Austrian MotoGP: Bagnaia leads Quartararo, Zarco in FP3
That all-time lap record from Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) in FP1 at the Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich is still the time to beat after FP3, but the pack have closed the Frenchman down.
Zarco’s 1:22.827 is now just 0.047s better than Francesco Bagnaia’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) effort on Saturday morning, as World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) claimed P3, 0.141s off.
Zarco was 3rd quick in FP3 on his Ducati while Marc Marquez inched up to 4th on his Honda.
Practice 3 Results
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Behind |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 21 | 1m22.874s | 0.000s |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 21 | 1m22.968s | 0.094s |
| 3 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 23 | 1m23.012s | 0.138s |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 22 | 1m23.132s | 0.258s |
| 5 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 19 | 1m23.138s | 0.264s |
| 6 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 23 | 1m23.245s | 0.371s |
| 7 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 24 | 1m23.320s | 0.446s |
| 8 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 22 | 1m23.362s | 0.488s |
| 9 | Brad Binder | KTM | 20 | 1m23.453s | 0.579s |
| 10 | Pol Espargaro | Honda | 21 | 1m23.481s | 0.607s |
| 11 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 23 | 1m23.482s | 0.608s |
| 12 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 22 | 1m23.527s | 0.653s |
| 13 | Jorge Martin | Ducati | 19 | 1m23.558s | 0.684s |
| 14 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 22 | 1m23.677s | 0.803s |
| 15 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 21 | 1m23.687s | 0.813s |
| 16 | Alex Marquez | Honda | 23 | 1m23.695s | 0.821s |
| 17 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 22 | 1m23.706s | 0.832s |
| 18 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 19 | 1m24.033s | 1.159s |
| 19 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 20 | 1m24.074s | 1.200s |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 22 | 1m24.193s | 1.319s |