Jorge Martin set a new outright lap record to take pole position for the Austrian MotoGP.
Qualifying for the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix was topped by Jorge Martin, who beat Francesco Bagnaia to pole.
The lap record coming into this weekend was a 1:28.544 by Marco Bezzecchi last year, meaning an improvement of almost 0.8 seconds by Martin. After Aprilia's nightmare Friday, there were more encouraging signs in qualifying, with Aleix Esaprgaro fourth and Maverick Vinales sixth. Jack Miller starts between them on the leading KTM after coming through Q1.
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