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MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix: Martin snatches pole position

Martin edged Marc Marquez by 0.015 seconds for his third pole of the season, with Pedro Acosta completing a front row covered by 0.071 seconds.

  • On Saturday, Aprilia rider Jorge Martin secured pole position for the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, edging championship leader Marc Marquez by just 0.015 seconds.
  • After topping Friday practice as the favorite, Pedro Acosta finished third on the grid, just 0.071 seconds behind Martin with less than a tenth separating the top three.
  • Marc Marquez challenged for pole until a dramatic crash at Turn 1 ended his final qualifying attempt, though the factory Ducati rider managed to secure second place.
  • Starting the weekend level on points, Martin aims to retake the championship lead from Marquez with his third pole position of the season.
  • Marco Bezzecchi qualified fourth for Aprilia, while Trackhouse Aprilia's Ai Ogura took fifth and factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia salvaged seventh after advancing through Q1.
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Aprilia's rider adds his third pole of the year to a tight ranking, in which the MotoGP leader stayed at 15 thousandths and the KTM leader at 71. More information: Jorge Martín is a MotoGP leader with a record pole in Silverstone.

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Jorge Martin has secured pole position in the MotoGP at the Motorcycle Grand Prix of Austria in Spielberg.

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The battle was announced royal on the Red Bull Ring of Spielberg between the two Spaniards, at the top of the world hierarchy.

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Writing sports, 19 Sep (EFE).- The Spanish Jorge Martín (Aprilia RS-GP) has achieved the third ‘pole position’ of the season and the fourth in the Red Bull circuit of Spielberg, stage this weekend of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix. Martín was the fastest of the second ranking with a time of [...] La entrada The Spanish Jorge Martín gets his third ‘pole position’ of the season was first published in HolaNews.

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GPone.com broke the news on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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