Championship leader Marc Marquez continued his dominant form by topping the second MotoGP practice session in Austria.
The Spaniard posted the quickest lap on his final stint, lapping an impressive 1.28.117s.
KTM rider Pedro Acosta made a step from this morning to secure second place, lapping 0.228s behind the factory Ducati rider.
Francesco Bagnaia finished the session in third place, though he led the classification charts in the first half of the hour long session.
Alex Marquez finished right behind the Italian once again, with Raul Fernandez close behind as he continued his purple patch.
Joan Mir impressed once again by securing sixth place for Honda, while Franco Morbidelli split Mir and fellow Honda rider Johann Zarco in the timings.
Fermin Aldeguer improved to take ninth and qualify straight through to the second phase of qualifying, followed by KTM’s Brad Binder.
Enea Bastianini’s adaptation has seen improvements to secure 11th, but he and rookie Ai Ogura missed out by the narrowest of margins.
Luca Marini slotted his Honda in 13th, lapping quicker than Fabio Quartararo and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Jorge Martin, Alex Rins and Marco Bezzecchi finished 16th to 18th in the classification charts, despite showing impressive pace in the first session.
Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller lacked pace and finished the session 19th and 20th for Pramac Yamaha, respectively.
Maverick Vinales closed out proceedings and lapped one second slower than Miller, likely due tp the injuries he sustained prior the summer break.
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