Overview
- Jorge Martin secured pole at the Red Bull Ring in a tight Q2 on Saturday, beating Marc Marquez by 0.015s with Pedro Acosta a close third.
- Martin and Marquez enter the Austrian round level on 274 championship points, which makes grid position at this weekend’s sprint and race immediately significant.
- Pedro Acosta led both Friday practice sessions on KTM’s home turf thanks to a strong tyre and chassis package but could not convert that pace into pole on Saturday.
- Qualifying was affected by earlier wet and drying sessions across classes, with Moto3 FP2 topped by Brian Uriarte after mixed conditions left some Friday leaders without times.
- Crashes late in qualifying disrupted several riders’ runs but Alex Marquez returned on a spare bike to still post a strong time, underlining how incidents reshaped Q2 running.