Ducati’s Andrea Iannone will start the Austrian MotoGP round from pole position after an epic qualifying duel with Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo. Iannone only took pole as the chequered flag waved, grabbing the top spot from Rossi’s Yamaha with a lap of 1m23.142s. Dovizioso had to settle for third on the second works Ducati, while Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo qualified on the inside of the second row, having held pole with just a few minutes remaining. Points leader Marc Marquez, who dislocated his shoulder this morning in practice, will start fifth. He lost the front-end of his Honda at Turn 10 early in Q2, but just managed to save it. Story of the session Dovizioso...
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