Catalunya MotoGP, Barcelona – Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime / DiffLapMax1Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1’38.742s6 / 7352k2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22) + 0.031s8 / 8348k3Fabios8 / 83argk Y (GP) Y (GP) 0.285s7 / 7350k5Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21) * + 0.357s6 / 7348k6Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22) + 0.400s2 / 6348k7Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-30RRS5) + 0.7348k6Jorge MartinSP (S) ) + 0.7348K50. 7350k9Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) + 0.709s6 / 8346k10Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V) + 0.735s6 / 7353k11Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22) + 0.781s7 / 8351k12Takaaki Nakagami (VR) 13MVati GP21) * 1’39.24s6 / 7346k14Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21) 1’39.246s7 / 8350k15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16) 1’39.249s6 / 7347k16Miguel Oliveirac7 / 8350k16Miguel Oliveirac7 / 8350k15 (Miguel Ol16) 16K X RR) 1’39.664s7 / 9353k18Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1’39.884s3 / 8345k19Andrea DoviziosoITAAmb U Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 1’40.071s6 / 8343k20SK203K203K003000000000000000000000000M00 (GP22) 1’40.351s6 / 7345k23Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) * 1’40.373s7 / 7345k23Tech. Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V) No Time0 / 00
* Novice
Faster practice time:Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s
Barcelona’s official MotoGP records:Best time:Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s (2022)Fastest lap of the race:Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 39.939s (2021)
Aleix Espargaró celebrates a pole position at home for the MotoGP of Catalonia 2022 in a hot and slippery Barcelona.
The Aprilia rider will be accompanied on the front row on Sunday by Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
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The reigning champion Quartararo and Bagnaia led the fight to Espargaro, leading the Aprilia rider to change tires in the middle of the session, when the top five were covered with only 0.090 s.
Then Bagnaia made the first lap of the afternoon for under 1m 39s to take the pole with two minutes to go.
But the fastest since Friday afternoon and after setting a new lap record on Saturday morning, Espargaro responded with another new lap record to advance just 0.045 seconds over the Ducati rider.
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Johann Zarco, debutant Fabio di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin will form a second row totally Desmosedici, ahead of Alex Rins of Suzuki.
Maverick Vinales, who joined Takaaki Nakagami in the fight through the classification 1, was left behind by his teammate Espargaro for his last race, but could not climb beyond the eighth.
Alex Márquez did not take part in the classification after his quick FP4 accident, and the head of the LCR team, Lucio Cecchinello, suggested that he suffered a “small concussion”, which would call into question his home run. .
Marc Márquez is absent after opting for a fourth operation on his right arm. The eight-time world champion is being replaced by HRC test driver Stefan Bradl.
According to Márquez’s teammate Pol Espargaró, the new chassis and rocker that Márquez had been testing have now been handed over to Takaaki Nakagami of LCR.
Current world champion Fabio Quartararo returns to the stage of his 2021 ‘locker room malfunction’ with a new two-year contract with Yamaha in his pocket and leading the eight-point MotoGP standings over Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia.
Enea Bastianini has dropped 28 points from the top after falling to Italy, with last Sunday’s local winner Francesco Bagnaia to fourth but still 41 points behind Quartararo.
An official post-race race will be held on Monday at the Barcelona circuit.
Jorge Martin will miss the test and undergo surgery to treat nervous problems in his right hand.
Schedule of the Grand Prix of Catalonia 2022 – MotoGP (UK time):
Friday, June 3rd
08: 55-09: 40 Free Workouts 1
13: 10-13: 55 Free Workouts 2
Saturday, June 4
08: 55-09: 40 Free practice 3
12: 30-13: 00 Free practice 4
13: 10-13: 25 Classification 1
13: 35-13: 50 Classification 2
Sunday, June 5th
08: 40-09: 00 Warm-up
13:00 Race
Mugello: MotoGP World Championship QualificationPosRiderNatTeamPointsDiff.1Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 122 2Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP) 114 (-8) 3Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21) 28 (28) 94 (D) Lenovo GP) 5Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22) 75 (-47) 6Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 69 (-53) 7Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16) 65 (-57) 8Jack MillerAUSDucati (GP22) 93 (GP22) 93 de Brad Marquez Honda (RC213V) 60 (-62) 10Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 56 (-66) 11Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16) 50 (-72) 12Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V) 40 (-82) 13 (- 82) 13TaJPN2LCR Honda (RC213V)) 38 (-84) 14Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP) 37 (-85) 15Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22) 31 (-91) 16Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) 31 (-91) 17Marco BezzecchiITA (GP22) Mooney * Ducati (GP22) 30 (-92) 18Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V) 20 (-102) 19Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 19 (-103) 20Fabio di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21) * 8 (- 114) 21 Andrea Dovi ziosoITAAmb Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 8 (-114) 22Darryn BinderRSAmb Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) * 6 (-116) 23Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16) * 3 (-119)