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MotoGP Pre-Qualifying in Austria: Bagnaia DOMINATES, Takes 1st! Di Giannantonio at the Hospital

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Scritto da Stefano Zambroni

16 August 2024

MotoGP Pre-Qualifying Results in Austria: Pecco Bagnaia leads the pack, followed by Morbidelli and Martin.

It’s time for the first crucial moments in MotoGP: after this morning’s FP1, where Jorge Martin topped the timesheets and Pol Espargarò surprised with a 3rd place, the world’s fastest riders hit the track to secure one of the 10 coveted spots in Q2. Leading the way is a phenomenal Pecco Bagnaia, who set a new lap record at Spielberg with a time of 1.28.508.

MotoGP Pre-Qualifying Results in Austria: Pecco Bagnaia in the spotlight
MotoGP Pre-Qualifying Results in Austria: Pecco Bagnaia in the spotlight

Bagnaia was on fire this Friday: for several weekends now, the Italian rider has shown incredible pace right from the first lap, something that he struggled with just a few weeks ago, often waiting until Saturday morning to surprise everyone.

Behind him are the two Pramac riders, with a superb Franco Morbidelli in 2nd and Jorge Martin in 3rd. They are followed by Marc Marquez and Brad Binder. The top-10 qualifiers are rounded out by Alex Marquez, Aleix Espargarò, Maverick Vinales, Marco Bezzecchi, and Enea Bastianini.

Many Crashes in Austria: Acosta Already at 3

Another crash in Turn 8 for Pedro Acosta, marking his third of the weekend. After a heavy crash this morning, the Spanish rider went down again in Turn 8, wrecking his GasGas’s fairing, likely due to an unstable hard front tire. In general, it was a session full of falls: from Bezzecchi to Pol Espargarò, from Di Giannantonio (injured shoulder) to Bastianini at the end, there was no shortage of drama during this session.

Photo: Ducati Corse

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Stefano Zambroni

Nato a Lecco nel 2003, ho fondato GPKingdom nel 2021. Da allora racconto il mondo delle corse e, insieme al team di GPK, costruisco spazi dove i fan possono viverlo da protagonisti.

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