Defeat Marquez, Quartararo Wins Pole in Spanish Moto GP

Surprise happened in the Spanish MotoGP 2019 after the young driver from the Petronas Yamaha SRT team, Fabio Quartararo won the pole position. He successfully defeated Marc Marquez to break the fastest time at the Jerez Circuit, Spain, Saturday (05/04/2019).

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The presence of Quartararo appeared as the leader of the race on Sunday (5/5/2019), which will be a surprise He is a new rookie racer who was not counted at all.

In the first qualifying session, as quoted by Motorsports, Quartararo was not so prominent. At that Yamaha duet, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales who controlled the big two. Towards the middle, Top Gun took over the top. When entering the final seconds, a surprise occurs. The Doctor's protégé, Francesco Bagnaia, pushed second place.
Rossi tried hard to improve his timetable, unfortunately not enough. The Yamaha rider had to settle for occupying the 13th grid, which was the second worst qualifying result after Qatar (14th start) this season.

In the second qualifier, Marquez appeared charming. He only needed two laps to print a record time under 1 minute 37 or exactly 1 minute 36.970 seconds. Clearly, the world champion will survive as a pole sitter. However, there was another surprise.

Unexpectedly, Quartararo sped up and scored the fastest time of 1 minute 36.880 seconds. The Petronas rookie Yamaha SRT is even a lap record at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto, breaking Cal Crutchlow's (2018) possession.

Second qualification (Q2)
1. Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) 1 minute 36,880 seconds
2. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha) +0,082 seconds
3. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) +0,090 seconds
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +0,138 seconds
5. Maverick Vinales (Yamaha ) + 0,234 seconds
6. Carl Cruthlow (LCR Honda) + 0,295 seconds
7. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) + 0,329 seconds
8. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) + 0,425 seconds
9. Alex Rins (Suzuki) +0,471 seconds
10. Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Ducati) +0.504 seconds
11. Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) +0.616 seconds
12. Joan Mir (Suzuki) +0.634 seconds

First qualification (Q1)
13. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1 minute 37, 471 seconds
14. Stefan Bradl (HRC) +0,242 seconds
15. Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) +0,441 seconds
16. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) +0,461 seconds
17 Pol Espargaro (KTM) +0,634 seconds
18. Johann Zarco (KTM) +0,656 seconds
19. Bradley Smith (Aprilia) +1,193 seconds
20. Tito Rabat (Avintia Racing) +1,239 seconds
21. Karel Abraham (Avintia Racing) +1,283 seconds
22. Miguel Oliveira (KTM Tech 3) +1,730 seconds
23. Hafizh Syahrin (KTM Tech 3) +2,878 seconds { SOURCE }