After going fastest, Brad Binder then got cros𒀰sed up under braking for turn🍸 three as he ran off circuit. 

Binder was one of ma𝔉ny riders that used a soft rear tyre straight away as rain clouds hovered over the Austrian circuit. The KTM rider’s lap time was quicker than what Johann Zarco managed in FP1.

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Marco Bezzecchi, who was second behind Binder, then overhauled the South African with a time ofꦿ 1:29.450s. 

While Bezzecchi was showing impressive pace, so was world champion Francesco Bagnaia as the Italian 🍸went fourth quickest. 

Electing for another soft rear tyre, Maverick♎ Vinales then smashed Bezzecchi’s top time by going close to four tenths clear.

Continuing to push on, Vinales set two red sectors on his next lap around as he wen𝓡t within a tenth of his 1:29.075s.

A regular occusrence 🔥in FP1, turn four continued to catc💙h out riders as Franco Morbidelli failed to get his Yamaha stopped in time. 

🐼A trip through the gravel then followeꦓd for Morbidelli who was down in 16th at the time of his mistake. 

With🧔 just under half the session remaining the rain that has threatened to arrive did so, albeit very lightly. Rain flags were waved as a result. 

As a result, Joan Mir kicked off a series of time attacks although the factory ♈Honda rider fa💙iled to make an impression on the fastest laps.

Unlike Assen, Marc Marquez neaꦚrly collided with Enea Bastianini as he attempted toღ get close on their latest out-lap.

As a result, Marquez ran through the gra🃏vel at the 2a/2b chicane before losing touchℱ with the Ducati rider. 

Aꦺfter big improvements from Fabio Di Giannantonio, Quartararo was the next rider to pop himself into the top ten.

One rider who didn’t manage to move up the order was Bastianini as the Italian cr🐻ashed at the chicane. 

Rolling back the 🌳years around the Red Bull Ring circuit, Marquez began to show serious pace as he went s🅠econd fastest.

Despite being completely out of shape in several corners, Maꦐrquez managed to complete the lap before being bumped down to third as Bagnaia went fastest.

Bezzecchi then broke🤡 the all-time lap record in order to go three tenths clear of Bagnaia, befoꦰre Vinales split the two Ducatis.