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FP 1

1 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 288.6 1'21.390 
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.8 1'21.464 0.074 / 0.074
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 288.8 1'21.964 0.574 / 0.500
4 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 290.6 1'21.967 0.577 / 0.003
5 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 290.6 1'22.251 0.861 / 0.284
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 294.1 1'22.282 0.892 / 0.031
7 43 Jack MILLER AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 295.0 1'22.365 0.975 / 0.083
8 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 289.2 1'22.397 1.007 / 0.032
9 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 288.3 1'22.415 1.025 / 0.018
10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 292.6 1'22.439 1.049 / 0.024
11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 291.8 1'22.458 1.068 / 0.019
12 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 288.2 1'22.487 1.097 / 0.029
13 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 287.7 1'22.512 1.122 / 0.025
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 293.0 1'22.543 1.153 / 0.031
15 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 290.1 1'22.566 1.176 / 0.023
16 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 290.4 1'22.705 1.315 / 0.139
17 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.0 1'22.729 1.339 / 0.024
18 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 291.8 1'22.729 1.339 
19 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 288.7 1'22.762 1.372 / 0.033
20 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 292.4 1'22.856 1.466 / 0.094
21 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 291.4 1'22.898 1.508 / 0.042
22 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 287.1 1'23.957 2.567 / 1.059

FP 2

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 294.4 1'20.705 
2 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 292.3 1'21.046 0.341 / 0.341
3 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 291.3 1'21.065 0.360 / 0.019
4 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 293.0 1'21.193 0.488 / 0.128
5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 295.5 1'21.265 0.560 / 0.072
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 294.0 1'21.392 0.687 / 0.127
7 43 Jack MILLER AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 295.2 1'21.442 0.737 / 0.050
8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 291.1 1'21.484 0.779 / 0.042
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 295.0 1'21.489 0.784 / 0.005
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 290.1 1'21.538 0.833 / 0.049
11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 294.8 1'21.543 0.838 / 0.005
12 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 290.0 1'21.641 0.936 / 0.098
13 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 291.6 1'21.678 0.973 / 0.037
14 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.7 1'21.693 0.988 / 0.015
15 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 286.7 1'21.729 1.024 / 0.036
16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 291.3 1'21.758 1.053 / 0.029
17 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 290.0 1'21.897 1.192 / 0.139
18 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 290.9 1'21.899 1.194 / 0.002
19 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 292.3 1'22.001 1.296 / 0.102
20 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 289.0 1'22.208 1.503 / 0.207
21 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 292.3 1'22.462 1.757 / 0.254
 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati

FP 3

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 294.9 1'20.347 
2 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 290.4 1'20.515 0.168 / 0.168
3 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 293.7 1'20.634 0.287 / 0.119
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 295.9 1'20.653 0.306 / 0.019
5 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 293.4 1'20.679 0.332 / 0.026
6 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 290.7 1'20.833 0.486 / 0.154
7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 292.2 1'20.867 0.520 / 0.034
8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 296.7 1'20.891 0.544 / 0.024
9 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 292.7 1'20.986 0.639 / 0.095
10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 295.7 1'21.019 0.672 / 0.033
11 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 291.4 1'21.026 0.679 / 0.007
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 296.2 1'21.086 0.739 / 0.060
13 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 288.6 1'21.125 0.778 / 0.039
14 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 296.4 1'21.184 0.837 / 0.059
15 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 292.2 1'21.375 1.028 / 0.191
16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 291.8 1'21.381 1.034 / 0.006
17 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 292.5 1'21.435 1.088 / 0.054
18 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 295.9 1'21.443 1.096 / 0.008
19 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 290.9 1'21.611 1.264 / 0.168
20 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 293.0 1'21.832 1.485 / 0.221
21 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 290.3 1'21.972 1.625 / 0.140
22 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 293.8 1'22.150 1.803 / 0.178

10 in a row for MM.

Q2

1   Marc Marquez   SPA   Repsol Honda (RC213V)   1'20.195s   9/9   295k
2   Fabio Quartararo   FRA   Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)*   +0.205s   8/9   290k
3   Maverick Viñales   SPA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.211s   9/10   294k
4   Alex Rins   SPA   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   +0.336s   7/8   293k
5   Jack Miller   AUS   Pramac Ducati (GP19)   +0.495s   6/10   296k
6   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +0.662s   7/8   294k
7   Franco Morbidelli   ITA   Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.769s   8/8   289k
8   Pol Espargaro   SPA   Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16)   +0.828s   5/8   295k
9   Joan Mir   SPA   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)*   +0.866s   6/9   290k
10   Takaaki Nakagami   JPN   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +0.909s   3/4   289k
11   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.942s   6/8   291k
12   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19)   +1.291s   2/5   294k
    
Q1
               
13   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19)   1'21.105s   6/9   296k
14   Stefan Bradl   GER   Repsol Honda (RC213V)   1'21.227s   8/8   293k
15   Aleix Espargaro   SPA   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1'21.313s   7/8   293k
16   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1'21.433s   8/9   291k
17   Francesco Bagnaia   ITA   Pramac Ducati (GP18)*   1'21.446s   7/8   293k
18   Hafizh Syahrin   MAL   Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)   1'21.465s   7/8   290k
19   Johann Zarco   FRA   Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16)   1'21.637s   6/7   293k
20   Miguel Oliveira   POR   Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)*   1'21.683s   8/8   291k
21   Karel Abraham   CZE   Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18)   1'21.796s   6/10   290k
22   Tito Rabat   SPA   Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18)   1'22.119s   4/9   289k

Danilo has ligament damage to his right hand from that high speed crash, but will race tomorrow.

Dovi :-\ Anyone know the source of Dovi's qualifying trouble?
Magilla will be pissed after the incident

For sure must be some kind of record for MM.

1/4 is pretty tough on the front row injured and challenging MM for pole.

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/924999/1/dovizioso-we-don-t-have-lot-cards-play

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/925003/1/petrucci-quite-scared-felt-lot-pain

Takaaki was in a lot of pain, but it didn’t keep him from knocking Dovi out of Q1.  [clap]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/925002/1/nakagami-pain-incredible

Ten for Ten! MM is a machine. Seems my boy has found a groove for now.  [clap] Cal almost screwed the pooch late, but made the right choice and backed off for 3rd. Danilo fought through the pain and battled Dovi hard. I love it.  [clap]

https://youtu.be/cQ785qEQiu8

MM's record there equals Rossi's record at Mugello according to the commentators.

Yessir!  [thumbsup]

There was some decent action if you ignored Marquez.

Did anybody else watch MotoE? Thoughts?

Mark

I watched it.

It will take some getting used to the lack of noise, but those guys are going for it.

Too bad the race was red flagged, because the race wasn't over.

If MotoE is going to be viable in any way they are going to have to fix the race length problem, and I am not talking about it being red flagged.

8 laps scheduled, reduced to 7 when it was announced that it would start as a wet race. That is just plain silly. Although the racing was good.

Mark

It was a tight race, and a shame to see it redflagged.

I don't think that airfence was rated for a 270kg projectile.
Sachsenring isn't super generous on runoff, but that thing put quite a lick on it.
When it started cartwheeling I thought it was gonna jump over.

Race length is tailored to allow them to race full tilt and not run out of juice.

At first I really thought the sound was turned down.

Oh, I get that, that is just a problem.

Mark

Considering the quality of the audio mixing on the MotoGP feed lately, that's a totally valid suspicion.


16 lap race with no 'battery throttling' would put bike weight well into loaded bagger kinetic energy weapon territory.

They could do a bike swap at ~halfway, with a minimum swap time limit.
But if they're going to do that, IMO make it a 12 lap race with 30 kg lighter battery pack.

PSA: I will ignore any sentence including "...but real soon new battery tech will make it competitive with gasoline...", or any facsimile thereof.
Honestly, I've heard that shit for 30 years and I know enough Physics and Chemistry to say there's NFWIH.
C4 is not a practical human transport vehicle fuel.

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/motogp/after-first-motoe-race-it-s-not-present-really-matters-it-s-future