MotoGP Indonesia LIVE race: without Marc Marquez, with rain, delays and… Oliveira wins ahead of Quartararo and Zarco

This Indonesian Grand Prix promises to be explosive. Everyone will have a good reason to do well and just as many will have the means to do so. A real ragtag battle is promised to us where, for example, Ducati will be looking for a fourth consecutive victory for the first time while Fabio Quartararo will aim to restart his title defense starting from pole position.

It is indeed fabio quartararo who qualified on pole position for the first time since Catalonia last year, ending his longest streak of successive races without a single pole position since moving up to MotoGP in 2019. George Martin (Pramac Racing) qualified second for his third consecutive front row start since Valencia last year. It's his sixth front row in MotoGP so far, and the first that isn't a pole position.

Martin's teammate, Johann zarco (Pramac Racing) qualified third for his first front row start since his pole position in Germany last year. He will aim to reach the podium for the first time since Catalonia last year. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) qualified fourth as the highest-ranked KTM rider for his best qualifying result in MotoGP, as well as the best qualifying result for KTM since Catalunya last year with Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) also fourth.

After passing Q1, Francis Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) qualified sixth as the highest-ranked Ducati factory rider. This is the second time in a row that he has failed to qualify on the front row. Ducati riders will aim for a fourth consecutive victory for the first time in the category.

alex rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), who suffered a mechanical problem in FP4, qualified eighth as the top Suzuki and will aim to make the podium for the first time since second last year at Silverstone. After going through Q1, Fabio DiGiannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP) became the first of five rookies this year to reach Q2. He qualified 11th for his best qualifying result in his second MotoGP race.

In Q1 for the seventh time since returning from injury in Portugal last year, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) failed to reach Q2 for the fifth time in MotoGP with Italy (2015), Spain (2021), Catalonia (2021) and Netherlands (2021). He starts from 14th place, equaling his second worst starting position in the class for Spain last year and after Assen, also last year, when he was 20th. With Marc Marquez 14th as the highest-ranked Honda rider, this is the worst grid position for the top Honda since the 2020 San Marino GP, when Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) was 14th.

What will this second race of the 2022 season have in store for us? MotoGP in Indonesia? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Indonesia	2022
Test 2022	1'31.060 Pol Espargaró (See here)
FP1	1'33.499 Pol Espargaró (See here)
FP2	1'31.608 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP3	1'34.067 Marc Márquez (See here)
FP4	1'31.968 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Q1	1'31.219 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Q2	1'31.067 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Warm up	1'32.001 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Course	Oliveira, Quartararo, Zarco
All time lap record	1'31.067 Fabio Quartararo (See here)

The big news is that Marc Marquez is out following the terrible accident he suffered during the warm-up.

But there is also the rain which has invited itself Mandalika.

Here are the live images.

On the program side, given the conditions, the first decision is a delayed entry into the grid by 5 minutes.

We now learn that the departure has been postponed.

Here is the new schedule: a departure at 08:10 a.m. is announced.

But the rain does not let up. And we review the program.

What we are certain of is that these tires will be chosen…

The Indonesian Grand Prix takes on water, literally…

The pilots took off their suits. Rumors of a sprint race are starting to circulate.

The race is reduced to 20 laps, or 7 fewer. But we are still far from even imagining a departure. A race on Monday is in the pipeline. The large audience is making incantations.

All means are used to counter the anger of the elements.

And it's an art that is not given to everyone.

And it’s fun…

fabio quartararo comments: “It's not an easy situation“, said the Yamaha factory rider. “ I wanted a lot of water for this Grand Prix in case of rain. But now we need a motorboat or jet ski to cross the puddles here. We have no choice but to wait. We cannot start at the moment”, said El Diablo. “Now we have to see what the race management decides and what happens today. It's all about visibility and the amount of water on the course. Plus, we never really drove in the rain this year. Now we have to get straight into a “wet race” without a rain session… At the weekend we had mixed conditions here twice, so half wet, but we mostly rode slicks in FP1 and FP3. We've never really had a wet workout here. Now we definitely have too much water on the track. "

The engines are roaring, the race should take place. Thank you Madam ! Departure announced at 09h15.

The pilots return to the track.

Here we go again:

The rain is falling, but the departure procedure is underway. Confirmation from Michelin: All drivers are on medium/medium rain. Track conditions look pretty good. There are no complaints from the drivers on the grid.

The pack is released, Quartararo, Oliveira, Miller, Rins et zarco are in front. Morbidely et Martin follow. Bargnaia is ninth Then Oliveira takes the lead in front Miller et Fabio. zarco is fifth. Binder is eleventh and Mir sixth while he started 18th. Miller takes the lead.

Miller et Olive tree take flight and Quarterly let go. He holds the peloton back. Kidneys honks behind. He passes, zarco Also. The Yamaha official is not in a good rhythm.  bagnaia is still ninth. Brad Binder twelfth.

Nice scare for George Martin, eighth.

15 laps from the goal, Olive tree puts his KTM in front of the Ducati of Miller. Rins Zarco et Fabio follow. bagnaia lack of falling. He takes the track 12th.

bagnaia lack of falling. He takes the track 12th.

George Martin fall. The championship leader bastianini is 17th. Olive tree seems to have the race well in hand. Miller is over 2s away. Pol I will espargaro it's getting nice and warm. He leaves 12th. The Yamaha of Dovizioso stop.

Darryn Binder 13th is first among the rookies. Oliveira, Miller, Rins, Zarco on fire and Quarterly constitute a top 5 that is trying to catch up Mir. zarco swallows Kidneys. He is third and he attacks hard.

Darryn binder decides to pass his brother Brad for the gain of ninth position. There are 6 rounds left. zarco fights against Miller allowing Fabio to come back but Olive tree to move towards victory. The Portuguese is 4s ahead.

Fabio pass Zarco, the two Frenchmen are in a duel giving air to Miller. But the Yamaha official is in a state of grace. He passes the Australian leaving the two Ducatis to their duel for the last step of the podium in Indonesia.

Quarterly now knows how to ride in the rain. There are three laps left, he is 3s behind Olive tree and he takes back 1s per lap... Under the checkered flag, Olive tree takes victory for KTM in front fabio quartararo et John Zarco, first Ducati in front Miller.

Miller, Rins, Mir et Morbidely follow. Brad Binder is eighth in front Aleix I will espargaro et Darryn Binder in the top 10 and first rookie. bastianini is 11th and retains the lead in the championship. bagnaia is only 15th in Indonesia.

bastianini now leads the championship with 30 points, two points ahead Brad Binder, three in front Quarterly, five in front Olive tree and six in front zarco.

MotoGP Indonesia Race: classification

Credit classification motogp.com