Marko Hanželic
fabio quartararo, team racer Petronas Yamaha, he assured himself pole position at the first race of the season in Jerez. The young Frenchman took the lap at the Angel Nieto racetrack in Q2 in time 1: 36.705 minutes and was thus 0,139 seconds faster than Maverick Vinales (Yamaha). The current champion of the MotoGP class, Marc Marquez (Honda) complements the front row. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) will start only from the fourth starting line.
Already with the first attempt in Q2 the real show began. fabio quartararo started the battle for the first starting position with a time of 1: 36.993. The Frenchman was 0,013 seconds faster than the world champion Marc Marquez. A member of the team also started well Pracati Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia, who, however, ran into his mentor in the last turn, Valentina Rossi, and lost a few hundredths. Still, it did bagnaia then ranked among the top three and trailed by 0,226 seconds.
Valentino Rossi was only tenth after the first attempt, with a lag of 1,066 seconds. He took her even worse Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), who was in twelfth place with a lag of 1,246 seconds and thus last in Q2. Both Italian routines thus bet everything on a second try.
Numerous falls at the end of Q2
Marc Marquez was very fast in the second attempt. The champion of the title is time Quarterly improved by 0,116 seconds and took first place with a time of 1: 36,877 minutes. A little later, he took the lead Maverick Vinales (Yamaha).
Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia in Jack Miller they were once again on a journey with the red sectors, but numerous excursions into the sandy zones overshadowed the struggle for the highest places. Miller, Rins and Dovizioso fell just a few seconds apart and could no longer improve their times. Rinse are after the fall of z ambulance have to be taken to a medical center.
After the time is up fabio quartararo once again improved the best time. Team racer Petronas reached pole position with a time of 1: 36,705 minutes. "I didn't feel like it was a perfect lap while driving," admits Quartararo.
“Someone fell in the eleventh turn. When I saw a time of 1: 36.7 on the monitor, I thought, ok, good lap. But you never know exactly where you are because there are no monitors around the track. My tempo in FP4 was good, but Marco’s tempo is amazing. We will try to find another reserve for tomorrow, ” he said Quarterly.
bagnaia slipped out of the front row at the last second. The Italian is in the second row with a teammate from the Pramac team, Jack Miller, and LCR Honda racer, Cal Crutchlow. Espargaro Pol (KTM) starts the third row and shares it with Andreo Dovizioso in Alex Rins. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas-Yamaha) is at the head of the fourth line with Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) and Joan Mirom (Suzuki).
MotoGP: Order at the start, GP of Spain, Jerez:
| M | NO | DRIVER | THE CREW | MOTORCYCLE |
| 1 | 20 | F. Quartararo | Petronas SRT | Yamaha |
| 2 | 12 | M. Vinales | Yamaha | Yamaha |
| 3 | 93 | M. Marquez | Honda | Honda |
| 4 | 63 | F. Bagnaia | Pramac | Ducati |
| 5 | 43 | J. Miller | Pramac | Ducati |
| 6 | 35 | C. Crutchlow | LCR | Honda |
| 7 | 44 | P. Espargaro | KTM | KTM |
| 8 | 04 | A. Dovizioso | Ducati | Ducati |
| 9 | 42 | A. Rins | Suzuki | Suzuki |
| 10 | 21 | F. Morbidelli | Petronas SRT | Yamaha |
| 11 | 46 | V. Rossi | Yamaha | Yamaha |
| 12 | 36 | J. Mir | Suzuki | Suzuki |
| 13 | 33 | B. Binder | KTM | KTM |
| 14 | 9 | D.Petrucci | Ducati | Ducati |
| 15 | 30 | T. Nakagami | LCR | Honda |
| 16 | 41 | A. Espargaro | Aprilia | Aprilia |
| 17 | 88 | Mr Oliveira | Tech 3 | KTM |
| 18 | 38 | B. Smith | Aprilia | Aprilia |
| 19 | 53 | T. Rebate | Avintia | Ducati |
| 20 | 5 | J. Zarco | Avintia | Ducati |
| 21 | 93 | A. Marquez | Honda | Honda |
| 22 | 27 | I. Lecuona | Tech 3 | KTM |
