Before packing his bags in Catalonia, Andrea Dovizioso proclaimed to anyone who would listen that this seventh meeting of the season would be an important deadline for the rest of the championship. Manager since his only victory of the year in Qatar, beaten by his teammate in Italy, the last race to date which he also finished behind his rival Marc Marquez, DesmoDovi is letting the points slip away and seems to be returning to who he was before 2017 We were waiting for a reaction in Montmeló and…
And for the moment, it has not been observed. Andrea Dovizioso finished sixth qualifying for the Catalan Grand Prix, which puts him just on the second line. At least he is ahead of his teammate Petrucci, seventh, but he is still far from Marc Márquez, second. And yet, he says he is satisfied with his performance...
« I am happy with our position because today the track conditions were particularly critical in terms of grip and it was easy to make mistakes. Starting from the first two lines was essential » comments the double world vice-champion.
« Race pace remains a question mark at the moment, as there is very little grip and the relatively slow times reflect this. We saw this also during FP4, where all drivers mounted almost every possible tire combination. We are in the leading group and that is a sign that we have worked well » adds the Ducati official.
He finishes : " but the differences are minimal and it is difficult to understand the potential of our opponents. We are competitive, but tomorrow we will have to be very intelligent and manage the race without making any mistakes. I would like to race only with Marc Marquez, but there will be drivers on Sunday. maybe even more competitive than Marc. He was fast in all sessions, but in a different way. This shows, in my opinion, that they have problems too.”
MotoGP Catalonia J2: times
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'39.484 | ||
| 2 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'39.499 | 0.015 | 0.015 |
| 3 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'39.710 | 0.226 | 0.211 |
| 4 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'39.711 | 0.227 | 0.001 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'39.753 | 0.269 | 0.042 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'39.777 | 0.293 | 0.024 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'39.844 | 0.360 | 0.067 |
| 8 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'39.870 | 0.386 | 0.026 |
| 9 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'40.151 | 0.667 | 0.281 |
| 10 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'40.199 | 0.715 | 0.048 |
| 11 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'40.240 | 0.756 | 0.041 |
| 12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'40.425 | 0.941 | 0.185 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'39.727 | ||
| Q2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'40.012 | 0.285 | 0.285 |
| 13 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'40.167 | 0.440 | 0.155 |
| 14 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'40.271 | 0.544 | 0.104 |
| 15 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'40.349 | 0.622 | 0.078 |
| 16 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'40.362 | 0.635 | 0.013 |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'40.400 | 0.673 | 0.038 |
| 18 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 1'40.427 | 0.700 | 0.027 |
| 19 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'40.682 | 0.955 | 0.255 |
| 20 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 1'40.752 | 1.025 | 0.070 |
| 21 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'40.839 | 1.112 | 0.087 |
| 22 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Aprilia | 1'41.232 | 1.505 | 0.393 |
| 23 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | 1'41.270 | 1.543 | 0.038 |
| 24 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'41.748 | 2.021 | 0.478 |
