This Saturday, at Sepang, was the revenge of those disappointed on Friday. Pedrosa, the day before, was completely lacking connection with his Honda in the rain while Alex Rins, during the first free practice session on his Suzuki was vegetating in the depths of the ranking. And the next day ? Here is Pedrosa in pole position and Alex Rins eighth after coming out of the repechage. The Spanish debutant even claimed the scalp of his experienced teammate Iannone, who he placed just behind him on the starting grid…
Beaten by his stablemate, Joe the Maniac explained: “ we can't drive at 100%. I can't drive the way I want. We have concerns and always on the side of grip. In FP3 it wasn't that bad, but in FP4 the problem returned. This affected qualifying. So it's complicated. We could perhaps have gained a few more tenths. But the race is tomorrow and we still have to decide on the tires ».
These few tenths would still have allowed the Italian to find himself dominated by his young teammate Alex Rins of 127 thousandths… “ It was hard to string together the sessions because the heat was incredible on the track. I suffered but I am happy. During FP3, we struggled and then I worked alone on the track during FP4 to find the rhythm. I succeeded ", states Kidneys.
« I also managed to find the limit in Q.1 to move on to Q.2. This is my best qualification of the season. We must now wait for what tomorrow's weather will bring ". On this performance, the boss on the ground Davide Brivio added : " Alex was courageous because he completed Q.1 then Q.2. He worked well improving his running pace. Andrea? Maybe he couldn't use the soft tires as he wanted. »...
#MalaysianGP MotoGP J.2: Chronos
| 1 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'59.212 | ||
| 2 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'59.229 | 0.017 / 0.017 | |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'59.236 | 0.024 / 0.007 | |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'59.498 | 0.286 / 0.262 | |
| 5 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'59.538 | 0.326 / 0.040 | |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'59.622 | 0.410 / 0.084 | |
| 7 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'59.694 | 0.482 / 0.072 | |
| 8 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'59.992 | 0.780 / 0.298 | |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 2'00.119 | 0.907 / 0.127 | |
| 10 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2'00.181 | 0.969 / 0.062 | |
| 11 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 2'00.326 | 1.114 / 0.145 | |
| 12 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 2'00.770 | 1.558 / 0.444 | |
| 13 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 2'00.351 | 0.213 / 0.164 | |
| 14 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | 2'00.451 | 0.313 / 0.100 | |
| 15 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 2'00.469 | 0.331 / 0.018 | |
| 16 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 2'00.718 | 0.580 / 0.249 | |
| 17 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 2'01.050 | 0.912 / 0.332 | |
| 18 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 2'01.207 | 1.069 / 0.157 | |
| 19 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 2'01.228 | 1.090 / 0.021 | |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 2'01.413 | 1.275 / 0.185 | |
| 21 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2'01.570 | 1.432 / 0.157 | |
| 22 | 60 | Michael VAN DER MARK | Yamaha | 2'02.376 | 2.238 / 0.806 | |
