MotoGP Barcelona: Pedrosa on pole, Lorenzo and Petrucci on the front row

Catalan GP MotoGP Qualifying – Qualifying for the MotoGP class in Barcelona was orphaned by Valentino Rossi, who in Q1 by just 40 thousandths failed to hit the second time that would have allowed him to access the final phase, Q2, where Jonas Folger entered instead and Maverick Viñales. An uphill race therefore promises to be an uphill race for the Yamaha rider from Pesaro, given that he will have to start from the fifth row.

Returning to Q2, in the 15-minute "Time Attack" it was Dani Pedrosa who took pole (second pole of the year), who took the Repsol Team Honda to the top of the time rankings with a time of 1'43.870. The rider from Sabadell, a small town a few km from the circuit, preceded his Ducati compatriot Jorge Lorenzo, 0.331s behind Pedrosa.

Danilo Petrucci's qualifying was stratospheric, as after reaching the podium at Mugello, he achieved the third fastest time, just 19 thousandths of a second behind Lorenzo.

The second row will be opened by Marc Marquez, who also crashed in qualifying, this time at turn 5. With him his compatriots Aleix Espargarò (Aprilia) and Hector Barberà (Ducati).

Third row for the Mugello winner Andrea Dovizioso, for the rookie Jonas Folger and for the world championship leader Jonas Folger. Alvaro Bautista, Scott Redding and Andrea Iannone will start from the fourth row, while as written above Valentino Rossi will start from the fifth row, together with Johann Zarco and Jack Miller.