2021 Styrian MotoGP, Austria - Full Qualifying Results
Rookie star Jorge Martin takes his second pole position of the season at the 2021 Styrian MotoGP in Austria.
Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo will join the Pramac rider on the front row of Sunday's grid, when rain is forecast.
Quartararo beat Martin's time at the end of qualifying, but then lost the lap due to exceeding track limits.
Marc Marquez fell at the end of the session.
Suzuki riders Mir and Rins received the factory's new rear ride-height device for the first time on Saturday morning, meaning all six manufacturers now have the device, which can be used for the race start and to aid hard acceleration around the rest of the lap.
Miguel Oliveira injured his hand in a Friday highside but was back for FP3.
Dani Pedrosa, who retired from MotoGP at the end of 2018, is returning to action this weekend as a wild-card entry for KTM, where he is employed as an official test rider. Pedrosa won 31 races during his premier-class career, spent entirely with Honda.
Cal Crutchlow is also back in MotoGP, for the next three rounds, as a replacement for the injured Franco Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha. A three time MotoGP race winner, Crutchlow signed up as Yamaha's official test rider after retiring from MotoGP at the end of last season.
Valentino Rossi announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the 2021 season.
The back-to-back Austrian events will be the first since the start of the Covid pandemic without special restrictions in place for spectator numbers.
| Styrian MotoGP, Austria - Full Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | 1'22.994s | 7/9 | 317k |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.044s | 6/9 | 316k |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.081s | 3/8 | 309k |
| 4 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.306s | 3/9 | 316k |
| 5 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.328s | 9/10 | 309k |
| 6 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.382s | 7/9 | 313k |
| 7 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.454s | 9/9 | 311k |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.495s | 8/8 | 314k |
| 9 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.514s | 8/8 | 309k |
| 10 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.542s | 8/9 | 312k |
| 11 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.847s | 8/9 | 314k |
| 12 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.950s | 4/4 | 309k |
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| 13 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 1'23.585s | 7/8 | 309k |
| 14 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1'23.73s | 9/9 | 312k |
| 15 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1'23.971s | 8/8 | 316k |
| 16 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1'24.05s | 3/8 | 311k |
| 17 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'24.097s | 7/9 | 304k |
| 18 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | 1'24.115s | 8/8 | 309k |
| 19 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'24.141s | 6/8 | 306k |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | 1'24.245s | 3/9 | 312k |
| 21 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* | 1'24.405s | 7/7 | 307k |
| 22 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'24.465s | 8/8 | 308k |
| 23 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'24.513s | 7/8 | 305k |
* Rookie
Fastest Friday time:
Takaaki Nakagami JPN Honda 1m 23.805s
Official Red Bull Ring MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 23.027s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati 1m 23.827s (2019)
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
