2023-08-19 13:33:47
Although there was a collision accident after the start of the 14-lap Austrian GP sprint race, this did not stop Francesco Bagnaia from walking alone.
Qualifying practice: Ducati, Aprilia become the most recommended Q2
MotoGP arranges three practice sessions before qualifying on Friday morning, afternoon and Saturday. The 60-minute “qualifying practice” held on Friday afternoon will take the top ten riders and send them to Q2 for pole position. Qualifying; as the LCR team continued to replace the injured Rins with Lecuona, and Aprilia used the wild card right to send the test driver Savadori who had just signed an extended contract, a total of 23 drivers participated this week.
Since the qualifying practice period held in a cloudy and slightly hot environment is similar to that of the sprint race and the final, all drivers set up the hard tires on the front tires in the first half of the practice to study the tire strategy for the two rounds of the race, and it was not until the second half that they officially Prepare for qualifying.
Although there was rain on the track in the second half of the race, but the rain did not affect the track environment, the field ranking began to change drastically in the last 10 minutes, and Bezzecchi made a new track with a time of 1:28.533. The record ruled the roost, followed by Vinales with a difference of 0.044 seconds.
In the end, only Binder, the owner of KTM, advanced in fourth place, and the other drivers took Miller’s 14th place as the best. P. Espargaro had to be penalized for three starting positions in the final because he improperly blocked M. Marquez; The ninth place of the two Japanese car manufacturers is the best with Yamaha’s main driver Quartararo. Although Honda has invested in an updated aerodynamic package for the car this week, it still loses to the European car manufacturers whose research and development progress is much ahead.
Qualifying: Europe’s top three automakers share the front row, Bagnaia narrowly beats Vinales to take pole position
The qualifying session scheduled to be held at 10:50 a.m. track time is divided into two sessions, both of which are 15 minutes long. When the Red Bull Circuit started, the temperature was sunny and cloudy at 23 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature was 27 degrees Celsius. For an environment that requires a little attention to tire temperature.
In Q1, drivers ranked 11th in the qualifying practice will participate, and two drivers will be promoted to Q2. For most of Q1, Miller, Marini and P. Espargaro will compete for the promotion qualification, and Miller and Marini will win in the end.
In Q2, the top ten in qualifying will compete with Miller and Marini, who have advanced from Q1, to compete for the pole position, and determine the starting order of the first four rows. With Bezzecchi setting a new track record on Friday, although A. Espargaro started Q2 with a time of 1:29.916, the fastest lap in the field was quickly broken into 1:28 within 5 minutes , and in the last 3 minutes, Vinales took the lead with 1:28.576, which is very short of the track record.
Afterwards, many drivers tried to refresh Vinales’ lap time, but Bagnaia was the only one who succeeded. In the end, Bagnaia narrowly beat Vinales by 0.037 seconds and took the pole position. The last position in the first row was taken by Binder, presenting the top three car manufacturers in Europe. Ranked game.
Sprint race: Bagnaia walks alone, Binder staged contract renewal celebration quotes
The sprint race scheduled to be held at 15:00 track time on Saturday has 14 laps, and annual points will be awarded to the top nine finishers. Before the game, the news of the death of Colaninno, the president and CEO of Aprilia’s parent group Piaggio, led to a ceremony of silence to pay tribute to Colaninno.
When the warm-up lap was held at the Red Bull Circuit, the temperature was 30 degrees Celsius and the track temperature was 34 degrees Celsius. After the start of the race, Vinales, who had a poor start, was quickly swallowed by Miller and others, and there were Martin, Morbidelli, Quartararo, etc. in the middle of the race. 6 people need to be investigated after the race, and the collision that caused Zarco, Oliveira and Bezzecchi to retire from the race.
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