Like all the other Moto2 riders, Fabio Quartararo experienced almost all track conditions during these first 2 days of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
13th during an FP1 started in the wet and finished in the dry, the French driver showed his potential in the afternoon on an asphalt devoid of any humidity by finishing this first day 2nd, only hundredths behind Alex Marquez.
On Saturday, an FP3 on a track that was neither really dry nor really wet saw the young man from Nice fall back to 17th position before masterfully restoring the situation by qualifying on the front row in the afternoon, on a surface this time miraculously exempt from any trace of water, 0,666 seconds behind the poleman. A numerical gap that is quite normal for El Diablo…
This is the 3rd first line obtained by Fabio Quartararo this year, after Barcelona and Motegi.
Tomorrow's weather conditions will undoubtedly depend on his performance in the race because, he himself confirms, the one who will be officiating next year on the handlebars of a Yamaha M1 greatly prefers a completely dry surface.
fabio quartararo : “a definitely positive day!” This morning was more complicated than the others due to the bad weather, but in the afternoon we found the good feeling we had yesterday and we had a good qualifying session. We immediately started with a good pace, continually improving the lap time. I'm happy to start from the front row and hope to make the most of this position. We still don’t know what the track conditions will be, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for a dry race.”
Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang, Moto2 Qualifying: classification.
| 1 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 2'05.629 | ||
| 2 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 2'06.117 | 0.488 | 0.488 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Speed Up | 2'06.295 | 0.666 | 0.178 |
| 4 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | Tech 3 | 2'06.347 | 0.718 | 0.052 |
| 5 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | Kalex | 2'06.439 | 0.810 | 0.092 |
| 6 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 2'06.549 | 0.920 | 0.110 |
| 7 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 2'06.617 | 0.988 | 0.068 |
| 8 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | Kalex | 2'06.687 | 1.058 | 0.070 |
| 9 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 2'06.741 | 1.112 | 0.054 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | 2'06.742 | 1.113 | 0.001 |
| 11 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Kalex | 2'06.878 | 1.249 | 0.136 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Kalex | 2'06.901 | 1.272 | 0.023 |
| 13 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 2'06.964 | 1.335 | 0.063 |
| 14 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 2'07.041 | 1.412 | 0.077 |
| 15 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | 2'07.086 | 1.457 | 0.045 |
| 16 | 45 | Tetsuit NAGASHIMA | Kalex | 2'07.220 | 1.591 | 0.134 |
| 17 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | KTM | 2'07.243 | 1.614 | 0.023 |
| 18 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 2'07.251 | 1.622 | 0.008 |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar PONS | Speed Up | 2'07.251 | 1.622 | |
| 20 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | Kalex | 2'07.365 | 1.736 | 0.114 |
| 21 | 22 | Sam LOWES | KTM | 2'07.379 | 1.750 | 0.014 |
| 22 | 24 | Simone COURSES | Kalex | 2'07.494 | 1.865 | 0.115 |
| 23 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | NTS | 2'07.516 | 1.887 | 0.022 |
| 24 | 4 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS | 2'07.566 | 1.937 | 0.050 |
| 25 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Kalex | 2'07.683 | 2.054 | 0.117 |
| 26 | 66 | Niki TUULI | Kalex | 2'08.425 | 2.796 | 0.742 |
| 27 | 95 | Jules DANILO | Kalex | 2'08.500 | 2.871 | 0.075 |
| 28 | 30 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | Tech 3 | 2'08.769 | 3.140 | 0.269 |
| 29 | 18 | Xavi CARDELUS | Kalex | 2'08.989 | 3.360 | 0.220 |
| 30 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | Suter | 2'09.524 | 3.895 | 0.535 |
| 31 | 21 | Federico FULIGNI | Kalex | 2'09.942 | 4.313 | 0.418 |
| 32 | 50 | Rafid Topan SUCIPTO | Suter | 2'10.553 | 4.924 | 0.611 |
