Fabio Quartararo will start tomorrow from the pole position in the Andalusian motogp, which will take place on the Jerez circuit in Spain. The Frenchman from Yamaha Petronas will be ahead of Maverick Vinales of the official Yamaha and Francesco Bagnaia with the unofficial Ducati. Valentino Rossi also did well, fourth for him on the grid. Marc Marquez will not be on the starting gridof the Andalucian gp. The pain in his right arm was too severe, operated just four days ago. The Spaniard of Honda this morning wanted to take part in the third and fourth free, albeit without pushing too hard, to check his physical condition. Just after the start of Q1, Marquez stopped in the pits and turned off the bike, renouncing to continue in qualifying. Then Honda's announcement, Marquez will not be on Sunday. Marquez's renunciation of running was made official by Alberto Puig, Honda team manager. "Marc - Puig said - still feels pain in his right arm, we decided together that the best thing is not to do the race and think about the next GP. Marc felt good after the surgery, so he decided to do this test" . It was from 2012 that Marquez did not miss a race.
The starting grid
1st row:
Fabio Quartararo (FRA / Petronas Yamaha)
in 1'37.007
Maverick Vinales (SPA / Monster Energy Yamaha)
Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Pramac Racing Ducati)
2nd row:
Valentino Rossi (ITA / Monster Energy Yamaha)
Miguel Oliveira (POR / Red Bull KTM Tech 3)
Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Petronas Yamaha)
3 / in a row:
Jack Miller (AUS / Pramac Racing Ducati)
Takaaki Nakagami (JPN / LCR Honda)
Brad Binder (RSA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing )
4 / in a row:
Joan Mir (SPA / Team Suzuki ECSTAR)
Danilo Petrucci (ITA / Ducati Team)
Pol Espargaro (SPA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)
5 / in a row:
Cal Crutchlow (GBR / LCR Honda)
Andrea Dovizioso ( ITA / Ducati Team)
Johann Zarco (FRA / Ducati Avintia)
Gioia Quartararo - "Happy and very surprised" of this pole the young Italian-French driver said to the Skysport microphones after taking the pole with an Italian slang. Quartararo made the best lap time in 1: 37.007, taking 95 thousandths off Vinales and 169 Bagnaia. On the track, Vinales had actually done the best time, but his fastest lap was canceled by the judges due to an irregularity. For the Doctor, the delay by the rider who will take his place at Yamaha in 2021 was 335 thousandths, followed by Olivera at 337, Franco Morbidelli at 405. The two Ducati riders are not doing well: Danilo Petrucci will start in eleventh position, while Andrea Dovizioso will be in 14th place on the grid. Alex Marquez, Marc's brother and team-mate at Honda, also went badly: he crashed, without getting hurt, and then tomorrow at the Andalusian MotoGP he will start from the last position.