Between the rain that fell yesterday afternoon and the rather low clouds over the Red Bull Ring, the Warm-Up of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix took place in conditions that were unprecedented compared to those seen over the rest of the weekend, with a temperature of just 18 degrees, 24 for the asphalt.
This led the riders to be rather cautious and only towards the end of the ten minutes available did noteworthy times begin to be seen. In the end, the fastest was Marc Marquez, who on his Ducati GP23 of Gresini Racing was equipped with a soft on the front and a medium on the rear, with which he lapped in 1’23″363.
The same choice was also made by the winner of the Sprint Pecco Bagnaia, who with his official GP24 finished with a delay of 162 thousandths, preceding the other GP23 of Gresini Racing entrusted to Alex Marquez. Following him is Franco Morbidelli, who completes a Ducati poker, but with a medium tire used on the front unlike the three who preceded him.
In fifth and sixth place are the two KTMs of Jack Miller and Brad Binder, who opted for a pair of soft tyres. A choice that is unlikely to be repeated in this afternoon’s race, in which most likely everyone will go for a pair of mediums, given that the soft had already started to decline in the final part of yesterday’s Sprint.
Behind the two KTMs are the two Aprilias of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales, who worked with a solution that was already more targeted to the race, with a new medium on the rear and a used one on the front, finishing respectively four and six tenths behind Marquez’s best time. The top 10 is then completed with the other KTMs of Pol Espargaro and Pedro Acosta, who like their brand companions instead rode with two softs, paying seven tenths.
11th time for the first of the Japanese bikes, which once again is the Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo, also struggling with a burn to one leg. “El Diablo” preceded the Ducati of a still delayed Enea Bastianini and the best of the Hondas, which is always that of the Frenchman Johann Zarco.
Jorge Martin was far behind, but the World Championship leader in cohabitation with Bagnaia worked with a very used medium tyre on the rear: just think that when he came back at the end he had managed to add up 30 laps. This explains his 21st place at 1″333, which however makes his 1’30″696 absolutely interesting.
The same can be said for Marco Bezzecchi, who finished with the 16th time in 1’30″326. Even in the case of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 rider, we are talking about a performance that came with a medium rear tire that had 18 laps.
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