It was under the influence of the Ducati on this Austrian Grand Prix, 13th stage of MotoGP 2022, scheduled for this Sunday at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, that the day ended on Friday in Styria. The best time went to Johann Zarco, who, on the Pramac Racing Desmosedici GP, stopped the clock with a time of 1'29.837. Behind, just 24 thousandths away is Jack Miller, the fastest of the FP1, who, on the saddle of the red motorcycle, is only 5 thousandths ahead of the second Ducati Pramac, that of the Spaniard Jorge Martin...
The champion in title fabio quartararo on Yamaha M1 is fourth, only 40 thousandths from the best lap of zarco. Pecco Bagnaia follows him at a distance of 0.120s, recovering from the poor performance of the morning session, held on a wet track where he was not at his ease.
Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team riders Luca Marini and the rookie Marco Bezzecchi occupy the sixth and seventh position, ahead of the distinguished colleague Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing) and the best Aprilia rider, Maverick Vinales, ninth ahead of KTM Brad Binder. When reading the top 10, we note the absence ofAleix Espargaro among those provisionally selected for Q2.
The best rookie was Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team) seventh, followed by Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini) 19th, Remy Gardner (KTM Team Tech 3) 23th, Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU RNF) 24rd and Raul Fernandez (KTM Team Tech 3) 25th.
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In Moto3, it's Foggia which leads while Moto2 is Chantra who took the lead on the first day in Styria. But everything can still change, all the more reason not to miss anything this Saturday in Austria, the program of which is as follows:
CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
Saturday, August 20
09:00 – 09:40: Moto3 FP3
09:55 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: MotoGP, FP3
10:55 – 11:35: Moto2, FP3
12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 1
13:00 p.m. – 13:15 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 2
13:30 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.: MotoGP FP4
14:10 p.m. – 14:25 p.m. MotoGP Q1
14:35 p.m. – 14:50 p.m.: MotoGP, Q2
15:10 p.m. – 15:25 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 1
15:35 p.m. – 15:50 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 2
16:15 p.m.: MotoE, Race 1 (8 laps)