MotoGP: Bagnaia destroys Jerez lap record to win pole

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia romped to his first pole of the 2022 season after dominating qualifying for the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix.

Fastest in all of Saturday’s practice sessions, Bagnaia looks for his first win on the new Ducati.

Bagnaia was almost a full 1/2s clear of the field.

Qualifying Results

POS RIDER NAT TEAM TIME/BACK
1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) 1’36.170s
2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.453s
3 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.763s
4 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.879s
5 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.975s
6 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +1.050s
7 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.084s
8 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* +1.115s
9 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.160s
10 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +1.356s
11 Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) +1.448s
12 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +1.505s
Qualifying 1:
13 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1’37.138s
14 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1’37.401s
15 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1’37.544s
16 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1’37.668s
17 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* 1’37.882s
18 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1’37.889s
19 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) 1’37.91s
20 Stefan Bradl GER Team HRC (RC213V) 1’37.937s
21 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1’37.958s
22 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) 1’38.014s
23 Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 1’38.064s
24 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1’38.244s
25 Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* 1’38.405s