Austrian MotoGP: Bagnaia leads Quartararo, Zarco in FP3

That all-time lap record from Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) in FP1 at the Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich is still the time to beat after FP3, but the pack have closed the Frenchman down.

Zarco’s 1:22.827 is now just 0.047s better than Francesco Bagnaia’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) effort on Saturday morning, as World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) claimed P3, 0.141s off.

Zarco was 3rd quick in FP3 on his Ducati while Marc Marquez inched up to 4th on his Honda.

Practice 3 Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps Time Behind
1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 21 1m22.874s 0.000s
2 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 21 1m22.968s 0.094s
3 Johann Zarco Ducati 23 1m23.012s 0.138s
4 Marc Marquez Honda 22 1m23.132s 0.258s
5 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 19 1m23.138s 0.264s
6 Jack Miller Ducati 23 1m23.245s 0.371s
7 Joan Mir Suzuki 24 1m23.320s 0.446s
8 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 22 1m23.362s 0.488s
9 Brad Binder KTM 20 1m23.453s 0.579s
10 Pol Espargaro Honda 21 1m23.481s 0.607s
11 Alex Rins Suzuki 23 1m23.482s 0.608s
12 Luca Marini Ducati 22 1m23.527s 0.653s
13 Jorge Martin Ducati 19 1m23.558s 0.684s
14 Miguel Oliveira KTM 22 1m23.677s 0.803s
15 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 21 1m23.687s 0.813s
16 Alex Marquez Honda 23 1m23.695s 0.821s
17 Iker Lecuona KTM 22 1m23.706s 0.832s
18 Enea Bastianini Ducati 19 1m24.033s 1.159s
19 Danilo Petrucci KTM 20 1m24.074s 1.200s
20 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 22 1m24.193s 1.319s