2024 Austrian MotoGP, Red Bull Ring - Full Qualifying Results

17 Aug 2024

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Austrian MotoGP, Red Bull Ring - Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP24)1'27.748s6/9314k2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.141s7/8313k3Marc MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.544s8/9312k4Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.596s7/8310k5Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.798s7/9313k6Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.897s7/7310k7Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.934s6/9314k8Franco MorbidelliITAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.976s8/9316k9Marco BezzecchiITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)+0.984s8/9314k10Pol EspargaroSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.015s5/7316k11Alex MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+1.044s8/9312k12Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.162s8/9316k Qualifying 1: 13Miguel OliveiraPORTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)1'28.635s7/8314k14Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*1'28.659s8/8314k15Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'29.047s7/8308k16Augusto FernandezSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)1'29.104s6/8313k17Johann ZarcoFRALCR Honda (RC213V)1'29.165s7/8316k18Luca MariniITARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'29.259s7/8310k19Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'29.344s7/8309k20Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)1'29.428s6/8309k21Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'29.552s5/6310k22Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)1'29.612s8/8306k23Stefan BradlGERHRC Test Team (RC213V)1'29.692s7/8314k24Lorenzo SavadoriITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)1'29.899s6/7317k

* Rookie

Official Red Bull Ring MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 28.508s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 29.840s (2023)

Jorge Martin beats Francesco Bagnaia to pole position for the 2024 Austrian MotoGP with a new lap record at the Red Bull Ring.

Chasing his third Red Bull Ring win in a row, practice leader Bagnaia was on provisional pole as the final run began.

But Martin, riding with discomfort from a cut to his left thumb, apparently sustained while getting out of the shower last night, blasted to a 1m 27.789s to snatch pole away.

Bagnaia starts this afternoon’s Sprint just three points behind title leader Martin.

Marc Marquez got the better of a surprise front row challenge from Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro for third place - albeit half a second behind Martin - with Jack Miller and Maverick Vinales completing row two.

Miller and Pol Espargaro reached Qualifying 2 by leading Q1, but Miguel Oliveira - who set the exact lap time as Espargaro - and Pedro Acosta narrowly missed out and will start 13th and 14th.

Espargaro, who looked to have potential front-row pace, crashed at turn 3 on his final run in Qualifying 2, tapping his head on the ground in frustration.

Test riders Pol Espargaro (KTM), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) and Stefan Bradl (Honda) are making wild-card appearances this weekend.

High tyre stress at the Sachsenring means Michelin brings a reinforced rear construction for the Red Bull Ring.

Fabio di Giannantonio dislocated his left shoulder in a Friday accident and has been ruled unfit for the remainder of the weekend.