MotoGP LIVE Qatar Q2: Jorge Martín snatches pole position!

For this final qualification on the Losail circuit, Álex Rins, Marc Márquez, Joan Mir, Jorge Martín, Enea Bastianini, Pol Espargaró, Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia, Jack Miller and Aleix Espargaró, who have just joined Brad Binder and Fabio Quartararo drafted in Q1, are guaranteed to appear on the first four lines of the starting grid of the Qatar Grand Prix.

In which order ? This will be determined during this 15-minute session which will take place with temperatures of 23° in the air and 25° on the asphalt to give us a taste of what we will be able to see tomorrow, Sunday 16 hours in the light of the Qatari spotlight.

Here are the past references on this 5,4 kilometer track and its long straight line of 1068 meters:

Qatar MotoGP™	2021	2022
FP1	1'54.779 Aleix Espargaró (See here)	1'54.851 Brad Binder (See here)
FP2	1'53.145 Jack Miller (See here)	1'53.432 Alex Rins (See here)
FP3	1'56.064 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'53.790 Enea Bastianini (See here)
FP4	1'54.543 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'54.420 Johann Zarco (See here)
Q1	1'53.931 Joan Mir (See here)	1'53.512 Brad Binder (See here)
Q2	1'53.106 Jorge Martín (See here)	1'53.011 Jorge Martín (See here)
Warm up	1'54.482 Johann Zarco (See here)	(See here)
Course	Quartararo, Zarco, Martin (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'52.772 Francesco Bagnaia 2021 (See here)

When the red lights go out...Joan mir rushes first with Marc Márquez in his wheel. The Suzuki driver then tries to let the Honda driver pass but the latter does not intend to play the hare…

So, it is Alex Espargaró who leads the troop, without worrying about the others.

Marc Márquez took advantage of the Suzuki's wake and set the first benchmark in 1'53.566 at the end of the first flying lap.

On the next pass, there are six of them lighting up the sectors in red and it's Jack Miller who leads the ranking ahead Pol I will espargaro, in 1'53.411.

When the drivers relax their effort before changing tires, the hierarchy is made up of Jack Miller, Pol Espargaró, Jorge Martín, Marc Márquez, Enea Bastianini, Aleix Espargaró, Francesco Bagnaia, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli, Joan Mir and Brad Binder.

This is the moment when Brad Binder finally decides to take to the track, four minutes from the checkered flag…

Francis Bagnaia et Marc Marquez then light up the sectors in red, and a bit as usual Marc Márquez took advantage of the Ducati's wake to set the best time in 1'53.283 ahead of the Italian.

George Martín then produces his effort and seems on the verge of repeating his pole positions in Qatar and Valencia last year, this time in 1'53.011.

In extremis, Enea Bastianini takes second position on the grid

With fabio quartararo 11th and John Zarco 13th on the grid, the Qatar Grand Prix promises to be difficult for our two French representatives…

See you tomorrow at 11:40 a.m. for the warm up and at 16 p.m. for the race!

Ranking of Qualification 2 of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix on the Losail/Lusail circuit: 

Ranking of Qualification 1 of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix on the Losail/Lusail circuit: 

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com