Austrian GP: Martin beats Quartararo to record breaking pole

A
scintillating
1:22.643
saw
the
Spaniard
oust
2021
FIM
MotoGP
World
Championship
leader
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
on
his
very
last
lap
by
just
0.034sec.

Francesco
Bagnaia
of
Ducati
Lenovo
Team
claimed
P3
for
Sunday’s
outing.

Austrian
GP:
Zarco
comes
out
swinging
in
Spielberg

Marc
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
climbed
to
P4
on
his
last
lap,
but
attention
then
turned
to
the
two
Pramac
Racing
Ducatis
—
Johann
Zarco
and
Martin.

The
latter
was
clinging
onto
the
coattails
of
his
team-mate
and
through
Sector
3,
the
rookie
sensation
was
0.176sec
under
Quartararo’s
time.
Zarco
took
the
chequered
flag
first
and
moved
ahead
of
Marquez.

????

@88jorgemartin
stuns

@FabioQ20
to
snatch
pole!@PeccoBagnaia
completes
the
front
row
with
a
thrilling
race
in
prospect!
????#AustrianGP
????????

pic.twitter.com/R8CvnIFrwz

—
MotoGP™????
(@MotoGP)

August
14,
2021

Zarco
was
smiling
back
in
the
garage
and
will
launch
from
the
spearhead
of
Row
2
in
fourth
place,
the
Frenchman
is
joined
by
5th
place
Marquez
and
sixth
place
Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team).

FIM
MotoGP
world
champion
Mir
lines
up
in
P7,
0.7s
away
from
pole,
as
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia
Racing
Team
Gresini)
and
Miguel
Oliveira
complete
Row
3.

Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
will
be
hoping
to
pull
another
Sunday
masterclass
out
the
hat
from
10th.

If
Saturday
is
anything
to
go
by,
then
Sunday’s
MotoGP
encounter
is
shaping
up
to
be
a
stunner
in
the
Styrian
mountains.

Can
Martin
make
it
two
poles
and
as
many
two
wins
at
the
Red
Bull
Ring?

Find
out
when
Round
11
from
Austria
gets
underway
at
2pm
local
time
(5.30pm
IST)
and
the

Indian
audience
can
catch
all
the
action
live
on
Eurosport
SD/HD
channels.

Top
10
Qualifiers:
1.
Jorge
Martin
(Pramac
Racing)
–
1:22.643
2.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
+
0.034
3.
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.420
4.
Johann
Zarco
(Pramac
Racing)
+
0.477
5.
Marc
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
+
0.584
6.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.677
7.
Joan
Mir
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
+
0.735
8.
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia
Racing
Team
Gresini)
+
0.780
9.
Miguel
Oliveira
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
+
0.856
10.
Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
+
0.925

(By
a
special
arrangement
with
Dorna
Sports)