Austrian MotoGP: Marquez beats Ducatis to pole
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez out-paced a trio of Ducatis to claim pole positꦬion at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Ducati's powe🅠rful D⛎esmosedici has won both previous editions of the Austrian round, courtesy of Andrea Iannone and then Andrea Dovizioso.
But Marquez - who lost out to Dovizioso at the final corner a year ago - kept his Honda ꦇin touch through the fast sections, then edged out an advantage in the twisty final part to claim pole byღ just 0.002s from Dovizioso.
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez out-paced a tr✨io of Ducatis to claim pole position at the Red Bull Ring in Aust♚ria.
Ducati's powerful Desmosedici has won both previous editions of th🌊e Austrian round, courtesy of Andrea Iannone and then Andrea Dovizioso.
But Marquez - who lost out to Dovizioso at the final corner a year ago - kept his Honda in touch through the fast sections, then edged out a🔥n advantage in the twisty final part to claim pole by just 0.002s from Dovizioso.
Dovizioso's team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was just 0.135s from Marquez in third, with Pramac's Danilo Petrucci completing a top four covered by 🧜0.262🌼s.
Satellite riders Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) and Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech3) will join Petruc🅘ci on row two, with Andrea Iannone (Suzuki), Tito Rabat (Avintia Ducati) and⭕ Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) forming row three.
Completing the Qu𒐪alifying 2 competitors were Alex Rins (Suzuki), Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha) and Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Ducati).
Vinales' t𝓰eam-mate Valentino Rossi didn't progress past Qualifyin💫g 1 and suffered his worst qualifying for several seasons, in 14th.
Qualifying took place in dry and sunn🌠y conditions after earlier rain. Sunday ♔is also forecast to be dry.
Marquez, narrowly beaten by Dovizioso and Lorenzo one week ago at Brno, will start the race ꩵwith a 49-point title lead overꦯ Rossi.
168澳ဣ洲幸运5官方开♔奖结果历史:CLICK HERE for the full Qualifying results...
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years an🐼d has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
