Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim Red Bull KTM Pol Espargaro meraih pole position MotoGP Styria 2020 usai mencatatkan waktu tercepat 1 menit 23,580 detik dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Red Bull Ring, Sabtu (22/8/2020).
Pebalap Spanyol tersebut unggul 0,022 detik dari pebalap tim LCR Honda Takaaki Nakagami yang akan start dari posisi kedua dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (23/8/2020).
Pebalap tim Reale Avintia Johann Zarco, yang menyebabkan kecelakaan dengan pebalap tim Petronas Yamaha Franco Morbidelli di MotoGP Austria pekan lalu, sebetulnya mencatatkan 0,052 detik lebih lambat dari Espargaro. Namun akibat menerima hukuman, Espargaro akan start dari pitstop.
Pebalap tim Suzuki Ecstar Joan Mir start dari posisi ketiga, diikuti pebalap tim Pramac Ducati Jack Miller di urutan keempat. Pebalap Yamaha Maverick Vinales start dari posisi enam, sedangkan Valentino ‘The Doctor’ Rossi start dari posisi 13 akibat terjatuh saat menjalani Q1.
| STYRIAN MOTOGP, AUSTRIA – FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’23.580s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 2 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.022s | 4/9 | 310k |
| 3 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Reale Avintia (GP19)** | +0.052s | 7/8 | 313k |
| 4 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.098s | 8/9 | 309k |
| 5 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP20) | +0.120s | 5/7 | 315k |
| 6 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.198s | 9/9 | 307k |
| 7 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.202s | 7/9 | 310k |
| 8 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.217s | 8/9 | 310k |
| 9 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP20) | +0.269s | 8/9 | 313k |
| 10 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.286s | 3/9 | 306k |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.441s | 8/9 | 304k |
| 12 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP20) | +0.594s | 9/9 | 310k |
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| 13 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 1’23.928s | 8/9 | 304k |
| 14 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16)* | 1’23.932s | 6/8 | 308k |
| 15 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’24.127s | 7/8 | 303k |
| 16 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP20) | 1’24.273s | 8/8 | 310k |
| 17 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V)* | 1’24.37s | 9/9 | 309k |
| 18 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’24.401s | 7/8 | 309k |
| 19 | Bradley Smith | GBR | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1’24.416s | 8/9 | 309k |
| 20 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1’24.429s | 3/8 | 307k |
| 21 | Stefan Bradl | GER | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’24.667s | 8/9 | 311k |
| 22 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Reale Avintia (GP19) | 1’24.916s | 8/9 | 305k |
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