Moto2 Austria Qualifying: Superb qualifying for Ai Ogura who takes pole

It was Jake Dixon who set the best time in the third and final free practice session for the Austrian Moto2 Grand Prix, scheduled for Sunday at the Red Bull Ring. The Aspar team driver achieved the best performance with a time of 1'34.016, beating the Japanese team Asia, Ai Ogura by only 5 thousandths and his teammate Albert Arenas by 81 thousandths.

The fourth beat is for Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italtrans), which left behind the leader Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull Ajo), Somkiat Chantra (Team Asia), Peter Acosta (Red Bull rookie Ajo) and Filip Salac (Gresini).

The drivers of Team Pons Aron canet et Jorge Navarro close the Top Ten. Alonso lopez (Speed ​​Up), Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP) and Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) as Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS) also qualified directly for Q2.

They will have to go through Q1, among others: Bo Bendsneyder, Fermin Aldeguer, Cameron Beaubier, Niccolò Antonelli, Alessandro Zaccone et Simone Courses. We will remember the absence of Sam Lowes, injured, replaced by Senna Agius.

What will these qualifications hold for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far, with the new chicane which redistributed the cards in front of the timing cell.

Moto2™ Red Bull Ring	Austria 2021	Austria 2022 (New chicane)
FP1	1'28.887 Ai Ogura	1'35.000 Jake Dixon
FP2	1'28.967 Remy Gardner	1'34.353 Somkiat Chantra
FP3	1'28.153 Remy Gardner	1'34.016 Jake Dixon
Q1	1'29.164 Stefano Manzi	1'34.310 Cameron Beaubier
Q2	1'28.659 Sam Lowes	1'33.933 Ai Ogura
Warm up	1'28.953 Augusto Fernández
Course	R. Fernandez, Ogura, A. Fernandez (See here)
All time lap record	1'28.153 Remy Gardner

Q1 session:

Are we waiting for someone??

And yes, Schrotter who launches hostilities..

It is Schrotter which thus signs the reference time in 1.35.445s. He is taken by Bendsneyder in 1.34.892s. He is ahead Aldeguer, Schrotter and Alcoba.

The times are on fire and Beaubier took the lead in 1.34.310s. He is ahead Schrotter, Bendsneyder and Aldeguer who would be the 4 drivers who would join Q2

2 minutes from the end of the session, Beaubier held on with a time of 1.34.310s. He is followed by Schrotter, Bendsneyder and Aldeguer

Fall ofAntonelli in the new chicane.

End of session and the 4 drivers who will join Q2 are: Beaubier, Schrotter, Aldeguer and Bo Bendsneyder.

         Austrian Moto2 Grand Prix qualifying results at the Red Bull Ring:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com

Q2 session:

It's 21° in the air and 23° on the track: the sky is overcast.

The reference time is achieved by Lopez in 1.35.440s. He is ahead Navarro, Canet, Baltus and Vietti.

Very quickly, Schrotter already “hot” from Q1, went on the offensive and took the lead in 1.34.647s. Aldeguer steals the show and sets a lap time of 1.34.548s.

More Lopez didn't give up and regained the lead in 1.33.981s. But that's without counting on Ogura who arrives in force with the 2nd time in 1.34.187s. Dixon, Fernandez and Schrotter complete this provisional top5.

There are 5 minutes left in this qualifying session. Beaubier makes a mistake in turn 1. Canet makes the same mistake in the same place. He was ranked 11th.

Lopez holds on for pole. 1.31.081s ahead of Ogura, Dixon, Chantra and Arenas. There are 27s left...

Ogura took pole 3s before the end of the session in 1.33.933s ahead of Lopez, Fernandez, Dixon and Chantra.

Full results: