Jack Miller qualifies fourth in Spanish GP
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Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia has denied Yamaha’s world champion Fabio Quartararo a fifth straight pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix as the Italian clinched top spot in qualifying in Jerez.
Bagnaia, who suffered a nasty crash during qualifying in last week’s Portuguese Grand Prix, was almost half a second faster than Quartararo in second, while Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro took third on Saturday.
“I’m really happy. We did a great job,” said Bagnaia, who returned for the race last week and finished eighth.
“I was missing this feeling to be really fast and competitive. Thanks to all the guys in my team.”
Bagnaia’s Australian teammate Jack Miller, who is looking to bounce back after his crash in Portugal last week, will start fourth on the grid. The man from Townsville is currently lying ninth in the standings.
Six-times MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez was fifth in qualifying and Johann Zarco sixth.
Frenchman Quartararo, who won in Portugal to take the lead in the overall standings, was full of praise for Bagnaia’s blistering qualifying run but sounded confident of his own chances on Sunday.
“(Second) is a great place to start. Bagnaia was amazing, he had a great lap. But we can still have a great race. I feel really confident,” said the 23-year-old.
Reuters
