MotoGP Grand Prix of Austria 2016: Race Schedule, Live Stream and Top Riders

The second half of the 2016 MotoGP season gets underway in Austria this weekend with Honda's Marc Marquez holding a 48-point lead at the top of the standings over Yamaha rider and defending champion Jorge Lorenzo. The Spanish pair both have three wins apiece from the nine races so far this year, but Marquez has built a healthy lead thanks to a number of podium finishes—he has only finished outside the top three once—and he goes into Sunday's race on the back of victory at the Sachsenring, Germany, last time out. Italian legend Valentino Rossi has claimed two victories so far this season but three scoreless races has left him 59 points back from Marquez, and he needs a big performance at Spielberg's Red Bull Ring t...

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