Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) stormed to pole position – in a top spot that was constantly changing.
Danilo Petrucci (OCTO Pramac Racing) and Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) made it through the difficult Q1, but unfortunately failed to deliver top five starts. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) set one flying lap which put him in third before entering the pits to change tyres.
However, no sooner than he came in, it was announced that the fast lap was cancelled due to exceeding track limits. In the closing minutes, Lorenzo didn’t have a recorded lap time and was the first one back out to try and set a quick lap. He will round out the second row of the grid, starting sixth.
Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) left it until late to put in his quickest lap, and it was certainly worth the wait. Rossi shot up the grid, putting him in second position for tomorrow’s race, just 0.092 seconds off Marquez’s pace. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) will round out the front row.
MotoGP Q2 results:
1 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda Team | 1:54.981 |
2 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1:55.073 |
3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 1:55.119 |
4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | 1:55.441 |
5 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | 1:55.489 |
6 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | 1:55.552 |
7 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1:55.663 |
8 | Danilo Petrucci | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1:55.738 |
9 | Alvaro Bautista | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1:56.027 |
10 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1:56.075 |
11 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1:56.355 |
12 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | 1:56.624 |
Q1
13 | Alex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 1:56.460 |
14 | Jonas Folger | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1:56.540 |
15 | Jack Miller | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1:56.543 |
16 | Hector Barbera | Reale Avintia Racing | 1:56.685 |
17 | Karel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1:56.786 |
18 | Pol Espargaro | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1:57.034 |
19 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1:57.042 |
20 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 1:57.245 |
21 | Tito Rabat | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1:57.288 |
22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1:57.465 |
23 | Scott Redding | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1:57.517 |