TOP 5 POSITIONS
Aleix Espargaró celebrates his fifth pole position in MotoGP with euphoria! Jack Miller, Jorge Martín, Brad Binder and Pecco Bagnaia complete the top 5.
AMAZING RANKING FINAL
The drivers put on a great show for the fans, both those who enjoyed this session on track and at home. The leading positions kept changing and, in the end, everything was decided at the last second.
END OF Q2!
What an amazing ending! Aleix Espargaró wins pole position thanks to a last lap that has been simply brutal.
Aleix Espargaró steals pole position from Jack Miller thanks to having improved by two tenths.
Many changes in a matter of a few seconds. Miller has the provisional pole!
EXCITING BATTLE
Aleix Espargaró does not stop surprising, he is capable of recovering the first position by only 70 thousandths.
LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO
Jack Miller, Zarco and Binder are making some head-scratching times. It is impossible to predict who will be the poleman.
MANY CHANGES!
Johann Zarco and Jack Miller join the party! The battle for pole position is not only between Márquez and Aleix Espargaró.
Aleix Espargaró has been able to take the first position from Márquez. However, the driver from Cervera is giving a driving class and recovers first place.
Alex Márquez is doing magic on the track! He is the first to go down from 1:40. The confidence of the pilots is increasing in these conditions.
ALEX MÁRQUEZ GOES TO THE FULL
Alex Márquez is flying at the Jerez circuit! He improves his previous time by almost a second, his pace is dizzying. The last lap of him is a 1:41.682.
Alex Márquez is serious! He reduces Miller’s time by three tenths and is in the lead.
Luca Marini moves up to second place, but he can’t with Miller’s time. The distance between them is 7 tenths.
START THE Q2!
The conditions have changed radically because it starts to rain at the Andalusian circuit. Jack Miller clocks in at 1:43.003, five seconds slower than the Q1 times.
The drivers that complete the lower half of the grid are: Bezzecchi, Morbidelli, Fabio di Giannantonio, Quartararo, Raúl Fernández, Rins, Bradl, Mir, Fernández, Folder and Iker Lecuona.
BAGNAIA AND BINDER GET THROUGH Q1
We already know the two chosen ones who will fight for the 12 best positions on the grid: Pecco Bagnaia and Brad Binder.
Marco Bezzecchi, the current championship leader, is half a tenth away from taking second place from Brad Binder.
END OF Q1!
Bagnaia and Binder terminate their participation in Q1. Quartararo and Bezzecchi fail to find the perfect lap and fall into Q1.
With a minute to go, Pecco got serious and managed to improve enough to climb to first place. Going into Q2 is going to be a really tough task!
Marco Bezzecchi has bettered his previous time, but it wasn’t enough to beat Binder.
Pecco Bagnaia steals first place from Bezzecchi, but the joy did not last for a second, since Binder has become the new leader.
Bezzecchi has improved in all sectors, allowing him to reduce his lap time by a tenth.
LAST 5 MINUTES OF Q1
Bezzecchi is the current leader, with a 1:36.886, although the differences are very small behind. He is the first to leave the pit lane to start the second attempt.
After completing the first batch of tires, the drivers rush back to pit lane.
Although the 2021 world champion has taken the lead, this position did not last long, as Bezzecchi has not taken long to snatch the lead from him.
Fabio Quartararo is at the top of the time screens thanks to his 1:37.420.
START THE Q1!
Enea Bastianini returned to compete this weekend after missing the appointments in Argentina and the United States due to an injury to the scapula in her right arm. After participating in training, the Italian withdraws from this Spanish GP and is expected to return to France.
4 WINNERS ON THE TIGHTROPE
The four drivers who have won a race this year (whether sprint or on Sunday) are obliged to give their all in Q1 to fight for the best positions on the grid in the following phase of qualifying: Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, Rins and Binder.
END OF LAST PRACTICE
Miguel Oliveira finishes at the top of the results table, followed by Quartararo, Aleix Espargaró, Morbidelli, Nakagami, Bezzecchi, Binder, Jorge Martín, Alex Márquez and Maverick Viñales closes the top 10.
DRIVERS WHO GO TO Q2 DIRECTLY
Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales have been the fastest in the combined times for the third time this year. Dani Pedrosa, who was the fastest in Practice 1, secured his place in Q2.
The rest of the drivers who also advance to this second round of qualifying are: Jorge Martín, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Alex Márquez, Takaaki Nakagami and Luca Marini.
LAST 5 MINUTES!
The last practice session is coming to an end. The first serious moment of the weekend is approaching.
ALEIX ESPARGARÓ ACCIDENT
With less than 10 minutes to go, the fastest rider yesterday had an accident at turn 11. Aleix escaped unharmed.
FALL OF JORGE MARTIN
The Prima Pramac Racing driver suffered an accident at turn 7. He is currently in seventh position, 414 thousandths of a second behind Miguel Oliveira, the fastest.
DANI PEDROSA AGAIN TO DISPUTE A GP
The Styrian Grand Prix of the 2021 campaign had been the last time that the Sabadell rider had competed in MotoGP. This weekend in Jerez, he has a new opportunity.
2 DRIVERS AS ‘WILD CARD’
In this second event of the year in the Iberian Peninsula, Dani Pedrosa and Stefan Bradl compete as a ‘wild card’. The Spaniard rides the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing bike, while the German is riding the HRC Team bike.
After almost a quarter of an hour of filming, Miguel Oliveira is at the top of the table, with a 1:37.229.