LIVE MotoGP Red Bull Ring 1 Q2: Maverick Viñales confirms and signs!

Article updated live until 14:50 p.m.

Pol Espargaró, Andrea Dovizioso, Maverick Viñales, Jack Miller, Takaaki, Álex Rins, Miguel Oliveira, Joan Mir, Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo qualified directly for this Q2. They have just been joined by an incredible Johann Zarco, author of the best time of the weekend so far, et Valentino Rossi.

Pol I will espargaro, despite his fall at the end of FP4, nevertheless remains the one who appears the strongest, at the end of free practice.

The latter must, however, also surpass Andrea Dovizioso, whose announcement of its separation from Ducati at the end of the year made headlines.

Here are the references available at the start of this final 15-minute qualification which will take place with 26° in the air and 41° on the ground:

MotoGP™ Austria 1	2019	2020
FP1	1'24.033 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'24.193 Pol Espargaró (See here)
FP2	1'23.916 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'26.475 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'23.251 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'24.317 Maverick Viñales (See here)
FP4	1'23.983 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'24.183 Pol Espargaró (See here)
Q1	1'23.829 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'23.865 Johann Zarco (See here)
Q2	1'23.027 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'23.450 Maverick Viñales (See here)
warm up	1'28.803 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Course	Dovizioso, Marquez, Quartararo (See here)
All time lap record	1'23.027 Marc Márquez (2019)

When the red lights go out, it's Maverick Vinales who sets off first on the track while his teammate Valentino Rossi, after qualifying in Q1, takes a few seconds to breathe.

The two Yamaha riders opted for the medium rear, unlike the rest of their opponents.

From his first lap launched, fabio quartararo sets the bar very high by registering a very fast 1'23.787.

In the next passage, Maverick Vinales lowers the benchmark to 1'23.716 but the Frenchman responds in 1'23.787. The turn of Maverick Casa Particular in Viñales is canceled anyway.

But the Catalan reacts and regains the lead in 1'23.694: clearly, Yamaha has found something...

At the end of the first run, we find Maverick Casa Particular in Viñales , 22/1000 ahead Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir, Jack Miller, Álex Rins, Andrea Dovizioso, Pol Espargaró, Valentino Rossi, Johann Zarco, Franco Morbidelli, Takaaki Nakagami and Miguel Oliveira, all in 6 tenths.

For the second run, everyone is on soft tires at the rear…

On resumption, Maverick Casa Particular in Viñales still grabs a few hundredths in 1'23.643, but it's Andrea Dovizioso who took the lead on the next pass, in 1'23.618.

It only lasts a few seconds, before Maverick Casa Particular in Viñales does not regain his property in 1'23.450.

Pol Espargaro carries out his attack but is satisfied with the third beat, then the fourth when Andrea Dovizioso surpasses it.

fabio quartararo rises to second position when, in extremis Jack Miller steals it from him.

Ranking Qualification 2 of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring:

Ranking Qualification 1 of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com