SPIELBERG: Fabio Quartararo (pix) leads the overall standings ahead of this weekend's Austrian MotoGP eyeing “consistency” with less than half of the season remaining but will be without suspended Yamaha teammate Maverick Vinales.

Quartararo, 22, leads fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco by 40 points after claiming a seventh podium finish in the Styrian Grand Prix at the same track last Sunday.