Ducati's dominance&꧃nbsp;at the Austrian MotoGP is showing no signs of slowing down as Bastianini concluded Q2 at t𒊎he head of a Ducati quartet that includes Bagnaia, Jack Miller and Jorge Martin.  

As his main title rival Aleix Espargaro sꦉet an impressive opening lap in Q2 to go fastest, Fabio Quartararo had to abandon his first attempt after runnin🍸g wide at turn one. 

Espargaro was then demoted to second as Mil𝓀ler set the fastest lap of the weekend. 

With Espargaro and Quartararo both inside the top five after their second lap, Bagnaia’s response was far from what he waඣnted as the Ducati rider was very loos🌠e on the entry to the chicane. 

With no time set following the opening run, Bagnaia was understandably eager to get back out of 👍pit lane.

Able to find the🌞 pace he needed, Bagnaia moved up to second place before putting his Desmosedici on provisional pole.

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But while it appeared as though Bagnaia would ho♐ld on for pole, Enea Bastianini delivered a stunning fourth sector in order to gain time and go quickest. 

Behind the top t🐽wo came Miller, while Quartararo, who was visibly on the limit, managed to split the two Pramac Ducati🎃s for P5. 

Espargaro and Di G♈iannantonio shine in Austrian MotoGP Q1

Second in the world championship, Q1 at the Red Bull Ring got underway with Aleix Espargaro under intense pressure to advan🅺ce. 

With 𝕴Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia already in Q2, Espargaro’s chances of fighting both riders during Sunday’s Grand Prix rested heavily on what h💝e could do in Q1, a session which began with his brother Pol, Takaaki Nakagami and Alex Marquez all following the Aprilia man.

Espargaro’s first flying lap was enough to p🐎ut him two tenths clear of Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Spaniard completed another impressive lap⭕ to move further clear of the Ducati rider, however, his extended lead didn’t last long as Pol cut the deficit to +0.045s.

At the start ✤of the second time attack runs, Marco Bezzecchi and Alex Marquez suffered crashe⭕s at turn three. 

Bezzecchi lost the front-end of his Ducati machine at part two of the new chicane, before Marquez went do⭕wn in extremely similar fashion whilst directly behind the MotoGP rookie.

Despite back-to-back laps where he looked on course 🍬for top spo🐬t after the first two sectors, Luca Marini ultimately fell short of securing a top two spot.

Instead, it was fellow Ducati rider Di Giannantonio who managed to sneak into second place, leaving ൲A. Espargaro and himself as the two riders that advanced.