Austrian MotoGP: Marquez beats Ducatis to pole
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez out-paced a trio of Ducatis to 🥂claim pole position at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Ducati's powerful Desmosedici has won both previous editions of the Austrian round, courtesy of Andrea Iannone and then Andrea Dovizio🅠so.
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 an advantage ꦡin the twisty final part to claim pole by just 0.002s from Dovizioso.
MotoGP champion🐓 Marc Marquez out-paced a trio of Ducatis to claim pole position at the Red Bull Rin🅷g in Austria.
Ducati's poꦡwerful Desmosedici 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 in touc♌h through the fast sections, then edged out an advantage in the twist💫y final part to claim pole by just 0.002s from Dovizioso.
Dovizioso's team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was just 0.135s from Marquez 𝕴in third, with Pramac's Danilo Petrucci completing a top four covered by 0.262s.
Satellite riders Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) and Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech3) will join Petrucci on r♎ow two, with Andrea Iannone (Suzuki), Tito Rabat (Avintia Ducati) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol 🐼Honda) forming row three.
Complet𓂃ing the Qualifying 2 competitors were Alex Rins (Suzuki), Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha) and Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Ducati).
Vinales' team-mate Valentino Rossi didn't pro𓂃gress past Qualifying 1 and suffered his worst qualifying for several seasons, in 14th.
Qualifying took place in dry 𒉰and suꩲnny 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 with a 49-point ti🧸tle lead over Rossi.
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Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He i🍬s at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
