#AustrianGP MotoGP Q.2: Marquez holds the Ducati. Zarco 2nd line!

The sky continues to get heavier and heavier but no rain is forecast and the temperatures of 20° in the air and 28° on the track are almost ideal for good times.

At least, good times as long as it doesn't rain since after having considered several solutions during the Safety Commission (reduction of speed, motorcycles arranged perpendicular to the Pit-lane, spaced distribution of boxes, etc.), it It seems that it was decided not to race in the rain, because of the rubber left at the end of the straight on the left side of the track by the Formula 1 cars.

Danilo Petrucci et Dani Pedrosa having been drafted in Q.1, there are now 12 of them competing to determine the first half of the starting grid, with Marc Marquez, Johann Zarco, Andrea Iannone, Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Maverick Vinales, Loris Baz, Karel Abraham and Cal Crutchlow.

Here are the references available before this Q2:

#AustrianGP MotoGP™	2016	2017
FP1	1'25.866 Maverick Vinales (see here)	1'24.631 Hector Barbera (see here)
FP2	1'23.617 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)	1'24.046 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)
FP3	1'23.327 Andrea Iannone (see here)	1'23.459 Marc Marquez (see here)
FP4	1'23.796 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)	1'24.180 Marc Marquez (see here)
Qualification 1	1'23.961 Eugene Laverty (see here)	1'23.754 Danilo Petrucci (see here)
Qualification 2	1'23.142 Andrea Iannone (see here)	1'23.235 Marc Marquez
Warm up	1'23.953 Andrea Iannone (see here)
Course	Iannone, Dovizioso, Lorenzo (see here)
All time lap record	1'23.142 Iannone 2016

“Who can beat Marc Márquez? » This is the question on everyone's mind when the bikes take to the track for this 15-minute qualifying session.

When the session opens, Loris Baz covers the wheel of Marc Márquez but this one clearly means that he does not agree. He also does not agree that Andrea Iannone who was trying to do the same thing. As a result, the arms are waved in all directions and we waste time...

In the meantime, Valentino Rossi recorded a 1'24.558 during his first flying lap, just ahead of his teammate. We then notice that John Zarco has not yet taken to the track: undoubtedly a strategy by the blond wizard to save a tire for the race...

In the next passage, it is Maverick Vinales which lowers the provisional reference to 1'24.208 ahead Jorge LorenzoMore Marc Marquez, who got rid of his pursuers, hit hard with a 1'23.473, ahead of the two official Yamahas.

Midway through the session, Johann zarco enters the track while Andrea Dovizioso climbs to second position. We then find the following hierarchy: Marquez, Dovizioso, Vinales, Rossi, Petrucci, Lorenzo, Abraham, Ianonne, Pedrosa, Baz et Crutchlow.

Johann zarco made a cautious entry for four laps, first positioning himself 11th before moving up to eighth place.

There are three minutes left and Cal Crutchlow climbs to fifth place but his time is canceled for having exceeded the limits of the track. This is not the case of Jorge Lorenzo which rises to second position, just like Johann zarco which rises to fifth place.

Cal Crutchlow manages to register the sixth beat but it is Marc Márquez which further improves the best reference in 1'23.235.

In extremis, Danilo Petrucci enters the second line while Andrea Dovizioso takes second position.

70th pole position for Marc Marquez !

#AustrianGP MotoGP Q2 Ranking:

01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’23.235
02- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.144
03- Jorge Lorenzo – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.386
04- Maverick Vinales – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.519
05- Danilo Petrucci – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.545
06- Johann Zarco – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.644
07- Valentino Rossi – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.747
08- Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team - Honda RC213V - + 0.750
09- Cal Crutchlow – LCR Honda – Honda RC213V – + 0.789
10- Andrea Iannone – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR – + 0.950
11- Karel Abraham – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.985
12- Loris Baz – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 1.248
11- Karel Abraham – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP
12- Loris Baz – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP
13- Jonas Folger – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
14- Hector Barbera – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP
15- Scott Redding – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP
16- Pol Espargaro – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16
17- Alvaro Bautista – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP
18- Mika Kallio – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16
19- Jack Miller – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V
20- Aleix Espargaro – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP
21- Alex Rins – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR
22- Bradley Smith – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16
23- Sam Lowes – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP
24- Tito Rabat – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V