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Bagnaia, who couldn't put together a good lap in his first two attempts, now does a 1m24.261s behind fellow Ducati rider Abraham. Crutchlow a close second.
Oliveira leads for a few seconds before Crutchlow, riding alone on the track, goes first with a solid 1m24.389s.
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Zarco takes the early lead with a 1m25.051s. A mistake from Bradl at Turn 1.
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Q1 gets underway.
Shout out to Tech 3 KTM rookie Miguel Oliveira, who was an impressive seventh after Friday, and was very close to making it to Q2 in FP3.
The two biggest names in Q1 are arguably the Hondas of Cal Crutchlow and Stefan Bradl. The former missed out on an automatic Q2 spot by half a tenth, while Bradl was only 20th fastest after FP3, 1.5s behind Marquez.
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Q1 line-up: Crutchlow; Oliveira; Morbidelli; Zarco; Bagnaia; Rabat; A. Espargaro; Iannone; Abraham; Bradl; Syahrin.
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Marquez topped FP2 and FP3 but he was only third in FP4, which concluded just now with Vinales narrowly beating Dovizioso.
Rumours about Jorge Lorenzo's future destination, be that Repsol Honda, Pramac Ducati, Petronas Yamaha or something else, have completely stolen the show this weekend.
It's worth noting however that Ducati is no longer the strongest at the Red Bull Ring. The Italians used to be dominant in Austria, they won in the last three years, but Marc Marquez has been on another level this weekend so far.
It's worth noting however that Ducati is no longer the strongest at the Red Bull Ring. The Italians used to be dominant in Austria, they won in the last three years, but Marc Marquez has been on another level this weekend so far.
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Welcome to our live coverage of MotoGP's qualifying session at the beautiful Red Bull Ring.
By: Matt Beer
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