MotoGP | eSport: Valentino Rossi will race at the Red Bull Ring

MotoGP eSports – On Sunday 12 April at 15pm there will be the second eSport event which will involve some MotoGP riders, who are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This time Valentino Rossi and Ducati riders Danilo Petrucci and Michele Pirro will also participate in the virtual race, who were not present at the first "historic" race held at Mugello and won by Alex Marquez.

As always, riders will play the official MotoGP '19 video game from video game developer, publisher and long-time partner Milestone, with MotoGP '20 launching on Friday 23 April.

At Mugello, pole was won by Fabio Quartararo, but the six-lap race was won by Alex Marquez, who preceded our Bagnaia and Vinales.

The drivers will tackle 10 laps of the Red Bull Ring and as in the first event there will be a five-minute qualifying session in time-attack mode. Below are the drivers who will participate in the race:

MotoGP Red Bull Ring eSport starting grid 2020

Repsol Honda Team: Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez
Ducati Team: Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP: Valentino Rossi, Maverick Viñales
Petronas Yamaha SRT: Fabio Quartararo
Pramac Racing: Francesco Bagnaia
LCR Honda Idemitsu: Takaaki Nakagami
Reale Avintia Racing: Tito Rabat

Fans will be able to watch the race by following our website, on selected television broadcasters (Sky in Italy, ed.) and on social media platforms including YouTube (via the MotoSG and MotoGP eSport channels), MotoGP eSport Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.