This MotoGP season is undoubtedly one of the most competitive in the history of the category. Which makes Marc Márquez's dominance all the more incredible. In Austria, during qualifying, the Honda official put more than four tenths behind his second, while in the rest of the peloton we were tearing each other apart by thousandths. Thus Álex Rins, who missed his goal from the second row by only twelve thousandths…
It's not much, but it requires a seventh place and the third row to Alex Rins in this Austrian Grand Prix. The Suzuki official wanted to be one of the six best times in qualifications from Spielberg, as the Spaniard set his sights on repeating the strong performance in Brno and conquering a place in one of the top two ranks. But the Spaniard narrowly missed the goal. On the other hand, he gives a little less than six and a half tenths to the poleman Marc Marquez.
However, with the seventh fastest time, the 23-year-old driver is quite satisfied. He was in fact the second fastest in the third sector. “ The goal was actually to reach at least the second row, but in the end, Takaaki Nakagami was only twelve thousandths of a second short of sixth place. " did he declare.
« This is why I think we are on the right track »Adds Kidneys about his team. “ We had a bit of difficulty in qualifying and also during our fourth free practice session. However, I found a good rhythm ».
He also points out that his tires are not as important as the previous weekend in Brno, where he started from sixth on the grid to finish fourth at the finish line. Nevertheless, Kidneys says: " we are in a better situation in this regard than in Brno. We have to wait and see what the race will be like. But this morning we drove a lot with the rear tire and it was more or less in line with expectations. ».
The team manager, Davide Brivio, said : " Alex did a good job. It wasn't easy to make the top 10 in FP3, but he did it. Seventh starting position isn't bad either. We still need to adjust the configuration in order to get the maximum performance. The choice of tires will be decisive, but we hope it will be enough to achieve a good result. It will certainly be an interesting race and we know Alex will do everything possible to stay in the lead group as alwayss ”.
We will remember that he is the only Suzuki representative this weekend, since his teammate Joan mir is hurt.
MotoGP Austria Red Bull Ring J2: times
| 1 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'23.027 | ||
| 2 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'23.461 | 0.434 | 0.434 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'23.515 | 0.488 | 0.054 |
| 4 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'23.523 | 0.496 | 0.008 |
| 5 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'23.652 | 0.625 | 0.129 |
| 6 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'23.669 | 0.642 | 0.017 |
| 7 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'23.681 | 0.654 | 0.012 |
| 8 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'23.688 | 0.661 | 0.007 |
| 9 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'23.754 | 0.727 | 0.066 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'23.817 | 0.790 | 0.063 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'23.866 | 0.839 | 0.049 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'23.964 | 0.937 | 0.098 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'23.829 | ||
| Q2 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'23.928 | 0.099 | 0.099 |
| 13 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 1'24.130 | 0.301 | 0.202 |
| 14 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'24.270 | 0.441 | 0.140 |
| 15 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'24.389 | 0.560 | 0.119 |
| 16 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 1'24.392 | 0.563 | 0.003 |
| 17 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'24.423 | 0.594 | 0.031 |
| 18 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'24.526 | 0.697 | 0.103 |
| 19 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'24.749 | 0.920 | 0.223 |
| 20 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'24.759 | 0.930 | 0.010 |
| 21 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'25.020 | 1.191 | 0.261 |
