At the end of this Saturday of the Italian Grand Prix, there are disappointments and other acts of contrition at Honda. Jack Miller does not discharge his teammate Rabat on his performance in the top 10 while Cal Crutchlow flagellates himself in the LCR team box, shouting to anyone who will listen that his poor performance during qualifying is primarily his own. Marc Márquez is not there yet. But there is an idea...
It is from the sixth plot of the starting grid that the World Champion will set off for a race on the Mugello track which remains open. Starting from the second row in this way is not prohibitive on such a circuit, but it did not escape MM93 that he was once again passed in front by his teammate Pedrosa posted right in front of him. And with a time in the 1'46 zone which he did not reach.
For a driver who must make up 27 points behind a championship leader Casa Particular in Viñales besides poleman in Tuscany, we hoped for better. The interested party also: “ to be honest, I didn't do my best qualifying this Saturday. I made mistakes and miscalculated my move when looking for Zarco's aspiration. I went too early on my fastest lap ».
The disappointment is all the greater because in theory… “ I have the best virtual second time by adding my sectors, but the problem is that we couldn't put them end to end! Now I saw during FP4 that I had good pace with the worn tires, which is positive ».
As for everyone and everywhere else, the choice of tires which will suffer in the furnace of Mugello will be essential: “ We suffer with the front tire and this is also one of the causes of our difficult qualifying. They are too tender. But we are not far from having found our settings ».
« The warm-up will be important for the final decisions on the tires. The medium could pass but it remains to be seen because they quickly lose their effectiveness under these temperatures. As for the tender ones, I don't think anyone will take them ". One last remark to follow because there is a double French World Champion currently at Tech3 who is thinking about it…
Given the situation, what do we hope Marc Márquez of this race? “ Viñales, Rossi, Dovizioso and Pedrosa are more competitive. The Yamahas are very strong, they are well balanced and they behave well under acceleration. Especially that of Maverick which seems to me to be the fastest. I wouldn't be surprised to see him win on Sunday. As for me, the last step of the podium would be good. To win, everything really needs to happen perfectly. ».
#ItalianGP J.2: MotoGP Chronos
| 1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'46.575 | ||
| 2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'46.814 | 0.239 | 0.239 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'46.835 | 0.260 | 0.021 |
| 4 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'46.878 | 0.303 | 0.043 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'46.999 | 0.424 | 0.121 |
| 6 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 1'47.050 | 0.475 | 0.051 |
| 7 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'47.152 | 0.577 | 0.102 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'47.167 | 0.592 | 0.015 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'47.266 | 0.691 | 0.099 |
| 10 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 1'47.282 | 0.707 | 0.016 |
| 11 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'47.319 | 0.744 | 0.037 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'47.475 | 0.900 | 0.156 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'47.058 | ||
| Q2 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'47.141 | 0.083 | 0.083 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'47.220 | 0.162 | 0.079 |
| 14 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 1'47.272 | 0.214 | 0.052 |
| 15 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | 1'47.305 | 0.247 | 0.033 |
| 16 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'47.625 | 0.567 | 0.320 |
| 17 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 1'47.809 | 0.751 | 0.184 |
| 18 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'47.940 | 0.882 | 0.131 |
| 19 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 1'47.961 | 0.903 | 0.021 |
| 20 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | 1'47.975 | 0.917 | 0.014 |
| 21 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'48.361 | 1.303 | 0.386 |
| 22 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 1'48.416 | 1.358 | 0.055 |
| 23 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'48.594 | 1.536 | 0.178 |
| 24 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | 1'48.892 | 1.834 | 0.298 |
