Marc Márquez has never won at a Red Bull Ring, which on the other hand has won Ducatis three times. Iannone, Dovizioso and Lorenzo imposed the color red, but this edition of the Austrian Grand Prix could well change the situation. The Honda official did not come resigned to make up the numbers. But indeed the difference...
His best time of Friday afternoon in response to the best performance of the morning ofAndrea Dovizioso is thus a response from the shepherd to the shepherdess. The beginnings of a duel which is announced for Sunday's race. Marc Márquez comments as follows: we worked a lot for the race distance today. We tried different tires and tried to find the best configuration. As on the Sachsenring and in Brno, we work with two different chassis. The new carbon-reinforced chassis doesn't make a bad impression ».
« But if I look closely at the times, Dovizioso has a very good pace. After this Friday, it seems that Dovi and I are a little faster than our opponents in terms of running speed. But if I compare other years, then here in 2019 Yamaha is much closer to the top than in the past. Viñales and Quartararo are on our heels » warns Marc Márquez.
« We continued to work on the worn tires in the afternoon, feeling a little more comfortable after changing the base setup from FP1. Overall, I'm happy with the first day here. But we must improve on Saturday, because Dovi will remain a threat. So far, Dovi is very fast in sector 2, I spend more time in the third sector, so we are very close to each other in running speed ».
He finishes : " I will push more tomorrow in the second sector and I hope Dovi does not improve in the third sector. But we must not forget the others, because the best Yamaha is right behind me ».
Spielberg, combined times of FP1 and FP2:
1. Marc Márquez, Honda, 1:23,916 min
2. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, + 0.066 sec
3. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, + 0.117 sec
4. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +0.155
5. Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha, +0.237
6 Jack Miller, Ducati, +0.392
7. Miguel Oliveira, KTM, +0.410
8. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, +0.414
9. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, +0.420
10. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +0,502
11. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, +0.553
12. Alex Rins, Suzuki, + 0.624
13. Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, +0.682
14. Franco Morbidelli, Yamaha, +0.714
15. Johann Zarco, KTM, +0.754
16. Stefan Bradl, Honda, +0.839
17. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, +0.949
18. Andrea Iannone, Aprilia, + 1.087
19. Karel Abraham, Ducati, + 1.233
20. Tito Rabat, Ducati, +1.317
21. Hafizh Syahrin, KTM, +1.353
