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At the end of the first three free practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix on the Jerez circuit, the tablets will only remember the fact that Takaaki Nakagami, Fabio Quartararo, Stefan Bradl, Joan Mir, Aleix Espargaró, Maverick Viñales, Francesco Bagnaia, Johann Zarco, Álex Rins et Jack Miller have pre-qualified for Q2. Then Franco Morbidelli et Brad Binder were drafted into Qualification 1, with the best time of the weekend for the Italian!

Enthusiasts will remember that Marc Márquez experienced his first big fall there after the one which cost him nine months of absence on the same circuit.

With a beautiful clear sky and temperatures of 20 degrees in the air and 41 degrees on the asphalt, the track conditions are still conducive to the final confrontation which will determine in 15 minutes the composition of the first four lines of the grid. departure.

Here are the past references:

MotoGP ™

2020 

2021

FP1

1'37.063 Maverick Viñales (see here)

1'38.013 Brad Binder (see here)
FP2

1'37.715 Takaaki Nakagami (see here)

1'37.209 Francesco Bagnaia (see here)
FP3

1'36.584 Maverick Viñales (see here)

1'36.985 Takaaki Nakagami (see here)
FP4

1'37.514 Takaaki Nakagami (see here)

1'37.341 Fabio Quartararo (see here)
Q1

1'37.355 Miguel Oliveira (see here)

1'36.916 Franco Morbidelli (see here)
Q2

1'37.007 Fabio Quartararo (see here)

1'36.755 Fabio Quartararo (see here)
Warm Up

1'37.710 Fabio Quartararo (see here)

Course

Quartararo, Vinales, Rossi (see here)

All time lap record

1'36.584 Maverick Viñales (2020)

When the red lights go out… ÁLex Rins is the first to set off, in front Franco Morbidelli et Joan mir, while Brad Binder and Fabio Quarterly let everyone go.

The soft tire is used at the rear while the front is shared between the medium and the soft.

At the end of the first round, Fabio Quartararo turns out to be the fastest in 1'36.807. It then precedes by 4/10 Jack Miller, Alex Rins and Francesco Bagnaia.

After the first run, The Devil precede Franco Morbidelli of 5/1000 then Takaaki Nakagami, Jack Miller, Maverick Viñales, Aleix Espargaró, Álex Rins, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia, Johann Zarco, Stefan Bradl and Brad Binder who remained in his box, probably lacking a soft tire.

On resumption, his box informs Fabio Quartararo that it is followed by Aleix Espargaro but that does not prevent the Frenchman from lighting the first two sectors in red before relaxing his effort.

One minute from the checkered flag, the positions did not change, until Jack Miller enjoy the wake of Francis Bagnaia to position themselves third.

Meanwhile, fabio quartararo this time lights the first three sectors in red before registering 1'36.755 and obtaining the 12th pole position of his career in MotoGP, the 4th in a row.

Johann zarco took advantage of the Yamaha rider's wake to move up to sixth place.

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Standings for Q2 of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez:

Standings for Q1 of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez:  

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