The Spielberg circuit hosted another tight MotoGP Qualifying today, where PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team’s Valentino Rossi ended the day 18th. Cal Crutchlow will start the AustrianGP from 20th.
With a dry track for FP3, Crutchlow was quick to improve upon his best time from yesterday’s Free Practice sessions. Continuing to reduce his lap time, the Brit ended FP3 20th with a 1min 24.193secs lap. After showing a good race pace in FP4, Cal showed further improvements in Q1 and bettered his Qualifying lap from last weekend. Crutchlow will start the AustrianGP from 20th, after posting the tenth fastest lap in Q1 – 1min 24.509secs.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – P20 – 1.24,509
We’ve definitely made some improvements with the bike and I understand more about the package now, especially with the electronics. I’m feeling positive this weekend and more comfortable. We are struggling with engine braking at the moment, which is why I didn’t have the best Qualifying session and I know I could have been faster. We need to look at this ahead of the race but FP4 was quite good, I’m feeling more confident and I’m faster than last week. The thing is everyone is so strong and they’re all getting faster and faster. I’m looking forward to tomorrow though and let’s see how the race pans out.
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Jorge MARTIN | Pramac Racing | 1’22.643 |
| 2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’22.677 |
| 3 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’23.063 |
| 4 | Johann ZARCO | Pramac Racing | 1’23.120 |
| 5 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’23.227 |
| 6 | Jack MILLER | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’23.320 |
| 7 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’23.378 |
| 8 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’23.423 |
| 9 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’23.499 |
| 10 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’23.568 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’23.738 |
| 12 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’23.990 |
| 13 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’23.470 |
| 14 | Alex MARQUEZ | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’23.535 |
| 15 | Enea BASTIANINI | Avintia Esponsorama | 1’23.790 |
| 16 | Iker LECUONA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’23.825 |
| 17 | Luca MARINI | SKY VR46 Avintia | 1’23.834 |
| 18 | Valentino ROSSI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’23.939 |
| 19 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.405 |
| 20 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’24.509 |
Source: motogp.com, sepangracingteam.com