VALENCIA – Petronas Yamaha SRT Team rider Franco Morbidelli came out as the fastest in the MotoGP Valencia 2020 qualifying session. With this result, he confirmed that he would start the race in the 13th heat from pole position or pole position on Sunday November 15, 2020 in the afternoon WIB.
Morbidelli performed wonderfully at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Spain, on Saturday (11/14/2020) WIB night. He became the fastest after registering his best time of 1 minute 30,191 seconds.
Second is the name of the Pramac Ducati Team rider, namely Jack Miller. The time for the Australian runner is only slightly behind Morbidelli, who is just 0.096 seconds.
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Repsol Honda Team rider, Takaaki Nakagami, finished third in the MotoGP Valencia 2020 qualifying session. Nakagami registered a time that is 0.222 seconds behind Morbidelli, who started as the fastest.
The fourth place is occupied by Pol Espargaró. The Red Bull KTM Team rider recorded a time of 1 minute 30.413 seconds. No less skilled than Pol, Johann Zarco was also insane in this qualifying session. Timing 1 minute 30,520 seconds, ranked fifth.
The duo of riders from the official Yamaha team, Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi, had to leave the top five. Viñales ranked sixth in the session, while Rossi jumped to 16 after posting his best time of just 1 minute 31,604 seconds.
The same happened with the Suzuki Ecstar duo, who are currently competing for the 2020 MotoGP title. Alex Rins fell to 14th place after posting his best time of 1 minute 31.549 seconds.
Meanwhile, Joan Mir was ranked 12. The time record for the 2020 MotoGP qualifying is 0.797 seconds behind Morbidelli, who turned out to be the fastest. Under these conditions, Mir also had to fight hard if he finally wanted to seal the title this season.
Below are the full results of the Valencia MotoGP 2020 qualifying:
1 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1’30.191s 7/8 317k
2 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP20) + 0.096s 7/9 329k
3 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) + 0.222s 9/9 320k
4 Johann Zarco FRA Reale Avintia (GP19) + 0.329 seconds 8/9 323k
5 Pol Espargaró SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) + 0.362 seconds 7/9 323k
6 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) + 0.454 seconds 6/8 320k
7 Aleix Espargaró SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) + 0.466 seconds 6/7 323k
8 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP20) + 0.480s 9/9 329k
9 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) * + 0.546s 10/10 323k
10 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) + 0.590s 8/9 326k
11 Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) + 0.673s 4/10 320k
12 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) + 0.797 seconds 9/9 318k
13 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1’31.159s 8/9 326k
14 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1’31.594s 7/9 320k
15 Danilo Petrucci ITA Ducati Team (GP20) 1’31.601s 3/8 323k
16 Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1’31.604s 6/8 317k
17 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP20) 1’31.606s 8/9 329k
18 Stefan Bradl GER Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1’31.831s 7/9 326k
19 Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP19) 1’32.063s 6/7 327k
20 Alex Márquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) * 1’32.205s 3/4 324k
21 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1’32.237s 3/8 318k
