Qatar Grand Prix MotoGP Q2: Starting last, he finished first!

The time for adjustments and other race simulations is now over, and Marc Márquez, Maverick Vinales, Jack Miller, Danilo Petrucci, Fabio Quartararo, Andrea Dovizioso, Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins, Aleix Espargaró et Joan Mir, joined by Cal Crutchlow and Takaaki Nakagami during Q1, will now compete to make up the first 4 rows of the starting grid for this Qatar Grand Prix.

The wind has dropped somewhat to 10 km/h, but the temperatures, with 17° in the air and 16° on the ground, are notably cooler than yesterday, which, together with the rising humidity, explains the number significant falls occurred in FP3 and Q1.

Here are the references available before this final 15-minute qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix:

MotoGP™ Losail Qatar	2018	2019
FP1	1'55.366 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)	1'55.048 Valentino Rossi (see here)
FP2	1'54.361 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)	1'53.380 Marc Márquez (see here)
FP3	1'54.966 Johann Zarco (see here)	1'54.677 Marc Márquez (see here)
FP4	1'55.248 Andrea Dovizioso (see here)	1'54.854 Danilo Petrucci (see here)
QP1	1'54.634 Jack Miller (see here)	1'54.270 Cal Crutchlow (see here)
QP2	1'53.680 Johann Zarco (see here)	1'53.546 Maverick Viñales (see here)
Warm-up	1'55.201 Marc Márquez (see here)
Course	Dovizioso, Marquez, Rossi (see here)
Records	1'53.680 Johann Zarco	1'54.208 Maverick Viñales (Test) 1'53.380 Marc Márquez

When the red lights go out, Maverick Vinales lets go of the other pilots led by Danilo Petrucci.

Everyone is of course on a soft rear tire while for the front the choice is a little more mixed.

The humidity has increased from 30 to 70%, and the drivers are taking their time to fully understand the grip of the track.

Maverick Vinales however, achieves the best first flying lap in a very fast 1'53.844 ahead Takaaki Nakagami, still hot from his Q1, and fabio quartararo.

At the end of the first run, the 3 men precede Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Márquez, Jack Miller, Danilo Petrucci, Álex Rins, Cal Crutchlow, Franco Morbidelli, Aleix Espargaró et Joan mir.

On resumption, Maverick Vinales, Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller light the partials in red, but if the Ducati riders take turns taking 2nd position, that's good Maverick Vinales which improves the provisional reference to 1'53.546.

By insisting a little too much, Jack Miller due to the now famous braking of turn 2.

In extremis, Marc Márquez hoists his Honda into 3rd position, just 1 thousandth behind Andrea Dovizioso, after chasing the latter. We were able to note in passing the power of the Honda in the straight line…

Maverick Vinales obtains his 6th pole position in MotoGP, fabio quartararo a magnificent Top 5 for his first qualification.

QP2 MotoGP ranking at Losail :

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com