Martin on Pole for MotoGP Austrian GP, Bagnaia and Marquez on front row
Jorge Martin has taken pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix, with Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez starting alongside him on the front row of the grid.
Martin took a relatively comfortable pole position, just over a tenth of a second clear of Bagnaia behind, despite having a minor injury on his finger after an accident at home. Bagnaia was on provisional pole position going into the final run, but Martin eventually set a record-breaking lap around the Red Bull Ring with the new layout, and will start ahead of Bagnaia in both the Sprint Race and Grand Prix.
Jack Miller starts from fifth place, an incredibly surprising result after the last few races, where he has struggled aboard the KTM. He is sandwiched between the two Aprilia’s, with Aleix Espargaro in front, and Maverick Vinales just behind. Franco Morbidelli would also make it into Q2, continuing a relatively positive run of results.
However, the biggest surprise of Qualifying, would be Pedro Acosta’s failure to make it out of Q1, the Spaniard will be starting from 14th this weekend, with Fabio Quartararo just behind in 15th as the top Yamaha. Johann Zarco would finish as the top Honda rider once again, albeit in 17th place, with the rest of the Honda fleet just behind.
Fabio Di Giannantonio won’t be competing this weekend after a huge accident in Friday Practice.
Jorge Martin leads the championship by just a small handful of points over Francesco Bagnaia, the pair starting alongside one another this weekend. The MotoGP Austrian Sprint Race starts at 14:00pm on Saturday afternoon, UK Time.
MotoGP Austrian GP – Qualifying Results
1st Jorge Martin, Prima Pramac
2nd Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati
3rd Marc Marquez, Gresini Ducati
4th Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia
5th Jack Miller, Red Bull Factory KTM
6th Maverick Vinales, Aprilia
7th Enea Bastianini, Ducati
8th Franco Morbidelli, Prima Pramac
9th Marco Bezzecchi, VR46 Ducati
10th Pol Espargaro, Red Bull KTM
11th Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati
12th Brad Binder, Red Bull Factory KTM
13th Miguel Oliveira, Trackhouse Aprilia
14th Pedro Acosta, Red Bull GasGas KTM
15th Fabio Quartararo, Monster Yamaha
16th Augusto Fernandez, Red Bull GasGas KTM
17th Johann Zarco, LCR Honda
18th Luca Marini, Repsol Honda
19th Joan Mir, Repsol Honda
20th Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Aprilia
21st Alex Rins, Monster Yamaha
22nd Takaaki Nakagami, LCR Honda
23rd Stefan Bradl, Honda Racing Test Team
24th Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia
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