- 2020-08-16
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SPORTS
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MotoGP Austrian: Maverick Vinales Takes His First Pole of 2020 At The Red Bull Ring
The Round 4 of MotoGP 2020, MotoGP Austrian took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on August 15th.
On qualifying, Maverick Vinales (Monster Yamaha) took his first pole position of 2020 season with 1'23.450s.
This marks the first of a Yamaha rider to claim pole in the premier class in Austria since Christian Sarron back in 1988.
Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) was 2nd and the championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) was 3rd position behind Maverick Vinales by 0.068s and 0.087s, respectively.
4th place was Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who also announced he will separate form Ducati in 2021 after Qualifying.
Last winner Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) will start at 17th place tomorrow.
Maverick Vinales said, “I'm really happy because my objective was in the front row but suddenly I felt an incredible feeling with the bike from this morning we made a really big improvement so the team has done a really good job. We need to try to understand for tomorrow's race which are going to be the best tyres but anyway the bike is working fantastic. It was a lot different from Brno (the Czech MotoGP last weekend), so I am very happy and enthusiastic as we know on one lap we are very fast.”
Also Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti said of Andrea Dovizioso split, "Honestly, the situation was quite complicated and we asked for some time to make time in order to make up our mind for the future. We met with this morning with Simone Battistella (Dovizioso's manager) and we realised they were not the conditions to continue, I don't want to go into the details.”
myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Qualifying Results- Maverick Vinales / Monster Yamaha / 1'23.450s
- Jack Miller / Pramac Ducati / +0.068s
- Fabio Quartararo / Petronas Yamaha / +0.087s
- Andrea Dovizioso / Ducati Team / +0.156s
- Pol Espargaro / Red Bull KTM / +0.162s
- Joan Mir / Suzuki Ecstar / +0.223s
- Franco Morbidelli / Petronas Yamaha / +0.269s
- Alex Rins / Suzuki Ecstar / +0.281s
- Johann Zarco / Reale Avintia / +0.378s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / +0.422s
- Miguel Oliveira / Red Bull KTM Tech3 / +0.489s
- Valentino Rossi / Monster Yamaha / +0.545s
- Danilo Petrucci / Ducati Team / 1'23.915s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Gresini / 1'24.151s
- Cal Crutchlow / LCR Honda / 1'24.228s
- Iker Lecuona / Red Bull KTM Tech3 / 1'24.405s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / 1'24.485s
- Alex Marquez / Repsol Honda / 1'24.49s
- Stefan Bradl / Repsol Honda / 1'24.662s
- Bradley Smith / Aprilia Gresini / 1'24.831s
- Tito Rabat / Reale Avintia / 1'25.287s
- Michele Pirro / Pramac Ducati / 1'25.431s
- source : MotoGP
