Joan mir arrived in Qatar pumped up for his first Moto2 Grand Prix. Crowned with his Moto3 title acquired with talent and authority, coming out of a promising off-season, observers already presented him as a contender for the top 5. Then the competition was launched and Mir lost his colors, even his line of progression . Worse, while the Spaniard was sinking into the depths of the ranking, a certain fenati came to light. His old rival in Moto3 and also a beginner…
And a beginner within a team which is also making its debut in Moto2 where every thousandth counts. So, when the teammate of a Alex Marquez in pole position for the first Grand Prix of the year sees from his 24rd places fifth position on the Italian's starting grid, the morale blow is severe.
But the Spaniard grits his teeth: “ This Saturday was difficult. I had a lot of trouble resetting my FP2 time. I don't really know why and we're going to have to look at the data this evening and try to be more relaxed tomorrow in these conditions. It's clear that we need to take a step forward if we want to get a good result in the race.. »
The boss on the ground Michael Bartholemy precise : " For Joan, her first official weekend in Moto2 has not been easy so far. But we also know that he is not yet one hundred percent. However, I think he will be able to claim to be in the points tomorrow. If he succeeds, it will be a good way to kick off his rookie season »
Moto2 #QatarGP Losail J.2: Chronos
| 1 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 2'00.299 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 2'00.607 | 0.308 | 0.308 |
| 3 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 2'00.843 | 0.544 | 0.236 |
| 4 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 2'00.846 | 0.547 | 0.003 |
| 5 | 13 | Roman FENATI | Kalex | 2'00.899 | 0.600 | 0.053 |
| 6 | 52 | Danny Kent | Speed Up | 2'00.965 | 0.666 | 0.066 |
| 7 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Kalex | 2'01.038 | 0.739 | 0.073 |
| 8 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | Kalex | 2'01.062 | 0.763 | 0.024 |
| 9 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | 2'01.129 | 0.830 | 0.067 |
| 10 | 22 | Sam LOWES | KTM | 2'01.167 | 0.868 | 0.038 |
| 11 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | Kalex | 2'01.176 | 0.877 | 0.009 |
| 12 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | Tech 3 | 2'01.252 | 0.953 | 0.076 |
| 13 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 2'01.338 | 1.039 | 0.086 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone COURSES | Kalex | 2'01.351 | 1.052 | 0.013 |
| 15 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 2'01.355 | 1.056 | 0.004 |
| 16 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Speed Up | 2'01.404 | 1.105 | 0.049 |
| 17 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 2'01.420 | 1.121 | 0.016 |
| 18 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | Kalex | 2'01.421 | 1.122 | 0.001 |
| 19 | 40 | Hector BARBERA | Kalex | 2'01.482 | 1.183 | 0.061 |
| 20 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | Tech 3 | 2'01.562 | 1.263 | 0.080 |
| 21 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | KTM | 2'01.745 | 1.446 | 0.183 |
| 22 | 4 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS | 2'01.936 | 1.637 | 0.191 |
| 23 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | 2'01.954 | 1.655 | 0.018 |
| 24 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 2'02.324 | 2.025 | 0.370 |
| 25 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Kalex | 2'02.433 | 2.134 | 0.109 |
| 26 | 45 | Tetsuit NAGASHIMA | Kalex | 2'02.568 | 2.269 | 0.135 |
| 27 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | NTS | 2'03.233 | 2.934 | 0.665 |
| 28 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | Suter | 2'03.263 | 2.964 | 0.030 |
| 29 | 95 | Jules DANILO | Kalex | 2'03.453 | 3.154 | 0.190 |
| 30 | 51 | Eric GRANADO | Suter | 2'03.516 | 3.217 | 0.063 |
| 31 | 21 | Federico FULIGNI | Kalex | 2'04.078 | 3.779 | 0.562 |
| 32 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | Kalex | 2'04.780 | 4.481 | 0.702 |
