During the three free practice sessions, the fourteen fastest drivers qualified, before then the sixteen others found themselves on track to select the four fastest among them to complete the field of eighteen qualified for Q2. We thus found these 18 men on the track to determine the positions on the first six rows of the starting grid.
|
Moto3 ™ |
2020 Jerez 1 |
2020 Jerez 2 |
| FP1 |
1'45.663 Gabriel Rodrigo |
1'45.895 Raúl Fernández |
| FP2 |
1'46.656 Gabriel Rodrigo |
1'46.560 John McPhee |
| FP3 |
1'45.700 Celestino Vietti |
1'45.165 Andrea Migno |
| Q1 |
1'46.595 Romano Fenati |
1'45.990 Ayumu Sasaki |
| Q2 |
1'45.465 Tatsuki Suzuki |
1'45.410 Tatsuki Suzuki |
| warm up |
1'46.250 Tatsuki Suzuki |
|
| Course |
Arenas, Ogura, Arbolino |
|
| All time lap record |
1'45.465 Tatsuki Suzuki (2020) |
At the opening of hostilities, the air temperature was 32° and that of the runway 57°.
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During the first minutes, the first significant time was to the credit of Raúl Fernández (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in 1'45.893.
Advantage @AiOgura79! 🇯🇵
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Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) took command 8 minutes from the checkered flag in 1'45.695. He preceded Raúl Fernández, Gabriel Rodrigo and John McPhee, before everyone returned to the pits.
Let the mind games begin! 👀#AndaluciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/zi0aqmMetr
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Pole position finally went to Suzuki in 1'45.410, ahead of Ogura, Rodrigo, Fernández, Arbolino and Arenas.
Three in a row for @TatsukiSuzuki24! 🥇
His undefeated qualifying streak in 2020 continues! 😎#AndaluciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/L9XgbFnmsr
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) July 25, 2020
Results of the second qualifying session:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
Benchmark performance:
Test record: 1'45.465 by Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda) in 2020
Lap record: 1'46.165 by Sergio García (Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0) in 2020
Maximum speed: 220,0 km/h by Álex Márquez (Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0) in 2014
A dominant afternoon from @johnmcp17! 🏴
The @sepangracing rider tops # Moto3 FP2 ahead of @M16NO and @AlbertArenas75! 💪#AndaluciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/KHLBonO2WA
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) July 24, 2020
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1. Albert ARENAS – KTM – 50 points
2. Ai OGURA – Honda – 36
3. John MCPHEE – Honda – 20
4. Jaume MASIÁ – Honda – 19
5. Tatsuki SUZUKI – Honda – 19
6. Gabriel RODRIGO – Honda – 19
7. Tony ARBOLINO – Honda – 17
8. Raúl FERNÁNDEZ – KTM – 16
9. Andrea MIGNO – KTM – 13
10. Celestino VIETTI – KTM – 11
Ai Ogura
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