Ducati can rejoice in the starting grid for the San Marino Grand Prix, 2018 edition: three of his Desmosedici are in the first four positions. However, its future spearhead Andrea Dovizioso is the last of this trio and will start from the second row. Jorge Lorenzo, who will move to Honda at the end of the year, is meanwhile in pole position with Jack Miller at his side with a GP17. The Australian also dominated his teammate Petrucci who will be DesmoDovi's lieutenant in 2019…
A painting which is therefore special, but there is still Sunday to paint it definitively. You will have to be both efficient and manager for this race which will once again be a story of tire management. What the 2017 world vice-champion confirms: “ third or fourth, it doesn't change much. But it would have been nice to have an all-Ducati front row, but we didn't get there ».
« Looking at the data, I saw that I wasn't as smooth as I should have been. However, the bike is there, we are fast, even at race pace. Misano is always a special track, it is not easy to understand today what it will have in store for us the next day. We will see on the length of the race... For the choice of tires, we saw that the soft does not allow a leap forward while the medium works well. It is fast and constant, the wear is less pronounced than on Friday. We are in the leading group, further confirmation of the excellent work we do ».
Ducati hasn't won at Misano for some time. Casey Stoner in 2007.
San Marino Grand Prix, Misano, MotoGP J.2: times.
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'31.629 | ||
| 2 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'31.916 | 0.287 | 0.287 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'31.950 | 0.321 | 0.034 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'32.003 | 0.374 | 0.053 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'32.016 | 0.387 | 0.013 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'32.025 | 0.396 | 0.009 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'32.028 | 0.399 | 0.003 |
| 8 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'32.136 | 0.507 | 0.108 |
| 9 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'32.250 | 0.621 | 0.114 |
| 10 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'32.338 | 0.709 | 0.088 |
| 11 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'32.369 | 0.740 | 0.031 |
| 12 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | |||
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'32.389 | ||
| Q2 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 1'32.454 | 0.065 | 0.065 |
| 13 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'32.566 | 0.177 | 0.112 |
| 14 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'32.624 | 0.235 | 0.058 |
| 15 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'32.792 | 0.403 | 0.168 |
| 16 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'33.084 | 0.695 | 0.292 |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'33.085 | 0.696 | 0.001 |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'33.361 | 0.972 | 0.276 |
| 19 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'33.437 | 1.048 | 0.076 |
| 20 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'33.502 | 1.113 | 0.065 |
| 21 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'33.572 | 1.183 | 0.070 |
| 22 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'33.705 | 1.316 | 0.133 |
| 23 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'33.755 | 1.366 | 0.050 |
| 24 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'33.812 | 1.423 | 0.057 |
| 25 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'34.080 | 1.691 | 0.268 |
| 26 | 23 | Christophe PONSSON | Ducati | 1'37.180 | 4.791 | 3.100 |
