A Saturday of crossed destinies at the Austrian motorcycle GP: rising star Jorge Martin reaffirms his supremacy by hitting the second consecutive pole at the Red Bull Ring aboard the Ducati Pramac, complete with a circuit record and ahead of the world leader Fabio Quartararo; the declining compatriot Maverick Vignales tries to mend the tear with Yamaha after the suspension, apologizing to his team and admitting that he was "wrong". The young Spaniard snatched first place on the grid from the French Yamaha rider in the very last minute of qualifying. He set a new track record (1'22''643), lowering by almost two tenths the record that the French Johann Zarco, his teammate in the Pramac team, had achieved during yesterday's free practice.
Ducatis have always won in Austria since - starting in 2016 - the Spielberg circuit has been raced. With the unofficial bike, Martin (12 / o in the general classification) will try to repeat the success of a week ago, when he triumphed at the Gp Styria, which is raced on the same Red Bull Ring. "Today - he said after the pole - I did one day as a rookie: first the crash this morning, then I didn't understand why I couldn't feel good on the bike, a sign that I lack experience. But then we took a nice step, we I had a good Q1, it was important because I couldn't find great confidence. Setting the record is incredible, I'm very happy. We hope tomorrow we will have the pace to fight for the podium. " Behind him, in addition to Quartararo (at 0 '' 034), will start the Turin Francesco Bagnaia (at 0 ''420) on the factory Ducati, Zarco (at 0 '' 477) and then the Honda of Marc Marquez (at 0 '' 584). Valentino Rossi (at 0 '' 742) will start from 18th place, just behind his brother Luca Marini.
