MotoGP Misano 1 Q1 LIVE: Bastianini teaches Marc Marquez a lesson

It's another beautiful linen that we find in this repechage session of the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano MotoGP version which is also called Q1. Two drivers will exit to join Q2 which serves as the final in this qualifying procedure. The one we will follow closely will be Marc Marquez who is still below his physical capabilities but who is pushing like hell, even if it means collecting falls, like during FP3...

Precisely, we will recall that the best time of this last free session counting for the development of the top 10 synonymous with direct entry into Q2 was won by the Aragonese winner Francesco Bagnaia. The latter recorded the best performance with a time of 1'31.936. He is followed by only 39 thousandths by the leader of the world ranking Fabio Quartararo.

The third time was for the second Ducati official, that of the Australian Jack Miller, who beat the Suzuki of the reigning champion Joan mir and the Aprilia of Maverick Vinales, which appeared transformed compared to Aragon, also thanks to the two days of testing carried out in Misano before the race at Motorland.

alex rins with the second Suzuki was sixth, ahead of the Frenchman's Ducati Pramac John Zarco and the Honda Repsol of Pol Espargarò. Jorge Martin (Ducati Pramac) also entered directly into Q2 by setting the tenth time less than half a second from the top.

Those that we will find in this Q1 are Takaaki Nakagami, Stefan Bradl, the eight-time world champion Marc Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, now a Yamaha Factory rider, Valentino Rossi, Enea Bastianini, Andrea Dovizioso, Luca Marini, Pirro et Danilo Petrucci. In this list, Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi et Petrucci had to suffer the pangs of the fall.

We will note the nice comeback in terms of timing for Dovi”, who made his debut yesterday on the Yamaha M1 Petronas, 2019 version, and who on yesterday's 2.5sec, reduced the liability to 1.138s in this third session, at the end of his first run entirely on dry ground.

What will this Q1 have in store for us, which will take place over fifteen intense minutes? Before you know it, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.

Misano-1 MotoGP™	2020	2021
FP1	1'31.721 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'32.666 Maverick Vinales (See here)
FP2	1'31.628 Brad Binder (See here)	1'42.097 Johann Zarco (See here)
FP3	1'31.127 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'31.936 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP4	1'32.005 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'32.197 Fabio Quartararo
Q1	1'31.559 Jack Miller (See here)	1'31.876 Enea Bastianini
Q2	1'31.077 Maverick Vinales (See here)
Warm Up	1'32.402 Alex Marquez (See here)
Course	Vinales, Mir, P.Espargaro (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.077 Maverick Vinales 2020

29.4° in the air and 38.5° on the track are the conditions offered to pilots for these fifteen minutes of exercise. The sky is cloudy, but not threatening.

The first reference is signed by Bradl in 1'33.149 ahead Marc Marquez who also took his wheel. But bastianini did much better in 1'31.876 in front Morbidely et Marc Marquez. Red This is his second fall of the day. bastianini is more than four tenths ahead and he is one of the few to run under 1'32.

We are already entering the last five minutes. Red leaves with the second motorcycle and the damaged leather.

Under the checkered flag, it's bastianini who passes with Marc Marquez. Nakagami is the first eliminated in front Pirro et Marini. Morbidely is only sixth. Dovizioso is last.

Results of Qualifying 1 of the San Marino Grand Prix MotoGP:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com