It was a leather-clad Marc Márquez, scarred by a fall during FP4 which left him with only one bike for qualifying, who expressed his satisfaction at the end of this delicate exercise. He had just been beaten by Fabio Quartararo for the pole position, but he expected to suffer more than that against the Yamaha who will be more within his reach at the time of the race. The unknown remains this Ducati Pramac with the fiery Miller on it, but the eight-time winner considers himself in a good position to end his season in style...
Winning is always the goal as are 400 points to be scored in a year and the team title for his Repsol team. So many goals to achieve which do not seem out of reach for Marc Márquez : " this weekend is not easy, because we are trying a lot of things. 2020 starts on Tuesday and Wednesday and there are already some new things to try ", said Márquez, who was only 0,032 seconds behind the pole position of Fabio Quartararo.
« I'm closer than expected because the Yamaha riders and especially Fabio are generally very fast on a lap. Regarding the pace of the race, I feel strong and on both tire compounds, Soft and Hard. Looks like these are the tires I feel strong enough to fight for the win with » assures the brother of one álex who is said to soon be his new teammate.
On the first row, we find a Yamaha M1, a Honda RC213V and a Ducati GP19. In the battle for victory, the eight-time world champion is counting in particular on the two Yamaha riders: “ there are two guys, Fabio and Viñales, who will be fast on Sunday. Of course, there are three different bikes on the front row and it looks like the Ducati is going to take off very well at the start. Jack is also quite strong and aggressive in the early rounds, so that will be interesting. But I know that on paper right now, Fabio and Viñales are the main opponents. Jack's pacing is also pretty good, we still need to figure that out. Because this track is one of the most difficult for overtaking with a MotoGP. »
The goal of the world champion is no different from that of most other Grands Prix: “ our goal is to try to get on the podium and earn points. It's not entirely in my hands, we'll see if we can get the tag team championship. »
On his fall during FP4, he comments: “ I wasn't driving that fast. I was coming out of the pits and we had changed bikes. If you do this during testing it's because you want to try new things. I braked and maybe it's the hard front tire that could be criticized, but yeah, it was just a typical crash at turn 4 in Valencia ».
MotoGP Valencia J2: times
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'29.978 | ||
| 2 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'30.010 | 0.032 | 0.032 |
| 3 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'30.086 | 0.108 | 0.076 |
| 4 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'30.178 | 0.200 | 0.092 |
| 5 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'30.449 | 0.471 | 0.271 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'30.511 | 0.533 | 0.062 |
| 7 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'30.573 | 0.595 | 0.062 |
| 8 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'30.595 | 0.617 | 0.022 |
| 9 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'30.726 | 0.748 | 0.131 |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'30.771 | 0.793 | 0.045 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'30.908 | 0.930 | 0.137 |
| 12 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'30.954 | 0.976 | 0.046 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'30.538 | ||
| Q2 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'30.543 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| 13 | 5 | johann zarco | Honda | 1'30.826 | 0.288 | 0.283 |
| 14 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'30.949 | 0.411 | 0.123 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'30.972 | 0.434 | 0.023 |
| 16 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'31.295 | 0.757 | 0.323 |
| 17 | 82 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1'31.383 | 0.845 | 0.088 |
| 18 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'31.507 | 0.969 | 0.124 |
| 19 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 1'31.658 | 1.120 | 0.151 |
| 20 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'31.714 | 1.176 | 0.056 |
| 21 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'31.815 | 1.277 | 0.101 |
| 22 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'31.839 | 1.301 | 0.024 |
