Saturday at the Catalan Grand Prix began with the morning free practice, in which Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) topped the timesheets, just as he had done in practice on Friday.
After an intense qualifying session, the Aprilia rider maintained his good pace and set a new pole record with a time of 1:38.190. The front row of the grid is completed by Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Brad Binder (KTM).
The Top 10 was rounded off by Pedro Acosta (GasGas), Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati), Jorge Martín (Ducati), Raúl Fernández (Aprilia), Álex Rins (Yamaha), Jack Miller (KTM) and Franco Morbidelli (Ducati).
The MotoGP riders will take part in the Sprint Race at 3pm (CEST).
Hard work for Repsol Honda
Joan Mir and Luca Marini continued working with the new package for the team.
Mir had a good FP2 with a fourteenth place. However, he had problems during Q1 and will start from 21st.
Marini did not managed to get a good time attack lap to fight to make the cut for Q2. The Repsol Honda rider will start from just behind his teammate, in 22nd.
Catalan GP Qualifying Results
RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
1. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | 1:38.190 |
2. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | +0.031 |
3. Brad Binder | KTM | +0.144 |
4. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | +0.179 |
5. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | +0.210 |
6. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | +0.211 |
7. Raúl Fernández | APRILIA | +0.401 |
8. Álex Rins | YAMAHA | +0.502 |
9. Jack Miller | KTM | +0.573 |
10. Franco Morbidelli | DUCATI | +0.588 |
21. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | +1.316 |
22. Luca Marini | REPSOL HONDA | +1.413 |