Jerez MotoGP Q.2: Zarco and Lorenzo among the Hondas!

Marc Márquez, Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Iannone, Johann Zarco, Jorge Lorenzo, Jack Miller, Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Danilo Petrucci and Alex Rins, pre-qualified directly for Q2, were joined by Andrea Dovizioso and Maverick Vinales, all just drafted in Q1.

It is now 26° in the air and 45° on the ground.

Here are the references available before the 15 minutes of this Q2:

Jerez MotoGP™	2017	2018
FP1	1'51.648 Dani Pedrosa (See here)	1'39.268 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
FP2	1'39.420 Dani Pedrosa (See here)	1'38.614 Cal Crutchlow (See here)
FP3	1'38.580 Dani Pedrosa (See here)	1'37.702 marc marquezSee here)
FP4	1'39.467 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'38.444 Andrea Iannone (See here)
Qualification 1	1'38.919 Andrea Iannone (See here)	1'38.074 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
Qualification 2	1'38.249 Dani Pedrosa (See here)	1'37.653 Cal Crutchlow
Warm Up	1'39.433 Maverick Vinales (See here)
Course	Pedrosa, Marquez, Lorenzo (See here)
All time lap record	1'37.910 Jorge Lorenzo 2015	1'37.653 Cal Crutchlow 2018

 

When the track opens, Jorge Lorenzo rushes forward immediately, ensuring that Cal Crutchlow Don't follow him too closely. At the opposite, Marc Márquez take your time and let everyone go.

In terms of tires, we find a bit of everything, without being able to identify a trend.

 

At the end of his first flying lap, Marc Marquez registered the first provisional reference in 1'37.977, one hundredth ahead Andrea Iannone.

The 2 men do not improve on the next pass, unlike Dani Pedrosa which is positioned 3th.

At the end of this first run, find Marquez, Iannone, Pedrosa, Rins, Crutchlow, Lorenzo, Vinales, Dovizioso, Zarco, Miller, Petrucci et Red.

On resumption, Cal Crutchlow recorded a 1'37.752 thanks to an excellent last sector while Andrea Dovizioso moves up to 5th position. The British driver uses a 2-stop strategy.

3 minutes from the checkered flag, Dani Pedrosa remember that he dominated the entire weekend here last year: 2nd!

A minute later, Valentino Rossi secures 8th place and alex rins of the 4th.

In the last seconds, Johann zarco, who now uses a medium rear, jumps from 11th to 3rd place and inserts himself into the middle of the 3 Hondas, just before Jorge Lorenzo don't stand behind him.

This is the 8th consecutive time that Johann zarco will start from the first line!

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