MotoGP Catalonia: Quartararo wins! Mir 2nd, 3rd Rins

Arrival – Vince Quartararo! The French Yamaha Petronas prevailed with authority after a great second part of the race. On the podium also the Suzuki of Mir and Rins.

Lap 24: The podium games seem to have been done, further back, Bagnaia tries to undermine Miller for fifth place.

Lap 23: Morbidelli is also overtaken by Rins. Now behind Quartararo there are two Suzuki.

Lap 22 – Mir in the straight attack manages to take the position on Morbidelli with a great overtake in braking.

Lap 21: Mir closes in on Morbidelli, while Quartararo leads the group.

Lap 20: Morbidelli tries to fix the distance with his teammate, but has to watch his back for Mir, who is getting closer and closer to his Suzuki.

Lap 17: Quartararo stretches over Morbidelli, Mir third ahead of Miller and Rins.

Lap 14 – Fall in love with Valentino Rossi! The Doctor entered Turn 2 after the change of direction.

Lap 13 – Lungo di Morbidelli at Turn 1! The Roman driver still managed to get back on track in third position, behind Rossi.

Lap 12 – Fall of Pol Espargaró. The Spanish KTM was in eighth position.

Lap 11 – Good race for Petrucci, who climbed to seventh position ahead of P. Espargaró, while Bagnaia lost one position to Binder.

Lap 10 – Quick lap of Quartararo trying to separate himself from his pursuers. Morbidelli follows a tenth, Rossi 6 tenths behind.

Lap 9 – Overtaking of Quartararo against Morbidelli in braking at the end of the straight. Now the Frenchman leads the group ahead of Morbidelli and Rossi.

Lap 8: Quartararo closely marks Morbidelli, who cannot escape. Well Mir, he climbed back to sixth position.

Lap 7 – Yamaha French Petronas is now targeting Morbidelli. The gap between the two teammates is about 3 tenths.

Lap 6: Quartararo approaches Rossi and overtakes him on the straight!

Lap 4 – Well, Baganaia and Petrucci are trying to climb from ninth and tenth position. In difficulty Viñales, fifteenth, after a bad start.

Lap 2: Morbidelli and Rossi try to stretch, Quartararo third. Miller in fourth place.

Lap 1: Morbidelli is off to a good start and manages to maintain first position ahead of Rossi. Fall in love with Dovizioso! Ducati rider leaves after contact with Zarco

14:40 – There are 20 minutes to the start of the race, the sky over Montmelò is cloudy. Almost all riders have chosen soft rubber on the front and rear.

MotoGP Barcelona: live race

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The MotoGP race live in Barcelona, ​​with Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi in the front row, 1st and 3rd times respectively. Among them Fabio Quartararo, closing the hat-trick for Yamaha, while Maverick Viñales will start from the fourth frame, behind him Miller’s Ducati. Called for a comeback race, however, Pecco Bagnaia, who appeared less quickly than at Misano, and Andrea Dovizioso. The Ducati de Forlì rider, only 17th in the standings, will have to do a feat to maintain his lead in the world championship standings.

MotoGP Barcelona: starting grid

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1. Franco MORBIDELLI
2. Fabio QUARTARARO
3. Valentino ROSSI
4. Jack MILLER
5. Maverick VIÑALES
6. Johann ZARCO
7. POL ASPARAGUS
8. Joan MIR
9. Danilo PETRUCCI
10. Brad BINDER
11. Takaaki NAKAGAMI
12. Miguel OLIVEIRA
13. Alex RINS
14. Francesco BAGNAIA
15. Aleix Espargaró
16. Lime CRUTCHLOW
17. Andrea DOVIZIOSO
18. Alex MARQUEZ
19. Iker LECUONA
20. Stefan BRADL
21. Bradley SMITH
22. Tito RABAT

MotoGP Barcelona: the warm-up

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In the warm up Quartararo showed a pace that made him the favorite in the race predictions, but good confirmation also came from Morbidelli and Rossi. Nakagami did well too, finishing second. Instead, Andrea Dovizioso’s difficulties continue. All the riders seem to be oriented towards the soft rubber, both at the front and at the rear.

MotoGP Barcelona: the ranking in the warm up

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1. F. QUARTARARO
2. T. NAKAGAMI
3. V. ROSSI
4. F. MORBIDELLI
5. C. CRUTCHLOW
6. J. MIR
7. M. VIÑALES
8. J. ZARCO
9. F. BAGNAIA
10.A. ESPARGARO