The Pramac Ducati rider produced a new lap record to clinch his second pole position in his rookie MotoGP marketing campaign, following up his pole from the Doha GP, after Fabio Quartararo had his pole lap time deleted for exceeding observe limits.
Quartararo’s demotion pushed him to 3rd place in qualifying behind manufacturing unit Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia, whereas Jack Miller heads the second row on the sister Ducati.
Joan Mir bounced again from an early FP4 crash to safe his finest qualifying results of the season in fifth place on his Suzuki working with the brand new trip top adjuster recommendation for the primary time.
Johann Zarco claimed sixth place in qualifying for Pramac forward of Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, whereas Marc Marquez suffered a late fall to maintain him in eighth place for Honda.
Regardless of displaying frontrunning tempo in observe, Maverick Vinales may solely handle ninth in qualifying for Yamaha, as Takaaki Nakagami rounded out the highest 10 for LCR Honda.
Dani Pedrosa simply missed out on progressing into Q2 and can begin his first MotoGP race because the finish of the 2018 season in 14th place on his wildcard outing for KTM.
On the weekend of asserting his MotoGP retirement on the finish of this 12 months, Valentino Rossi certified seventeenth for Petronas SRT Yamaha.
Iker Lecuona, KTM Tech3
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When is the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix?
• Date: Sunday eighth August 2021
• Begin time: 1:00pm BST, 2:00pm native time
How can I watch the Styrian MotoGP?
In the UK, the Styrian GP race day will probably be broadcast stay on BT Sport, which has stay broadcasting tv rights for the whole 2021 MotoGP season. The race will probably be proven stay on BT Sport 2, with race protection beginning at 12:30pm BST, instantly after the Moto2 race.
TV Channel: BT Sport 2
Channel quantity: Sky – 414
Channel quantity: Virgin Media – 528
Begin time: 12:30pm BST
MotoGP additionally gives its personal stay on-line video streaming service which is on the market to stream within the UK.
How can I watch the Styrian MotoGP highlights?
ITV4 will present the highlights of every MotoGP spherical in 2021, together with highlights of the Moto2 and Moto3 courses, which will probably be broadcast on every Monday night after the race.
Valentino Rossi, Petronas Yamaha SRT
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TV Channel: ITV4
Channel quantity: Freeview – 25
Channel quantity: Sky – 120 HD, 818 SD
Channel quantity: Virgin Media – 178 HD, 118 SD
Channel quantity: Freesat – 117
Begin time: Monday ninth August – 8:00pm BST
What is the climate forecast for the race on the Pink Bull Ring?
Moist climate circumstances and an opportunity of thunderstorms are forecast for the Styrian Grand Prix on the Pink Bull Ring on Sunday afternoon, with a excessive of twenty-two levels Celsius for the beginning of the race.
Why is it known as the Styrian GP?
With races not allowed to be given the identical race names in the identical MotoGP world championship season, Austria’s first race of its double-header has been known as the Styrian GP, named after the area of Austria the circuit is situated in. The identify was additionally used final 12 months as a part of the Pink Bull Ring double-header.
It takes inspiration from the opposite double-headers MotoGP placed on each in 2020 and this 12 months as a part of the reshuffled calendar as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this season Qatar hosted the first-ever Doha GP because the second leg of its back-to-back races whereas Portimao will maintain the Algarve GP in November having already hosted the Portuguese GP earlier this season in April.
Why is MotoGP holding two races in Austria?
As a part of the COVID-19-hit marketing campaign the 2021 MotoGP calendar has been tweaked as a result of varied journey restrictions in place the world over.
The Finnish, Japanese, Thai and Australian MotoGP rounds have already been cancelled for 2021, whereas the Argentinean GP stays postponed.
With the intention to bulk out the calendar, Losail, the Pink Bull Ring and Portimao will all host two races.