Bagnaia added pole position to a festival of canceled laps

pecco bagnaia won the battle for pole position against a highly motivated Maverick Vinales for just 37 thousandths in a MotoGP Q2 for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring marked by laps canceled due to going off track and particularly affecting Bagnaia’s two pursuers in the standings: Jorge Martín will start at twelfth and Marco Bezzecchi, seventh , the drivers who entered the Red Bull Ring 41 and 47 points respectively behind the leader of the Ducatistas.

The first reference is already marked Maverick Vinales after they canceled the initial drafts on Binder and Bagnaia. You have to be careful because the sneak is alert and has caused problems for some of the favorites. With 1’28″907 Maverick Viñales reconfirmed his lead by 0″234 against Bagnaia when his teammate Aleix Espargaro, the winner of the previous race silvesterstone, he crashed at turn 3. After the first round, the provisional front row was for Viñales, Bagnaia and Quartararo.

The display of Vinales He continued in the second round, lowering the provisional pole position to 1’28″576, the pole record and 43 thousandths of the fastest lap given by Bezzecchi in Practice and unprecedented in this Q2 the following day with many laps cancelled.

Vinales He gave it his all to avoid the Ducati’s pole position at the most successful circuit on the calendar for the Borgo Panigale range, but it wasn’t enough for one lap. SA Bagnaia He had to battle against the KTMs of Binder and Miller to secure the front row. And he had already accredited 1’28″539, the best time by 37 thousandths against Viñales and six thousandths of that fastest lap in history, and he made the cut. It was time enough to that for the first row and shortly after there was no response, it earned him his fifth pole of the year.

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Viñales is 37 thousandths away from his first pole position with Aprilia and his first since Assen’21, his last GP with Yamaha. But at the start of two races, which is not his strongest point, he has to watch out for two KTMs, Brad Binder will start third and Jack Miller fourth. The second row was completed by Ducati Àlex Márquez and Luca Marini.

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Bezzecchi will start from third with Oliveira and Quartararo and from fourth Zarco with Aleix Espargaró who, although he improved his time before the crash, was not enough, and Jorge Martín who in his only time ‘in’ remained 1″828 behind the leader.

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Marc Márquez signed his worst position on the 2023 grid

By Q1 the two great candidates agreed to fight for the pole Jack Miller and Luca Marini. the returner Pol Espargaro he had a chance at a circuit he had always been very good at, but the Italian finally changed course and got in at the expense of the GasGas rider. The two Repsol Hondas will start late: Joan Mir 16th and 18th Marc Márquez in what would be his worst grid position this season, worsening Assen’s 17th and his second worst position ever. Assen’2021’s 20th remains his worst qualifying in MotoGP although then, in addition to hitting an ankle, he crashed out in Q1.

The eight-time champion remained tenth on his record yesterday when he took too many risks, something he tried on the last lap of Q2, but lost time. Raúl Fernández will start 17th between the two Repsol Hondas in the sixth row; 21º Iker Lecuona and 22º Augusto Fernández.

Qualified Q2 MotoGP