Alvaro Bautista qualified ahead of Karel Abraham, Hector Barbera, Jack Miller and Loris Baz.
| #SanMarinoGP MotoGP |
2016 |
2017 |
| FP1 |
1'33.451 Valentino Rossi |
1'33.556 Marc Marquez |
| FP2 |
1'32.769 Pol Espargaro |
1'33.231 Danilo Petrucci |
| FP3 |
1'32.451 Marc Marquez |
1'32.958 Marc Marquez |
| FP4 |
1'33.043 Valentino Rossi |
1'33.338 Andrea Dovizioso |
| Q1 |
1'33.059 Michele Pirro |
1'33.563 Alvaro Bautista |
| Q2 |
1'31.868 Jorge Lorenzo |
|
| Warm Up |
1'33.068 Marc Marquez |
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| Course |
Pedrosa, Rossi, Lorenzo |
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| All time lap record |
1'31.868 Lorenzo 2016 |
As the drivers took to the track to determine the two fastest who would qualify, the air temperature was 25° and the track temperature was 40°.
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During the first run, the fastest initially was Alvaro Bautista in 1'34.128, 0.2 ahead of Tito Rabat, 0.3 ahead of Alex Rins and 0.5 ahead of Loris Baz. Sam Lowes fell without seriousness for the fourth time this weekend.
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Alvaro Bautista secured his first position in 1'33.563, ahead of Jack Miller, Tito Rabat and Loris Baz. Alex Rins' time was canceled for exceeding the track limits. Just before all the drivers returned to the pits, Jonas Folger moved up to third position, behind Bautista and Miller.
During the second and final run, Pol Espargaro fell without gravity in the first corner with his KTM. Jack Miller improved the best time to 1'33.548. He was ahead of Alvaro Bautista by 0.01. Loris Baz was third.
Then Jonas Folger took first place in 1'33.287. Alvaro Bautista and Karel Abraham were ultimately the two qualified, ahead of Hector Barbera and Jack Miller whose best time had been canceled (limits), as had that of Jonas Folger.
Results of the first qualifying session:
Reference times:
Test record: 1'31.868 by Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) in 2016
Lap record: 1'32.979 by Dani Pedrosa (Honda) in 2016
Best top speed: 299,5 km/h for Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) in 2015
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Ducati 183 points
2 Marc MARQUEZ-Honda 174
3 Maverick VIÑALES-Yamaha 170
4 Valentino ROSSI-Yamaha 157
5 Dani PEDROSA-Honda 148
6 Johann ZARCO-Yamaha 109
7 Jorge LORENZO-Ducati 90
8 Cal CRUTCHLOW-Honda 89
9 Jonas FOLGER-Yamaha 77
10 Danilo PETRUCCI-Ducati 75
…15 Loris BAZ-Ducati 39
