MotoGP Jerez 1 Race: Fabio Quartararo, the day of glory has arrived!

The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​set to kick off the 2020 MotoGP season in Jerez. On his starting grid sits Fabio Quartararo who qualified in pole position for the second time in a row, establishing a new lap record on the track. With his seventh pole position, Quartararo overtakes Christian Sarron as the French driver with the most pole positions in the premier Grand Prix category. If Fabio Quartararo wins the race in Spain (21 years and 90 days), he will be the eighth youngest driver to win a Grand Prix in the premier category, ahead of Valentino Rossi (21 years and 144 days) at the 2000 British Grand Prix. …

Will he succeed in this feat? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts experienced so far.

MotoGP ™	2019	2020
FP1	1'37.921 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'37.350 Marc Marquez (see here)
FP2	1'37.909 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'38.125 Franco Morbidelli (see here)
FP3	1'36.957 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'36.806 Fabio Quartararo (see here)
FP4	1'37.651 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'37.837 Marc Marquez (see here)
Q1	1'37.164 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'37.063 Alex Rins (see here)
Q2	1'36.880 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'36.705 Fabio Quartararo (see here)
Warm Up	1'37.595 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'37.883 Marc Marquez (see here)
Course	Marquez, Rins, Vinales (See here)	1'38.549 Fabio Quartararo
All time lap record	1'36.880 Fabio Quartararo 2019	1'36.705 Fabio Quartararo 2020

Si Quarterly wins, it will be 20 years and 304 days after his compatriot Regis Laconi, who won the last race for France in the premier category at Valencia in 1999.

This is the fourth consecutive pole position for a Yamaha rider in MotoGP, which is the longest pole position streak for Yamaha since 2010 (five times in a row from Silverstone to Laguna Seca with Jorge Lorenzo). However, in these last 18 pole positions, the Yamaha rider who got the pole has failed to win the MotoGP. The last runner to do it is Maverick Vinales at Le Mans in 2017.

Exactly, Casa Particular in Viñales, who finished third last year at Jerez, qualified in second place, which is his best qualifying result since Malaysia last year, when he was on his way to winning the race. She will try to reach the milestone of 2 points scored in Grand Prix and become the 000th driver to do so. There are 16 units.

For its part, Marc Marquez qualified in third place like last year in Jerez. Since moving to MotoGP in 2013, he has consistently been on the podium at Jerez, with three wins (two in the last two years). He will aim to reach the podium for the 17th consecutive time to tie Mick doohan (Australia/1994 – Japan/1995). And before the hostilities, he set the tone on his intentions…

Francis Bagnaia qualified in fourth place as the highest placed Ducati rider, which is his best qualifying result in MotoGP. He will aim to reach the podium for the first time in the category and become the first Ducati rider to do so at Jerez since Jorge Lorenzo, who third in 2017.

Jack Miller qualified in fifth place, which allows him to appear in the top six for the third time in a row. Furthermore, this is his best qualifying result at Jerez in the class.

Cal Crutchlow, who was on pole in 2018, qualified in sixth position as the second Honda driver, which is his best qualification since Malaysia last year. After going through Q1, Pol Espargaro qualified in seventh position as the highest placed KTM. This is the best qualifying result for the Austrian manufacturer in Jerez.

Andrea Dovizioso qualified in eighth place. In his 12 previous appearances at Jerez, Dovizioso never started from the front row or stood on the podium. His best qualifying and racing positions are two fourth places.

Valentino Rossi, the most successful driver in the premier class at Jerez with seven victories, qualified 11th. This is the second time in a row that he has failed to qualify in the top 10. Joan mir qualified in 12th position for the second consecutive time at Jerez. Last year it fell.

It's 33,3 degrees in the air and 52,2 degrees on the track. The drivers will have 25 laps to battle it out and win the grail.

Choice of tires: They are all hard/soft except Viñales and Rossi in soft/soft

The wild animals are finally released and at the end of the first corner, it is Viñales who emerges in the lead followed by Marquez and Miller. Quartararo, Bagnaia make up the top5.

After 1 lap, Viñales held on in front of Marquez. Mir falls in turn 9. Quartararo goes on the offensive and overtakes Bagnia who does not give up. Marquez's charge against Viñales doesn't work. Espargaro crashes in turn 10.

After 4 laps, Marquez passes Viñales and tries to escape. Rossi is 10th, Binder 8th.

Marquez makes a mistake in the gravel trap, turn 4, he does not fall. Big scare, exceptional rescue!

Marquez is in 16th position.

Quartararo passes Miller, he is now 2nd.

Behind, Miller, Bagnaia and Dovizioso bring up the rear of the top5

Viñales is now under threat from Quartararo. There are 17 rounds left.

Viñales makes a mistake, which allows Quartararo to pass and take the lead of the race. Miller also took advantage and found himself 2nd.

There are 15 laps left and the top 5 is as follows: Quartararo, Miller, Viñales, Bagnaia, and Dovizioso.

Rossi is in 8th position, Marquez is fighting to come back, he is 10th. Zarco is 13th. The 1st of the KTMs is P. Espargaro who is 6th.

Halfway through the race, Quartararo managed to stay 1,5 seconds ahead of Miller. At this stage of the race, only two drivers continue to run in 1.38, they are M. Marquez and Fabio.

Behind Rossi lets Marquez pass. He is now 8th.

10 more laps and Fabio is holding on in front of Miller and Viñales, Dovizioso and P.Espargaro. Quartararo now has a 3,1s lead over Miller.

Marquez makes the festival of overtaking, overtaking Bagnaia and Morbidelli. He completely erased them. He gets back on P.Espargaro, his future teammate. The world champion is in 6th position.

Rossi abandons.

Marquez passes Espargaro without difficulty, he also easily gets rid of Dovizioso. Marquez is 4th. Viñales goes on the offensive and passes Miller.

Charge from Marquez on Miller, it passes. There are 5 rounds left. He is 3rd.

Marquez falls in turn 3! The Spaniard is stunned, he holds his arm.

3rd position is now disputed between Miller, Dovizioso and Morbidelli.

2 more laps and Quartararo is still in control; Things are heating up between Miller, Morbidelli and Dovizioso. Dovizioso is 3rd, Miller 4th.

Marquez leaves the track on a stretcher with a neck brace and holds his arm.

Victory for Quartararo ahead of Viñales and Dovizioso.

MotoGP Jerez 1 Race: classification