LIVE MotoGP Qatar 1 Q2: NEW RECORD for Pecco Bagnaia ahead of Fabio Quartararo!

Article updated continuously until the end of the session.

To Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo, Johann Zarco, Álex Rins, Maverick Viñales, Franco Morbidelli, Aleix Espargaró, Valentino Rossi and Pol I will espargaro, have just added Takaaki Nakagami et Joan mir, drafted during qualifying 1 of the Qatar Grand Prix.

12 drivers, 15 minutes, the Qatari night, 28° in the air and 29° on the asphalt, a wind present but not really bothersome, these are the ingredients which will be used to establish the order of the drivers in the first four lines of the starting grid, in this fight which mainly pits Ducati against Yamaha.

What will Johann zarco after breaking the speed record at 362,4 km/h?

Here are the available references:

Qatar 1 MotoGP™	2019	2021
FP1	1'55.048 Valentino Rossi (See here)	1'54.921 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
FP2	1'53.380 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'53.387 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'54.677 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'54.676 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
FP4	1'54.854 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'54.106 Maverick Viñales (See here)
Q1	1'54.270 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'53.577 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
Q2	1'53.546 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'52.772 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
warm up	1'54.807 Danilo Petrucci (See here)
Course	Dovizioso, Marquez, Crutchlow (See here)
All time lap record	1'53.380 Marc Márquez 2019 (1'53.183 Jack Miller in the 2021 test)

When the red lights go out... Franco Morbidelli preserves the tradition by launching first on the Losail track.

Everyone is of course on soft tires which are, as a reminder, last year's medium tires.

From the first round launched, Francis Bagnaia achieves 1'53.273, already a faster time than Takaaki Nakagami in Q1 and a new circuit record. The Italian driver precedes Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales and Aleix I will espargaro.

In the next passage, Jack Miller achieves 1'53.215 but fabio quartararo smashes the circuit record in 1'53.038! The Devil reached a speed of 349,5 km/h.

After this first attempt, everyone returns to the box to fit a new soft rear tire. The hierarchy is then composed of Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller, Maverick Viñales, Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli, Aleix Espargaró, Johann Zarco, Joan Mir, Álex Rins, Takaaki Nakagami, Valentino Rossi and Pol I will espargaro.

There are four minutes left when the drivers return to the track…

The first attack comes from Maverick Vinales which positions its M1 just behind that of fabio quartararo.

Francis Bagnaia lights two sectors in red before taking provisional pole position in 1'52.772: New circuit record, which benefits Valentino Rossi who was in the wake of the Ducati!

In extremis, Maverick Vinales is inserted between the Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo and Valentino Rossi, relegating the nine-time world champion to the second row.

Ranking for qualifying 2 of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix at Losail:

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Ranking for qualifying 1 of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix at Losail:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com