The Tensite GASGAS Aspar rider ends less than a tenth off the top three and will start the Austrian Grand Prix from fourth

Pedro Acosta has taken at the Red Bull Ring his third pole position of the season at the Red Bull Ring, the second in a row after the one he achieved in Great Britain. The Spanish has started the day by breaking the track record in the last practice session and he has demonstrated that in Q2 he was going to be one of the candidates to get the pole position. However, qualifying has not started well for him. Acosta has crashed at the start of the session and has not been able to set a time until the final part of the session. However, that has not been a problem for the Spanish rider, who, in one of his last laps, has taken Ai Ogura off the first position. The Japanese rider will start second in one of the circuits where his performance is better, and Celestino Vietti will start third. Tony Arbolino, who has not been on the front row for two Grands Prix now, will start seventh.

Jake Dixon will start tomorrow's race from the fourth place. If yesterday it was a 0.010 seconds-difference, today 0.087 seconds have prevented the Tensite GASGAS Aspar rider from fighting for the win from the front row of the grid. The British rider feels he has taken a step forward today and is ready to fight for everything tomorrow. His Tensite GASGAS Aspar teammate, Izan Guevara, has almost achieved a Q2 spot for the first time this season. In the final part of Q1, the Spanish rider was in the positions that gave him access to the Q2. However, Lukas Tulovic has improved Guevara's time in the last moment and has left the Spanish rider without the possibility of fighting for a better grid position. The current Moto3 World Champion keeps finding the way that makes him enjoy on the bike and tomorrow he will try to score his first points of the year.

4th Jake Dixon 1:34.532: “We were struggling a bit this weekend, but we have made a step forward in qualifying. It has been a shame because when I have put the new rear tyre on, it pushed a lot the front and I have not been able to get the maximum out of it on my final laps. I feel much more confident and comfortable with how the bike reacts lap by lap. We have to keep working, but I'm much closer than I was and I think we can fight tomorrow.”

19th Izan Guevara 1:35.222: “We have been fast, but we have ended up just missing out on Q2. Tomorrow we start 19th, we will have to push hard and try to stay in a group. It has been a positive second day in Austria because, although we had some problems in the morning, we have been able to solve them before the qualifying. We are starting to find a bike that is more similar to my riding style.”