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Emilia-Romagna GP Qualifying: Vinales doubles the bet in Misano

GP of Emilia Romagna - GP of Emilia Romagna Qualifying: Vinales doubles the bet in Misano -

Author of the pole of the Grand Prix of San Marino a week ago, Maverick Vinales broke his own record of the track of Misano to qualify at the head of the grid of the Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna this Saturday noon ! He is ahead of the survivor Jack Miller and the imperfect Fabio Quartararo.

A few minutes before the qualifying sessions (Q1 for the repechage, Q2 for the pole), the best time of the last free practice (FP4 for the race configuration) had been posted by Francesco Bagnaia. For the record, the young Italian had signed the lap record in the race last Sunday !

Behind the Ducati n ° 63 were three other machines: the Suzuki n ° 36 of Joan Mir, the Yamaha n ° 12 of Maverick Vinales and the KTM n ° 44 of Pol Espargaro … Could victory tomorrow afternoon be a little more contested than the GP of San Marino, dominated by helmets and sliders by Franco Morbidelli ?

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In the qualifying configuration, Bagnaia still seemed to be the fastest on the track. For a short time, moreover, he was credited with the only time under the 1 ’31, but a clear crossing of the limit of the track at the exit of the last curve resulted in the cancellation of this canon time..

Thanks to his "real" time, Franco Bagnaia qualified in fifth position and found himself sandwiched between the two official KTMs: No. 44 from Pol Espargaro and No. 33 from Brad Binder. 10th and 12th respectively in the San Marino GP, the Spanish and the South African will aim much higher tomorrow !

In Bagnaia’s aspiration during his last outing in Q2, Valentino Rossi improved his qualifying time by four tenths of a second last week but only led "only" the third row on which his compatriots and comrades Franco Morbidelli settled and Danilo Petrucci.

Passed through Q1, Andrea Dovizioso turned in Q2 a little half a second slower than the poleman but had to be content with 10th place on the Italian grid. A survivor of Q1 too, Jack Miller fared much better by slamming the second best final time, one breath away from pole.

Author of an excellent 1 ‘31.222 – "despite a small error" -, Fabio Quartararo takes third place on the grid. He still has to make a good start to hope to shine in the race tomorrow and take the reins of the championship. As a reminder, our tasty "20 French" cumulates 70 points against 76 for the Italian n ° 04 and 64 for the Australian n ° 43….

In the end and like last Saturday, the Spanish "Top Gun" was the fastest on the Misano circuit: Maverick Vinales beats his absolute track record by covering the 4226 meters of the Misano circuit in 1 ‘31,077 on the handlebars of his M1.

The only Honda rider to participate in this Q2, Takaaki Nakagami suddenly lost the front end while braking in turn 15. Trapped for the second time today at this precise location, the Japanese rider will start behind Andrea Dovizioso and Joan Mir, who were expected much higher in this ranking..

Johann Zarco will start from a distant 16th place due to a fall that occurred two minutes from the end of Q1, when he was able to access Q2! Starting again immediately after losing the front without – serious – consequence, the n ° 5 Ducati was again ahead of the reference time at the start of the course, but then lost..

The disappointment is even stronger for three boys named Ale (i) x: Espargaro on his Aprilia, Marquez on his Honda and Rins on his Suzuki will start from the penultimate row on the grid. Start of the race tomorrow 2 p.m.: stay tuned !

MotoGP starting grid for the Emilia Romagna GP 2020

GP of Emilia Romagna - GP of Emilia Romagna Qualifying: Vinales doubles the bet in Misano -

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