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Things you should know before the start of Catalunya MotoGP
1. Morbidelli won pole position for the first time in MotoGP since entering the class in 2018. Morbidelli’s success also made him the first Italian rider to win pole position in MotoGP since Andrea Dovizioso did so in Japanese MotoGP. of 2018.
2. Since MotoGP started in 2002, only two riders have won the Catalunya MotoGP by starting on pole position, namely Valentino Rossi (2006) and Jorge Lorenzo (2010 and 2018).
3. Fabio Quartararo has registered 20 front-row starts in MotoGP. On the previous 19 occasions, he was able to win nine podiums, including two victories. This time Quartararo started in second position.
4. Rossi, the most successful Catalunya MotoGP rider with 10 victories, is in the third starting position. This is Rossi’s first outing since last year’s British MotoGP. This race is also Rossi’s 350th premier class race.
 Valentino Rossi had his 350th career in the premier class. (AP / Antonio Calanni) |
5. The last time Rossi started from the front row in Catalunya MotoGP was in 2009. At that time he started second and won the race.
6. With the composition of Morbidelli, Quartararo and Rossi, Yamaha blocks the front row for the second time in MotoGP 2020 after having done the same previously in MotoGP in San Marino.
7. Johann Zarco started in sixth position. This is Zarco’s best starting position since he took pole in the Czech MotoGP.
8. Andrea Dovizioso will start from 17th position. This is the second worst start record of Dovizioso’s career, and he only lost to 18th place in the 2008 Czech MotoGP.
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