It is a tense Spanish Grand Prix that a Andrea Dovizioso which has no particular relationship with the route of Jerez. The complete opposite of his teammate Lorenzo who didn't miss the opportunity to cut him some croupiers. The Majorcan is thus fourth while the championship leader is only eighth. Certainly, but to get there, he escaped during Q.1, he worked well for the race during the practice sessions and he sees that Marc Márquez is ultimately only fifth... So yes, he You will still have to count on DesmoDovi!
Starting from the third row at the Jerez circuit is not what an ideal position could be. Especially within a peloton where a tenth separates the second on the grid from… the ninth! But Dovi remains serene… “ Apart from my place on the grid, I am particularly happy with the progress we made this Saturday afternoon. In the morning, we were riding at the same pace as pretty much everyone else but now I think we can see the podium ».
« Jerez is a long race, in the afternoon it's hot, and that will slow down more than one person. During my qualification, I didn't do a perfect lap. It's not ideal to start from the third row, but we have a good rhythm. The real level of our opponents is not very clear. Anyway, I'm calmer than I was this morning ».
Jerez MotoGP J.2: Chronos
| 1 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'37.653 | |||
| 2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'37.912 | 0.259 | 0.259 | |
| 3 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'37.956 | 0.303 | 0.044 | |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'37.969 | 0.316 | 0.013 | |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'37.977 | 0.324 | 0.008 | |
| 6 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'37.984 | 0.331 | 0.007 | |
| 7 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'37.987 | 0.334 | 0.003 | |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'38.029 | 0.376 | 0.042 | |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'38.086 | 0.433 | 0.057 | |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'38.267 | 0.614 | 0.181 | |
| 11 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'38.281 | 0.628 | 0.014 | |
| 12 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'38.522 | 0.869 | 0.241 | |
| Q1 Results: | |||||||
| Q2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'38.074 | |||
| Q2 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'38.349 | 0.275 | 0.275 | |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'38.389 | 0.315 | 0.040 | |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'38.481 | 0.407 | 0.092 | |
| 15 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 1'38.544 | 0.470 | 0.063 | |
| 16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'38.598 | 0.524 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'38.610 | 0.536 | 0.012 | |
| 18 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'38.752 | 0.678 | 0.142 | |
| 19 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1'38.759 | 0.685 | 0.007 | |
| 20 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'38.838 | 0.764 | 0.079 | |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'38.961 | 0.887 | 0.123 | |
| 22 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'39.135 | 1.061 | 0.174 | |
| 23 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'39.146 | 1.072 | 0.011 | |
| 24 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'39.708 | 1.634 | 0.562 | |
| 25 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'39.918 | 1.844 | 0.210 |
