MotoGP: Bagnaia leads Ducati 1-2 in qualifying at Misano
In what was his most important pair of qualifying sessions so far, Francesco Bagnaia bagged his fourth pole in a row on his Ducati.
With Fabio Quartararo suffering his worst premier class qualifying result, match point Sunday Gran Premio Nolan del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia-Romagna is set up to be a thriller.
This is Bagnaia’s fourth successive pole position. He is the first Ducati rider to take pole in four successive MotoGP events since Casey Stoner, with seven in a row in 2008 from the Catalan to the San Marino GPs.
With this pole position, Bagnaia became the first Italian rider to take four pole positions in a row since Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT) from the 2003 Malaysian GP to the 2004 Spanish GP (five in a row).
Bagnaia became the fourth rider since the current qualifying format was introduced in 2013 to qualify on pole position after passing through Q1, along with Marc Marquez (Thailand/2018), Maverick Viñales (Valencia/2018) and Jorge Martin (Austria/2021).
Qualifying Results
Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
1 | Bagnaia Francesco | 63 | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1’33.045 |
2 | Miller Jack | 43 | AUS | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 0.025 |
3 | Marini Luca | 10 | ITA | SKY VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 0.085 |
4 | Espargaro Pol | 44 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0.268 |
5 | Oliveira Miguel | 88 | POR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.394 |
6 | Morbidelli Franco | 21 | ITA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.481 |
7 | Marquez Marc | 93 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0.805 |
8 | Lecuona Iker | 27 | SPA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.848 |
9 | Petrucci Danilo | 9 | ITA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.095 |
10 | Zarco Johann | 5 | FRA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1.642 |
11 | Espargaro Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1.918 |
12 | Martin Jorge | 89 | SPA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 51.586 |
13 | Rins Alex | 42 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 1.025 Q1 |
14 | Marquez Alex | 73 | SPA | LCR Honda | Honda | 1.061 |
15 | Quartararo Fabio | 20 | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1.083 |
16 | Bastianini Enea | 23 | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 1.843 |
17 | Nakagami Takaaki | 30 | JPN | LCR Honda | Honda | 2.248 |
18 | Mir Joan | 36 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 2.290 |
19 | Vinales Maverick | 12 | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2.442 |
20 | Binder Brad | 33 | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 3.085 |
21 | Dovizioso Andrea | 4 | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 3.246 |
22 | Pirro Michele | 51 | ITA | Ducati Test Team | Ducati | 4.487 |
23 | Rossi Valentino | 46 | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 4.868 |