Danilo Petrucci presents itself on the starting grid for the Spanish Grand Prix like the second Ducati helot in the running. Seventh, he equals his best result of the year in the exercise, which is not more exciting than that. However, its leader Dovizioso is fourth and his rival for the official handlebars, Miller, did not make it past Q1. The result should therefore be considered a little more than suitable…
Certainly, but the day ended with a fall. However, Petrux will have enough to play his part by starting from the third row. During winter testing he was very strong on this Jerez track, just like during free practice, and he will therefore try to bring a good result home. “ I'm happy with the feeling with the bike, even if starting from seventh position will make our task a little more difficult on Sunday " Explain Petrucci.
« Unfortunately, during my best lap, I felt a sudden vibration at the rear and almost crashed. So I couldn't improve my time. Before the checkered flag I tried to do another lap, but I slid at turn 1, fortunately without any consequences. We have a long race ahead of us and I am confident that we will always be able to have our say. My team has worked very well so far and we are competitive in terms of pace. I am therefore optimistic about our chances of achieving good results » Petrux finishes.
Spanish Grand Prix Jerez MotoGP J3: qualifying
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'36.880 | ||
| 2 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'36.962 | 0.082 | 0.082 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'36.970 | 0.090 | 0.008 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'37.018 | 0.138 | 0.048 |
| 5 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'37.114 | 0.234 | 0.096 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'37.175 | 0.295 | 0.061 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'37.209 | 0.329 | 0.034 |
| 8 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'37.332 | 0.452 | 0.123 |
| 9 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'37.351 | 0.471 | 0.019 |
| 10 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'37.384 | 0.504 | 0.033 |
| 11 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'37.496 | 0.616 | 0.112 |
| 12 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'37.514 | 0.634 | 0.018 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'37.164 | ||
| Q2 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'37.299 | 0.135 | 0.135 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'37.371 | 0.207 | 0.072 |
| 14 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'37.406 | 0.242 | 0.035 |
| 15 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'37.605 | 0.441 | 0.199 |
| 16 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'37.625 | 0.461 | 0.020 |
| 17 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'37.798 | 0.634 | 0.173 |
| 18 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 1'37.820 | 0.656 | 0.022 |
| 19 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Aprilia | 1'38.357 | 1.193 | 0.537 |
| 20 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'38.403 | 1.239 | 0.046 |
| 21 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'38.447 | 1.283 | 0.044 |
| 22 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 1'38.894 | 1.730 | 0.447 |
| 23 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'40.042 | 2.878 | 1.148 |
| 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia |
