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