Jorge's progress continues little by little, and that's a good thing on the occasion of this Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, only about fifty kilometers from Ducati headquarters, and with a grandstand reserved for his arch fans. -at the height like every year.
After his brilliant podium obtained during the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Lorenzo once again found third position, this time after free practice, behind Valentino Rossi et Marc Marquez.
He then settled for eighth place during the fourth free practice session, tied on time with Maverick Vinales, to the nearest thousandth. If the position was not excellent, on the other hand the time was good, only 0.289 from the best time achieved by Johann Zarco.
During qualifying, Jorge achieved the seventh performance, which ranked him third Ducati rider behind his teammates Andrea Dovizioso and Michele Pirro. Lorenzo will therefore start from the third row of the starting grid alongside the two other Desmosedici of Alvaro Bautista and Danilo Petrucci.
For Jorge Lorenzo, “ I am completely satisfied despite my position on the grid which was not what I had hoped for. We're actually a lot better with race pace than when it comes to setting a lap time, but in any case, it's my best qualifying performance this year after Austin.
“The most important thing is that we found a setting that I think can work well tomorrow in the race and also in the future.
“As for the race itself, we are all very close and it is complicated to make predictions, but I think if I can start well I can fight with the leading group. »
Qualification results:
1- Maverick Vinales – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 1’46.575
2- Valentino Rossi – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 + 0.239
3- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP + 0.260
4- Michele Pirro – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP + 0.303
5- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V + 0.424
6- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V + 0.475
7- Jorge Lorenzo – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP + 0.577
8- Alvaro Bautista – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP + 0.592
9- Danilo Petrucci – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP + 0.691
10- Tito Rabat – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V + 0.707
11- Johann Zarco – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 + 0.744
12- Aleix Espargaro – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP + 0.900
13- Cal Crutchlow – LCR Honda – Honda RC213V
14- Hector Barbera – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP
15- Jonas Folger – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
16- Andrea Iannone – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR
17- Loris Baz – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP15
18- Pol Espargaro – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16
19- Jack Miller – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V
20- Scott Redding – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP
21- Karel Abraham – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP15
22- Sam Lowes – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP
23- Bradley Smith – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16
24- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Maverick VIÑALES-Yamaha 85 points
2 Dani PEDROSA-Honda 68
3 Valentino ROSSI-Yamaha 62
4 Marc MARQUEZ-Honda 58
5 Johann ZARCO-Yamaha 55
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Ducati 54
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW-Honda 40
8 Jorge LORENZO-Ducati 38
9 Jonas FOLGER-Yamaha 38
10 Jack MILLER-Honda 29
11 Danilo PETRUCCI-Ducati 26
12 Scott REDDING-Ducati 26
13 Loris BAZ-Ducati 19
14 Aleix ESPARGARO-Aprilia 17
15 Andrea IANNONE-Suzuki 15
16 Alvaro BAUTISTA-Ducati 14
17 Tito RABAT-Honda 13
18 Hector BARBERA-Ducati 12
19 Karel ABRAHAM-Ducati 9
20 Alex RINS-Suzuki 7
21 Pol ESPARGARO-KTM 6
22 Bradley SMITH-KTM 6
23 Sam LOWES-Aprilia 2
24 Sylvain GUINTOLI-Suzuki 1
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