MotoGP | Valencia GP Qualifying: Ducati hat-trick, Martin ahead of the factory teams, Rossi tenth

MotoGP GP Valencia Qualifying – The last pole position of the 2021 MotoGP class season went to Ducati rookie Jorge Martin.

The Ducati Pramac rider achieved his fourth pole of the season, obtained with a time of 1:29.936, the only rider to "break down" the "wall" of one minute and 30 minutes.

The #89 from the Borgo Panigale manufacturer leads the Ducati hat-trick, Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller (both of whom crashed in the final part of qualifying without suffering any consequences, ed.) are in fact in second and third position.

An all-Ducati front row, which achieves the 55th pole in MotoGP, the eleventh of 2021. To complete the work, the fifth position of Johann Zarco, who astride the second Ducati Pramac is in the Suzuki "sandwich", with Joan Mir third and Alex Rins sixth.

Brad Binder with KTM will open the third row, where we also find the new world champion Fabio Quartararo and the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami.

Fourth row for Valentino Rossi, who in the last qualifying of his career achieved the tenth time, 0.810s from pole. The "Doctor" who, as in FP3, tried to exploit the slipstream of Bagnaia, his student at the VR46 Riders Academy, precedes the other student, Franco Morbidelli and Aleix Espargarò's Aprilia.

(click here for Valentino Rossi's press conference e here for the Photo Gallery of Valentino Rossi and his 9 world champion bikes)

Andrea Dovizioso, who like Danilo Petrucci (also like Rossi in his last MotoGP qualifying, ed.) did not take part in Q2, finished 13th, while "Petrux" will start with the 16th time, ahead of the Ducati rookies Luca Marini ( Sky VR46 Avintia) and Enea Bastianini (Avintia).

Absent is Marc Marquez, struggling with a double vision problem after a fall with his enduro bike (Click here to find out more).

UPDATE POL ESPARGARO' CONDITIONS AFTER HIGH-SIDE FP3 VALENCIA

Pol Espargarò, victim of a terrible high-side during the FP3 of the MotoGP class in Valencia, suffered a strong blow to his right hemithorax and a blow to his right wrist. The Honda rider, who did not lose consciousness, was transported by ambulance to Valencia hospital for a CT scan which did not reveal any fractures.