MotoGP Germany Q1 LIVE: rookies Di Giannantonio and Bezzecchi teach the lesson

The protagonists of this Q1 of the German Grand Prix were defined during the morning FP3 on the Sachsenring which was the session for all records. Pecco Bagnaia achieved the best time there. The Ducati rider, already the fastest on Day 1, set a new track record with a time of 1'19.765. Behind the Piedmontese was Aleix Espargarò with Aprilia, ahead of the second official Ducati, that of the Australian Jack Miller.

The trio is followed by the Ducati Pramac of John Zarco and George Martin for a Top 5 entirely occupied by Italian manufacturers. Sixth beat for fabio quartararo, who at the end of the session had a problem with the visor coming off his helmet. “El Diablo” returned to the pits to change his helmet and be able to do the start tests.

Joan mir with Suzuki closes the Top 10. Takaaki Nakagami with the Honda LCR, Maverick Vinales with the second Aprilia and Miguel Oliveira with the KTM did not enter Q2, given that Luca marini (Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team) is tenth in the combined with the time recorded on day 1.

They will therefore have to go through this Q1 in addition toOlive tree among others: the Ducati rookie Marco Bezzecchi which fell at the start of the session, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Pol Espargarò, Enea Bastianini, Andrea Dovizioso, alex rins operated on the wrist after the fall triggered by Nakagami in Barcelona, ​​and Franco Morbidelli.

The best rookie was Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) 11th, followed by Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini) 12th, Remy Gardner (Team Tech 3) 16th, Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU RNF) 20nd and Raul Fernandez (Team Tech 3) 24th.

What will this Q1 have in store for us, the notable participant of which is still the third in the championship? Enea Bastianini ? Before you know it, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far...

Sachsenring MotoGP™	2021	2022
FP1	1'21.660 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'21.479 Jack Miller (See here)
FP2	1'20.690 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'20.018 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP3	1'20.348 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'19.765 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP4	1'21.397 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'21.065 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'20.644 Alex Rins (See here)
Q2	1'20.236 Johann Zarco (See here)
Warm Up	1'21.341 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Course	Marquez, Oliveira, Quartararo (See here)
All time lap record	1'20.195 Marc Márquez (2019) (See here)	1'19.765 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)

33.3° in the air and 50.2° on the track will be the scorching conditions offered to the pilots for this quarter of an hour. The atmosphere has already been hot since this morning, the proof…

Before hostilities begin, we learn that the end of qualifying, Miller will have to go to race management to explain why he fell during the yellow flag regime… A penalty in sight?

And here we go! alex rins does not participate. The Suzuki rider withdrew from the German GP as the pain in his right wrist was just too much.

The first reference goes to By Giannantonio in 1'20.503, ahead Remy gardner. The rookie from Gresini improves in 1'20.307 and it is Pol I will espargaro following. The 13 drivers are on the road, all are wearing a soft rear tire. At the front, alone Morbidely et Fabio DiGiannantonio use the medium, everyone else uses the hard.

Another “DiGia” teaches her teammate a lesson bastianini fifth of the session. The other rookie Bezzecchi is third. We're entering the last five minutes.

Bezzecchi goes back to second. Under the checkered flag, the rookies By Giannantonio et Bezzecchi add two more Ducatis in Q2… The first one eliminated is Pol I will espargaro which Miguel Oliveira follows. Brad Binder closes the top 5 while it's a disaster for bastianini : he will start 17th in this German Grand Prix.

Results of Qualifying 1 of the MotoGP German Grand Prix at Sachsenring:

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