The pre-qualifying session of the Indonesian Grand Prix MotoGP which is currently taking place on the Mandalika circuit, on the island of Lombok, has delivered its verdict, in this case the names of the 10 drivers who advance directly to Qualification-2.
In this list dominated by the official Aprilia of Alex Espargaro et Maverick Vinales, also appear Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), George Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), Miguel Oliveira (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team), Fabio DiGiannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP), Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and fabio quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).
Alas, no Johann zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) only 13th on this Friday the 13th, which must, as the leader of the world championship Francis Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), go through Qualification-1. On one side or the other, no real explanation for these poor performances, even if we mention a recurring lack of feeling in qualifying for the Frenchman, electronic adjustments for the Italian.
The last 5 minutes of Practice:
For this last 30-minute work session before qualifying, the sky is blue with temperatures of 31° in the air and 50° on the new and fast Indonesian asphalt. So let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :
Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far:
|
Mandalika MotoGP™ |
2022 |
2023 |
| FP1 |
1'33.499 Pol Espargaró (See here) |
1'31.811 Jorge Martin (See here) |
| Practice |
1'31.608 Fabio Quartararo (See here) |
1'30.474 Aleix Espargaró (See here) |
| FP2 |
1'34.067 Marc Márquez (See here) |
1'30.998 Jorge Martin (See here) |
| FP4 |
1'31.968 Franco Morbidelli (See here) |
XXXXX |
| Q1 |
1'31.219 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) |
(See here) |
| Q2 |
1'31.067 Fabio Quartararo (See here) |
(See here) |
| Sprint |
XXXXX |
(See here) |
| Warm up |
1'32.001 Fabio Quartararo (See here) |
|
| Course |
Oliveira, Quartararo, Zarco |
(See here) |
| All time lap record |
1'31.067 Fabio Quartararo 2022 (See here) |
1'30.474 Aleix Espargaró (See here) |
When the red lights go out... Francesco Bagnaia is the quickest to get into action, fabio quartararo the most patient.
Time to go to work! 👊#MotoGP FP2 is go! 🚦#IndonesianGP ️ pic.twitter.com/s3Fc5axa6C
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 14, 2023
With the exception of George Martin in medium, everyone is on soft tires at the rear, the ones with which they made their best time yesterday.
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At the end of the first round, Johann zarco registered 1'32.696 then 1'31.988 on the next pass before being surpassed by Maverick Vinales in 1'31.754.
Francis Bagnaia and Alex Espargaro improved, with the Spaniard posting 131376 less than 10 minutes into the session.
The World Champ has worked to do this morning! 🔄@PeccoBagnaia's hoping to make a step forward from yesterday! 📈#IndonesianGP ️ pic.twitter.com/yjCGaSTGcG
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 14, 2023
The Aprilia rider, who dominated yesterday, seems supercharged and clocked 1'31.028, a new circuit record!
fabio quartararo, who then occupies second position, sees his combination begin to open, a problem already known to the Frenchman...
Maverick Vinales then comes to place himself behind his teammate then Augusto Fernandez minor fall at turn #1
Halfway through the session, the drivers return to their box after having completed enough laps to know if the soft rear tire will be able to do the Sprint with the high temperatures prevailing today in Mandalika.
Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales, Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller, Jorge Martin, Takaaki Nakagami, Francesco Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Brad Binder, Miguel Oliveira, Pol Espargaro, Johann Zarco, Augusto Fernandez, Marc Márquez, Franco Morbidelli, Raul Fernandez, Luca Marini , Joan Mir, Enea Bastianini, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Rins occupy in this order the classification of this working session.
It's been a positive morning for @FabioQ20 so far! 💪
He's looking like he has pretty good race pace! 🔄#IndonesianGP ️ pic.twitter.com/xpwUapiTyu
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 14, 2023
Upon resumption, Miguel Oliveira makes a mistake in turn #1, without seriousness, which cancels the turn Marc Marquez.
With the exception of Jack Miller, everyone left on a soft rear tire, which seems to indicate that it will be used for the Sprint.
George Martin then achieved the best time of the session in 1'30.998, Johann zarco the fifth.
The Martinator gets the best of the Aprilias! 📈
Confidence overload at the moment for this guy 👏#IndonesianGP ️ pic.twitter.com/pHyCAC41ic
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 14, 2023
Results of FP2 of the Indonesian MotoGP Grand Prix in Mandalika:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com