Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia MotoGP Red Bull Ring
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia MotoGP Red Bull Ring

Friday practice from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring as it happened

Johann Zarco went fastest in FP2 at the Austrian MotoGP on Friday.

Here's everything that went down...

19 Aug 2022
09:43

Miller finishes fastest from Zarco and Mir. 

09:39

No one is able to get near Miller at the moment. 

09:36

Miller goes even quicker with a time of 1:32.064s. 

09:36

Five minutes to go in FP1 and it's Miller who leads from Jorge Martin. 

09:33
Gardner is down at turn five

Remy Gardner becomes the first rider to crash - turn 5.

09:33

Miller and Oliveira have gone quicker than Zarco.

09:30

Most of the field are now on dry tyres.

09:27
We have slick tyres

Marco Bezzecchi is the first rider to switch from wets to dry tyres.

09:23

Marc Marquez is in deep conversation with Stefan Bradl in the Repsol Honda garage. 

09:21
Alex Rins goes fastest!

Rins moves to the top of the leaderboard with a time of 1:37.871s.

09:15

Quartararo has run wide again, this time at turn 13.

09:13

Miguel Oliveira is the current pacesetter from Maverick Vinales.

09:08

The new chicane is already proving tricky as Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro and Stefan Bradl have all ran off-track. 

09:04

Some great onboard footage of Quartararo tackling the new chicane at turns two and three. 

09:02

There's a big dry line appearing in sector four so a switch to dry tyres might not be too far away. 

08:57

Overnight rain has led to riders opting for wet tyres to begin FP1. 

08:56

MotoGP FP1 at the Red Bull Ring is underway! 

08:47

A big talking point heading into FP1 has been the new chicane which riders will get their first taste of in just under ten minutes time.

08:45

Good morning and welcome to the opening day of MotoGP action at the Red Bull Ring. 

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