Pol Espargaro led the opening MotoGP practice session for KTM's home Austrian Grand Prix, while race-winning team-mate Brad Binder was a low-key 16th. With unpredictable weather forecast for the later today, the latter stages of FP1 featured riders trying to secure provisional Q2 places. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo set the early pace in the opening 45-minute session with a 1m26.282s, though this was quickly beaten by Espargaro on the KTM. Espargaro tested at Red Bull Ring during the coronavirus-enforced break along with KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa, and he used this relatively recent knowledge of the track to lead much of the session. He improved on his second effort to a...
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