- 2022-03-20
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MotoGP Indonesian: Fabio Quartararo Takes Pole Position at Mandalika Street Circuit
The Round 2 of MotoGP 2022, Indonesian Grand Prix took place at the Mandalika Street Circuit in Indonesia on March 19, 2022.
2021 World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Yamaha) claimed his first pole position since Catalan GP in June 2021.
Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) took 2nd position behind Fabio Quartararo by 0.213 seconds and the will start on the front row following the previous Qatar GP. His team-mate Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati) was third.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM), Qatar race winner Enea Bastianini (Gresini Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) will start on the 2nd row.
Franco Morbidelli (Monster Yamaha), who was fastest in the preceding FP4, received a three-place grid penalty, then he dropped down from 12th to 15th.
In Q1, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda), and Joan Mir (Suzuki Ecstar) failed to get out of the session.
Especially, Marc Marquez crashed twice at Turn 13 and Turn 12, then he ended up 14th.
Fabio Quartararo said, “Finally on one lap I felt great. It has been a long time since I felt good in one lap. I felt great in FP2 when I put the soft tyre on and also in FP4 I made 15 or 14 really good laps in a row. The pace was really good and it was important to do that many laps in a row to see the consistency of the tyres. I expected much more drop from the rear. It's difficult to know because it's a new track and we don't know what to expect. But I felt much better than in Qatar and my potential is here to fight for the podium and victory. With our bike we struggle quite a lot to overtake, so then you need to play a little bit with the pressure. In this kind of track where it's really hot it's always better to start at the front instead of the back. I feel like it's a good track to start from the front row. Let's see how my start goes. Normally I'm not too bad this year.”
Grand Prix Of Indonesian Qualifying Results- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / 1'31.067s
- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / +0.213s
- Johann Zarco / Pramac Ducati / +0.311s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +0.366s
- Enea Bastianini / Gresini Ducati / +0.437s
- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / +0.440s
- Miguel Oliveira / Red Bull KTM / +0.499s
- Alex Rins / Suzuki Ecstar / +0.515s
- Jack Miller / Ducati Lenovo / +0.647s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +0.656s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / Gresini Ducati / +0.762s
- Luca Marini / Mooney VR46 Ducati / 1'31.666s
- Marco Bezzecchi / Mooney VR46 Ducati / 1'31.695s
- Marc Marquez / Repsol Honda / 1'31.830s
- Franco Morbidelli / Monster Yamaha / PENALTY
- Pol Espargaro / Repsol Honda / 1'31.831s
- Andrea Dovizioso / WithU Yamaha RNF / 1'31.87s
- Joan Mir / Suzuki Ecstar / 1'31.875s
- Alex Marquez / LCR Honda / 1'31.987s
- Maverick Viñales / Aprilia Racing / 1'32.006s
- Raul Fernandez / KTM Tech3 / 1'32.122s
- Remy Gardner / KTM Tech3 / 1'32.14s
- Darryn Binder / WithU Yamaha RNF / 1'32.299s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / 1'32.33s
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