San Marino Misano MotoGP Grand Prix Q.1: Pedrosa passes but also Morbidelli!

Johann zarco and Jack Miller escaped, but Morbidelli, Pedrosa or even Iannone will have to comply. Here are the repechages from which only two drivers will be saved who will continue the adventure in Q.2. 25° in the air, 40° on the track, it's also a new discovery, one more, for Christophe Ponsson. Who will be the two chosen to then go and seek the best places on the starting grid?  

Before answering this question, here is a reminder of the facts in table…

 

Misano MotoGP™	2017	2018
FP1	1'33.556 Marc Marquez	1'32.608 Andrea Dovizioso
FP2	1'33.231 Danilo Petrucci	1'32.198 Andrea Dovizioso
FP3	1'32.958 Marc Marquez	1'32.788 Johann Zarco
FP4	1'33.338 Andrea Dovizioso	1'32.633 Maverick Vinales
Qualification 1	1'33.563 Alvaro Bautista
Qualification 2	1'32.439 Maverick Vinales
Warm Up	1'48.170 Marc Marquez
Course	Marquez, Petrucci, Dovizioso
All time lap record	1'31.868 Lorenzo 2016

In 1'33.101, Baptist indicates that it should not be forgotten when establishing the first reference. But Pirro recalls that he has an official Ducati and that he knows how to use it in 1'32.679. Pedrosa follows at the gates of 1'32 per lap, but without crossing them. Instead of Baptist in 1'32.792.

Pedrosa slams a 1'32.499 then a 1'32.389 which suddenly makes it younger. Iannone follows and puts Pirro third and therefore first rejected. That's it for the first half!

The second is synonymous with the last five minutes. The first four are grouped into two tenths! Pirro et Morbidely can therefore still believe in it. The latter also comes second. Abraham fall, but above all also Pirro at turn 10. He lets two Hondas escape towards Q.2, to the great dismay of Iannone...

San Marino Misano Grand Prix MotoGP Q.1: times

1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 32.389s [Lap 4/8] 293km/h (Top Speed)
2. Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 32.454s +0.065s [7/7] 288k
3. Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 32.566s +0.177s [8/8] 288k
4. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 1m 32.624s +0.235s [3/7] 292k
5. Álvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 1m 32.792s +0.403s [3/8] 290k
6. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 33.084s +0.695s [3/8] 289k
7. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 33.085s +0.696s [7/8] 286k
8. Stefan Bradl GER HRC Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.361s +0.972s [7/7] 291k
9. Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 1m 33.437s +1.048s [3/8] 284k
10. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 33.502s +1.113s [3/7] 291k
11. Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 33.572s +1.183s [6/7] 285k
12. Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP17)* 1m 33.705s +1.316s [7/7] 286k
13. Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 33.755s +1.366s [9/9] 285k
14. Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 1m 33.812s +1.423s [3/5] 290k
15. Hafizh Syahrin EVIL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 34.080s +1.691s [8/8] 288k
16. Christophe Ponsson FRA Reale Avintia (GP16)* 1m 37.180s +4.791s [3/8] 284k