8 degrees in the air, a cloudy sky and a modified track at the last turn; in this month of August, there is enough to destabilize the Moto3 riders for this resumption after the summer break, starting with the 13 Italians in the category.
Indeed, Stefano Manzi and Marco Bezzechi, two regulars in the Italian championship, come to strengthen both the ranks of our transalpine friends and those of Mahindra.
Conversely, on the Frenchies side, we go from 3 to 2 with the replacement of Alexis Masbou by Albert Arenas. Jules Danilo will be keen to confirm his very good start to the season, while Fabio Quartararo, who has just tried a 600cc, intends to take advantage of tests carried out by Ktm on this Austrian circuit and from which Honda and Mahindra were excluded.
And indeed, we immediately find the Austrian machines at the top of the ranking, with Binder, Mir and Quartararo, the South African driver setting a first milestone in 1'39.134 midway through the session.
This time held until 12 minutes from the end of the session, when Fabio Quartararo achieved 1'38.938 but his time was canceled for exceeding the kerbs. Never mind, the French driver then recorded a 1'39.070 before Brad Binder lowered the first benchmark in 1'38.875.
Joan Mir and Fabio Quartararo will try to challenge him for supremacy but the Ktm official will remain imperturbable until the end and will set a 1'37.902 as the reference for the category.
The first Honda is 6th with Hiroki Ono, the first Mahindra 13th with Jorge Martin.
Jules Danilo finished in a correct 16th position.
| Pos | Pile | Country | Team | Motorcycle | HIGHLIGHTS | difference1st/Prev. | ||
| 1 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Garlic | KTM | 1'37.902 | |||
| 2 | Joan Mir | SPA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 1'38.486 | 0.584 / 0.584 | ||
| 3 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 1'38.630 | 0.728 / 0.144 | ||
| 4 | Andrea MIGNO | ITA | Sky Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 1'38.927 | 1.025 / 0.297 | ||
| 5 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NED | Red Bull KTM Garlic | KTM | 1'39.063 | 1.161 / 0.136 | ||
| 6 | Hiroki ONO | JPN | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 1'39.104 | 1.202 / 0.041 | ||
| 7 | Roman FENATI | ITA | Sky Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 1'39.131 | 1.229 / 0.027 | ||
| 8 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto3 | Honda | 1'39.132 | 1.230 / 0.001 | ||
| 9 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto3 | Honda | 1'39.244 | 1.342 / 0.112 | ||
| 10 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Schedl GP Racing | KTM | 1'39.250 | 1.348 / 0.006 | ||
| 11 | Livio LOI | BEL | RW Racing GP B.V | Honda | 1'39.256 | 1.354 / 0.006 | ||
| 12 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 1'39.256 | 1.354 | ||
| 13 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team | Mahindra | 1'39.333 | 1.431 / 0.077 | ||
| 14 | Juanfran GUEVARA | SPA | RBA Racing Team | KTM | 1'39.439 | 1.537 / 0.106 | ||
| 15 | Nicholas BULEGA | ITA | Sky Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 1'39.544 | 1.642 / 0.105 | ||
| 16 | Jules DANILO | FRA | Ongetta-Rivacold | Honda | 1'39.580 | 1.678 / 0.036 | ||
| 17 | John MCPHEE | GBR | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | Peugeot | 1'39.622 | 1.720 / 0.042 | ||
| 18 | Khairul Idham PAWI | MAL | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 1'39.688 | 1.786 / 0.066 | ||
| 19 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPA | Galicia Star 0,0 | Honda | 1'39.770 | 1.868 / 0.082 | ||
| 20 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | Peugeot | 1'39.915 | 2.013 / 0.145 | ||
| 21 | Aaron CANET | SPA | Galicia Star 0,0 | Honda | 1'39.942 | 2.040 / 0.027 | ||
| 22 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team | Mahindra | 1'40.109 | 2.207 / 0.167 | ||
| 23 | Marco BEZZECCHI | ITA | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 1'40.245 | 2.343 / 0.136 | ||
| 24 | Darryn BINDER | RSA | Platinum Bay Real Estate | Mahindra | 1'40.271 | 2.369 / 0.026 | ||
| 25 | Stefano MANZI | ITA | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 1'40.315 | 2.413 / 0.044 | ||
| 26 | Stefano VALTULINI | ITA | 3570 Team Italy | Mahindra | 1'40.480 | 2.578 / 0.165 | ||
| 27 | Gabriel RODRIGO | ARG | RBA Racing Team | KTM | 1'40.543 | 2.641 / 0.063 | ||
| 28 | Lorenzo PETRARCA | ITA | 3570 Team Italy | Mahindra | 1'40.678 | 2.776 / 0.135 | ||
| 29 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | JPN | CIP-Unicom Starker | Mahindra | 1'40.950 | 3.048 / 0.272 | ||
| 30 | Marcos RAMIREZ | SPA | Platinum Bay Real Estate | Mahindra | 1'41.199 | 3.297 / 0.249 | ||
| 31 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | ITA | Ongetta-Rivacold | Honda | 1'41.287 | 3.385 / 0.088 | ||
| 32 | Fabio SPIRANELLI | ITA | CIP-Unicom Starker | Mahindra | 1'41.774 | 3.872 / 0.487 | ||
| 33 | Maria HERRERA | SPA | MH6 Team | KTM | 1'41.824 | 3.922 / 0.050 | ||
| 34 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Drive M7 SIC Racing Team | Honda | 1'41.929 | 4.027 / 0.105 | ||
| 35 | Adam NORRODIN | MAL | Drive M7 SIC Racing Team | Honda | 1'41.941 | 4.039 / 0.012 |
