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Projectors in Qatar for the first important date of the weekend: in Game, pole position and starting grid for tomorrow’s race. Put signature on grades with a record time of 1: 52.772 has been Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia, managed to put online the three Yamahas of Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi. For “Pecco” it is of the first pole in the master class.
First trimester transition
Among the drivers who had to be able to return to Q2 was also the current World Champion. Joan Mir: for the Mallorcan the challenge was very hard in that Jorge Martin riding Ducati, but also Takaaki Nakagami ed Enea Bastianini They didn’t make it easy for him. In the end, it was the Japanese from the LCR Honda Nakagami Team and the Suzuki rider Joan Mir.
But it was also impressive rookie Enea Bastianini who, in his debut in the Esponsorama Team Ducati, could not return to Q2 due to a mustache that translated into numbers are 5 thousandths of Mir. Too bad for the other rookie Jorge Martín, He crashed into his lap when the checkered flag was already waving.
A super record Pecco
But the real battle has taken place in the second trimester where was there to play the first pole position of the season and also a good place on the grid for tomorrow’s race. The drivers didn’t go too far and fast laps immediately rained down, driving the timers crazy. The fight between Ducati and Yamaha was heated, but to win everything was Francesco Bagnaia on his debut with the Ducati Factory Team.
Bagnaia’s pole position was a record: 1: 52.772. Fabio Quartararo He couldn’t do anything against the “red fury”, even though he was also very fast. The gap with Bagnaia was +0.266, while tomorrow he will start from third position on the grid. Maverick Viñales which closed at +0.316. However, the Yamaha sprint did not end here: Valentino rossi managed to close his best lap with the fourth fastest time at +0.342 for Bagnaia.
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The rest of the grid
Tomorrow’s starting grid will start from fifth place Jack miller who, despite being one of the favorites for pole position, closed at +0.443 for his teammate Bagnaia, followed by the other Ducati rider Johann Zarco. Performance a bit in trouble, for exampler Franco Morbidelli that he could not pass the seventh box (+0.541) and that tomorrow he will join the grid Aleix Espargaró. To close the top ten Suzuki couple Alex Rins and Joan Mir: for the two drivers in the blue, perhaps, it was the top speed that paid the most.
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