#AustralianGP MotoGP Q2: Score ahead of 2 Yamaha…

Drafted in Q1, Valentino Rossi and Bradley Smith joined Aleix Espargaro, Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Maverick Vinales, Jack Miller, Andrea Iannone, Johann Zarco, Dani Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro, already concretely qualified for Q2 at the at the end of the first day of this Australian Grand Prix.

The wet track this morning in FP3 and the drops of rain that occurred in FP4 are now forgotten and these 12 drivers will be able to compete to determine the first four rows of the starting grid for tomorrow's race.

The sky should hold, temperatures are 15° in the air and 28° on the ground.

#AustralianGP MotoGP™	2016	2017
FP1	1'40.957 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'29.602 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'51.958 Hector Barbera (See here)	1'29.225 Aleix Espargaro (See here)
FP3	1'33.155 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'38.522 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP4	1'36.810 Nicky Hayden (See here)	1'29.541 Marc Marquez (See here)
Qualification 1	1'38.467 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'29.346 Valentino Rossi (See here)
Qualification 2	1'30.189 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'28.386 Marc Marquez
Warm Up	1'29.897 Marc Marquez (See here)
Course	Crutchlow, Rossi, Vinales (See here)
All time lap record	1'27.899 Jorge Lorenzo 2013

As expected, all the drivers started on the soft rear tyre. At the front, they are all medium front tires except John Zarco et Jack Miller who choose a tender one.

Andrea Iannone et Jack Miller get stuck in the wheel Marc Marquez, which allows the Suzuki rider to take command with an already fast 1'29.265.

In the next passage, Marc Marquez sets the record straight in 1'28.884.

Behind this trio, we find Johann zarco, who rides alone, less than 3 tenths from the Honda driver. The French rider precedes the two official Yamahas Valentino Rossi et Maverick Vinales.

At the end of the first run, Andrea Dovizioso is in 12th and last place, more than a second behind Marc Márquez.

We see clearly Andrea Iannone wait for Marc Márquez to get back on the track, but the maneuver fails.

Cal Crutchlow minor fall at turn #4 while John Zarco provisionally takes pole position in 1'28.744.

One minute from the checkered flag, Maverick Vinales takes it away from him for 2 hundredths of a second before Marc Márquez reacts in 1'28.386.

The opposite, Andrea Dovizioso must settle for 11th position, just ahead Dani Pedrosa.

#AustralianGP MotoGP qualifying ranking: 

1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'28.386
2	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'28.719	0.333	0.333
3	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	1'28.744	0.358	0.025
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'28.937	0.551	0.193
5	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'28.964	0.578	0.027
6	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'29.030	0.644	0.066
7	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'29.203	0.817	0.173
8	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'29.271	0.885	0.068
9	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'29.321	0.935	0.050
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'29.429	1.043	0.108
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'29.496	1.110	0.067
12	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'29.546	1.160	0.050
		Q1 Results:
Q2	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'29.346
Q2	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'29.705	0.359	0.359
13	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'29.824	0.478	0.119
14	53	Tito RABAT	Honda	1'29.847	0.501	0.023
15	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'29.961	0.615	0.114
16	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'30.085	0.739	0.124
17	76	Loris BAZ	Ducati	1'30.224	0.878	0.139
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'30.471	1.125	0.247
19	8	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	1'30.543	1.197	0.072
20	45	Scott REDDING	Ducati	1'30.806	1.460	0.263
21	23	Broc PARKES	Yamaha	1'30.889	1.543	0.083
22	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	1'30.900	1.554	0.011
23	22	Sam LOWES	Aprilia	1'31.158	1.812	0.258