As Marc Marquez rolled back the years with a sixth straight win with a commanding victory at the Austrian Grand Prix, a six-times champion fittingly winning the 1,000th premier class race in history,

The scoresheet continued to read as it has since early June at the Austrian Grand Prix. But Marc Marquez faced his stiffest test yet in a battle for victory from rivals edging ever closer to Ducati’s

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi led much of the race after starting from pole position before Marquez pounced. The Italian then succumbed to charging Gresini Ducati rider Fermin Aldeguer, who took his best MotoGP result with second place.