Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati-Gresini) will start on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix in MotoGP on Sunday, after setting the fastest qualifying time on Saturday, while Fabio Quartararo, championship leader, will start 5th.
On the Red Bull Ring circuit, a route promised to Ducati, the Italian Fransesco Bagnaia, 3rd in the general classification, and the Australian Jack Miller will complete the front row on the handlebars of their Ducati.
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We had a good start to the weekend but today we have taken another step forward, we arrived prepared for qualifying
,” said Bastianini, who took the first pole of his MotoGP career. .
This pole position is all the more encouraging for the driver who had made a very good start to the season with three victories, including the last at the French GP in May – before dropping off the top of the table.
The French Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), leader of the world championship, and Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac) will start from 5th and 6th place respectively, behind the Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), starting from 13th round of the season.
Aleix Espargaro, provisional second in the championship 22 points behind leader Quartararo, did not do better than 9th.
Riding his Aprilia, the Spaniard, who is coming back from a broken heel, has been struggling since the start of the weekend.
