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beautiful duel between Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia to beat Jack Miller in the last round this Saturday and that allowed the starting grids to be designed. The Honda rider, regardless of what happens tomorrow in the race, has shown that he is back and that he is one of the top favorites to win the World Championship. With this classification he puts an end to all the physical problems that have plagued him these last two seasons. The Catalan will start on the front line. third behind Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini, who got into the front row for the first time in his sports career. The Madrilenian sealed an excellent weekend. Fifth pole in the premier class in the 15 races that the Ducati rider has contested
Fabio Quartararo who had been left out of Q2 was able to recover from the surprise and the world champion only needed one lap in Q1 to set the best time, he was ahead of Zarco. It was an internal fight with drivers who had surprisingly suffered the setback of not having achieved a good classification in the third free practice. Binder, Dovizioso, Nakagami, Oliveira, Viñales, Raúl Fernández or Alex Márquez were fighting to get a place in the final round, while the big favorites watched from their pits, with the job done. Surprisingly poor weather Andrea Dovizioso, which will place your Yamaha at the rear of the grid. in the end it was Binder the one who marked the best time, followed by Quartararo. The two went on to Q2 to fight for the first MotoGP pole position of the season.
“I’m very happy. I’m not confident for tomorrow because we lack grip and I suffer a lotand. I wasn’t expecting pole position but I knew that after one lap I had potential. I was confident and I’m happy. I still have to assimilate it because I am thinking about that rhythm that we need to have a good race”, explained Martín at the end of the race. Marc Marquez, who returns to the front row after three years, was happy with the sensations he felt in the race. «It was a good lap, with Pecco as a reference. Above all, I am happy with FP4, in which I had a good pace going alone. It’s very good after everything we’ve been through,” explained the Catalan.
Moto2: No Spanish in the front row
Celestino Vietti He has achieved a pole that he has not been able to celebrate on the track. The Italian has found out that he had achieved the best time when he had already got off the bike in the parc fermé after the race direction had canceled Sam Lowes his best lap, which has moved him to third place. Tony Arbolino will start in the front row between both drivers. The big disappointment was for Augusto Fernandez and to Peter Acosta, who started among the favorites. The Mallorcan on Vietti’s wheel slipped in sixth, but the Murcian fell when he came on pole and will start tenth.
Augusto Fernández had been the reference throughout all free practice, dominating two of the three sessions held in Losail. The other had been for Sam Lowes, who was emerging as the other great bet to achieve pole position this Sunday. In the end, the pilot Red Bull KTM Ajo He will start sixth, on the second row of the grid. Aldeguer was eighth, Arón Canet ninth, Acosta tenth, Navarro twelfth and Albert Arenas fifteenth.
Moto3: Pole for Izan Guevara
The Mallorcan Izan Guevara has achieved the first pole of the year in Moto3 and will be accompanied on the front row by Ayumu Sasaki and Jaume Masiá. the pilot of GasGas Aspar Team He has also signed pole number 600 for Spanish motorcycling. The pilot has overcome the strong wind that has hit Losail and the sandstone that has reduced the grip of the track. Guevara has been the reference in FP2, leading the session with almost half a second ahead of PcPhee and the world runner-up Foggia. García Dols was eighth, Ivan Ortolá tenth, Carlos Tatay eleventh, Xavi Artigas thirteenth and Dani Holgado fifteenth. Ana Carrascoin her first Moto3 qualifying since the 2015 season, has finished in 26th place. That last year, the Murcian had 24th at the Sachsenring as her best grid classification and the usual thing was to be beyond thirtieth position.
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