Referring to the 250cc rankings, leader Hiroshi Aoyama and the most of his opponents in this Sunday’s event, will be their sole time at The Brickyard, after last season’s event being called off due to the arrival of Hurricane Ike at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix.

With only six rounds left, Aoyama’s nearest challenge for the championship head is from Álvaro Bautista, who has just confirmed that he will forward onto MotoGP with Suzuki next year. Japanese competitor Aoyama may also race up to the premier class, however first step is the business of this season’s World title, with Indianapolis due next.

Scot Racing’s Aoyama, who placed fourth at Brno in the last round, claims a 12 point leading from Spaniard Bautista, with the Mapfre Apsar competitor closing the gap slowly with a third placing end at the Czech Republic.

World hero Marco Simoncelli came back into the race at Brno with his third win of the season, as he stamps his ground to defend his title until joining San Carl Honda Gresini in MotoGP next season. Simoncelli could have commenced last season’s 250cc Indy event in pole position if not for the cancellation and he will endeavour to gain another top performance as he challenges to gain leverage against Aoyama who is 32 points ahead of him.

Héctor Barberá is behind Simoncelli by an extra 17 points in fourth placing, he qualified with a second placing last season at Indianapolis prior to a serious back issue ending his attempts early at the subsequent event in Japan. The Spaniard has courageously come back to the action this season and claimed a MotoGP challenge with the fresh new Ducati-Aspar staff for next year.

In fifth placing is Italian rider Mattia Pasini who has just had a nice taste of MotoGP riding for Pramac Racing in the Monday test at the Czech Republic, he finished over the line just 0.684 seconds behind team-mate Simoncelli in second position in the 250cc Brno event.