’ll be definitely a spectacle. I look forward to being a part of it and a part of the history changing in MotoGP.”