Brad Binder had dominated until then all the test sessions for an Austrian Grand Prix which is also the national meeting for his employer KTM. The latter materialized during qualifying, but not with his official foal. It was Leopard resident Joan Mir who showed his claws to better announce the color for the Sunday Grand Prix.
| Austria Moto3 | Chrono | Pile |
| FP1 | 1'37.902 | Brad Binder |
| FP2 | 1'37.070 | Brad Binder |
| FP3 | 1'36.548 | Brad Binder |
Car Mir, 18, has been in good shape since he put the wheels of his KTM on the Red Bull Ring track. During Austrian qualifying, he achieved his first career peak position in 1.36.228, beating a Binder until then sovereign but who had difficulty with a certain Arenas in his fastest lap. The lost tenths will no longer be made up but the South African still remains on a first row shared with bastianini.
Un bastianini best card from Honda which can also count on a Canet appeared out of nowhere but jumped to fourth place at the expense of fabio quartararo, fifth. The Frenchman hoped for much better, especially seeing his partner at the top of the timesheet. Open up follows and he is the best representative of the VR46 team ahead of his friend from the academy Rossi bagnaia who is the boss of Mahindra. Oettl, Di Giannantonithe et Bendsneyder complete the top 10.
Third in the championship, fenati is eleventh ahead of Danilo who is ahead of his teammate Antonelli. Arenas, replacing Masbou, is twenty-fourth, ahead of his partner McPhee twenty-ninth. Second overall NAVARRO is only eighteenth. The affairs of Binder are far from being in danger.
Red Bull Ring, Moto3, Qualifying: Chronos
1. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 36.228s
2. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 36.335s
3. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 36.600s
4. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 36.661s
5. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 36.693s
6. Francis Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 36.843s
7. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 36.919s
8. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 36.929s
9. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
1m 36.950s
10. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 36.965s
11. Roman Fenati ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 36.993s
12. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 37.159s
13. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 37.203s
14. George Martin SPA Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 37.209s
15. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 37.217s
16. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 37.224s
17. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 37.233s
18. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 37.237s
19. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 37.252s
20. Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mahindra Racing (Mahindra) 1m 37.280s
21. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 37.308s
22. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 37.462s
23. Stefano manzi ITA Mahindra Racing (Mahindra) 1m 37.538s
24. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 37.589s
25. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda)
1m 37.619s
26. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 37.644s
27. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 37.808s
28. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 37.812s
29. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 37.874s
30. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 38.075s
31. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 38.250s
32. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 38.347s
33. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 38.395s
34. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 38.455s
35. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 39.331s
