Bezzecchi’s MotoGP future has been one of the biggest talking points in recent weeks, with the Italian needing to decide 💯whether to stay at Mooney VR46 or join Pramac in order to ride a full fac✅tory bike.

Despite the enticing offer, Bezzecchi looks set to stay with Moo💯ney Vr46 but joked he needs a rais𝄹e from Rossi.

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Speaking after the race, Bezzecchi said: "I’ll ask Valentino for a raise." That statement was followed up by the Italian admitting he has made up his mi🃏nd after several conversations with his tea💯m owner. 

During the Austrian Gr▨and Prix, Bezzecchi had to fight hard against Alex Marquez in order to secure the podium.

Bezzecchi made quick overtakes early 🎐on ⛎but found himself stuck behind the Gresini rider for longer than he had hoped for.

"I made 🔯overtake after overtake and I was feeling good," said Bezzecchi. "I said ‘today I will have fun’, but when I met Alex I knew it would be hard. I was trying to♑ manage the tyre but in the acceleration I was losing a bit. 

"But then, after some laps I sa🍃w that he was starting to be in trouble and I was really smooth, really trying to be smooth with the rear to be close to him but the front pressure went really high. 

"I tried once but  I went wide and then the second time I went wide again. I tr꧋ied many times but then finally, in the third sector, I was fast and prepared the overtake for the second to last corner. I di🔜d it well."

After sufferinꦗg a crash in the sprint race which left him with two injured shoulders, Bezzecchi was able to fight through and claim his second podium since the summer break after finishing second in the sprint at Silverstone.  

D꧙espite the pain barrier getting worse after warm-up, Bezzecchi chose not to take any medicine for the main race, saying: "To 🌄be honest, the left shoulder which is the one that I hit on the ground was okay. Also the right one, which is the one that Maverick hit with his handlebar, was better. 

"I expected worse but it was better. In the warm-u🌼p I tried like normal, without any painkillers but after warm-up I saw that it was getting worse. 

"So for the rac🅰e I was not nervous, but I knew it could affect me a bit. But with the adrenaline and concentrati❀on I felt nothing."