There was early drama during FP3 for the Austrian MotoGP as Mooney VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini suffered a crash on his out lap. Marini went down at turn three before getting hi𓃲s GP22 machine running again. 

As was the case in FP2, Franco Morbidelli positioned himself directly behind team-mate Fabio Quartararo in an attempt to find the type of performance that’s be💧en lacking for much of the year. 

As Johann Zarco continued to show dominant pace aboard his Pramac Ducati, Lorenzo Savadori suffered a crash at the new chicanꦿe. 

Further improvements fro💟m Zarco then saw the Frenchman move to within a tenth of his own time. 

Zarco, who was on course to set a new overall best lap time, ran wide at turn nine, the same corner which saw him crash out of the Austrian Grand Pri🥃x last season.&☂nbsp;

There was a close mome🎶nt at turn one when Maverick Vinales nearly c🌠lipped the rear of Marini’s Ducati. 

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A𒁃ttempting t𝓀o follow Vinales, Remy Gardner then crashed at turn nine which was his second of the weekend. 

Down in 22nd ✤to begin FP3, Oliveira completed a full tu🎀rnaround by moving up to second on combined times - +0.006s off Zarco.

Joan Mir, who was one of the first riders to switch to a soft rear tyre, felt an immediate benefit as he went quickest. Miller looked set to relegate the 20♌20 MotoGP champion down to second before losing time in the final sector. 

Despite having a medium rear tyre fitted as opposed to the soft tyre that was on ✤Mir’s Suzuki, Miller eventually replaced the Spaniard at the front of the lea♛derboard.

As Enea Bastianini set a blinding time of 1:29.508s to go nearly three tenths quicker than Miller, Aleix Espargaro, who was looking uncomfortable around the Red Bull Ring, crashed at thওe second part oℱf the chicane. 

Espargaro’s ✅team-mate Vinales had no such issues as he went second quickest. The Aprilia rider was then bumped down to third as Miller blasted his way to the top by two tenths.

Miller’s lead was cut short when Bagnaia went se𝓀cond, before Quartararo surprisingly went quickest by -0.012s. 🅺;

Quartararo then improveꩵd even furth🐼er before a stunning sub 1m 29s lap was set by Zarco. 

While it was heating up at the front, Espargaro found himself knocked o⛎ut of the 🃏top ten by Brad Binder, with the Aprilia rider now set to go through Q1.