Marc Marquez continued his imperious form by topping the final Austrian MotoGP practice session at the Red Bull Ring.
Despite never winning at the Spielberg circuit, Marquez finished fastest in all three practices as he searches for a maiden Austrian victory.
The Spanish rider set a time of 1:28.751 to complete his practice dominance, with his fastest lap three tenths clear of the field.
The remainder of the field was split by just over a second, as Francesco Bagnaia ended the session in second, 0.326s off his team-mate’s best time.
Pedro Acosta was the top non-Ducati, completing the top three at KTM’s home track, while Marco Bezzecchi and Alex Marquez set identical lap times in fourth and fifth.
Luca Marini finished sixth in a strong session for the Italian, with Raul Fernandez edging ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio to take the flag in seventh.
Joan Mir ensured the two factory Hondas finished inside the top ten as he took ninth in the final practice, while Franco Morbidelli concluded the top 10.
Fabio Quartararo completed the session in 11th, while Jorge Martin laid down a strong showing in 12th.
Enea Bastianini’s fastest time was enough for 13th, ahead of Fermin Aldeguer in 14th and Miguel Oliveira in 15th.
Johann Zarco suffered a crash with minutes remaining in the session and ended in 16th, while Maverick Vinales persevered despite his shoulder injury to 17th.
Brad Binder struggled with a technical issue as the chequered flag was thrown out, as he only managed 18th ahead of Ai Ogura in 19th.
Yamaha duo Alex Rins and Jack Miller both struggled as they completed the standings in 20th and 21st respectively.
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