Red Bull Ring MotoGP qualifying
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Aleix Espargaro has run on at Turn 3 again. He has really struggled to get the Aprilia stopped this weekend. Currently eighth in this session.
Stopwatch
Pedrosa smokes the rest with a mighty 1m23.924s, set on the medium rear tyre.
Stopwatch
First laps are on the board, Barbera is the early pacesetter with a 1m24.687s
Everyone has taken to the hills for their first flying laps. All except Lowes and Pedrosa on soft rear tyres.
Green flag
Q1 is underway
You may have spotted an extra name in that Q1 list. Mika Kallio is making his second wildcard appearance with KTM this season having previously raced at the Sachsenring. Could he be a surprise Q2 runner 15 minutes from now?
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Q1 coming up first. As always, the top two from this session will progress through to the pole position shoot-out. Here is your Q1 group:
Redding
Petrucci
Folger
Barbera
Pedrosa
Bautista
Kallio
A.Espargaro
P.Espargaro
Rins
Miller
Rabat
Lowes
Smith
Redding
Petrucci
Folger
Barbera
Pedrosa
Bautista
Kallio
A.Espargaro
P.Espargaro
Rins
Miller
Rabat
Lowes
Smith
1.8 seconds covered the entire field in that session - expect qualifying to be just as tight.
Fourth practice has just concluded, and despite a small tumble at Turn 3 Marquez led the way from Maverick Vinales and Pedrosa.
Autosport
It has been an eventful weekend at the Red Bull Ring so far. This morning we saw Marc Marquez blast away the competition to top third practice, while team-mate Dani Pedrosa missed the top 10: 
Green flag
Good afternoon! It's Saturday afternoon and that can only mean one thing - it is time for qualifying.
By: Matt Beer
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