High voltage qualifying on the Portuguese circuit ofEstorilwhere this season’s Drivers’ world title could be decided in favor of Toprak Razgatlioglu. An objective which, at least for the moment, seems closer for the Turkish BMW driver, author of the pole position in prohibitive track conditions. This is the sixth Superpole of the season for the #54, the first after the one obtained in Portimao before the accident that occurred in Magny-Cours.
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Despite no precipitation during the test, the track remained wet until the checkered flag, with the passing of the minutes allowing the drivers to achieve lower times in the final. Precisely at this juncture, after the leadership of the six-time world champion Jonathan Rea, Danilo Petrucci emerged, author of the provisional pole. A goal that the reigning world champion had to abandon prematurely Alvaro Bautista, fallen two minutes from the end while he was setting his best time. For this reason, the Spaniard will start fromeleventh positionfurther behind than your teammate Nicolò Bulega, 5th. For the two Ducati riders, the comeback on Razgatlioglu is now becoming harder, especially after the ‘magic’ at the end of the #54, who stopped the clock on the1:52.430. Shortly after, Petrucci he tried the counterattack, but was unable to do so on his own 82 thousandths of a second. The Umbrian driver will try to redeem himself today on the occasion of Race 1scheduled at 3pm Italian and live on both Sky Sport MotoGP and TV8.
Round Estoril 2024, the starting grid
POS. | PILOT | MOTORCYCLE | TIME/GAP |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | BMW | 1:52.430 |
2 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | +0.082 |
3 | Jonathan Rea | Kawasaki | +0.509 |
4 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | +0.927 |
5 | Nicolò Bulega | Yamaha | +0.999 |
6 | Michael van der Mark | Ducati | +1,198 |
7 | Sam Lowes | Ducati | +1,243 |
8 | Tarran MacKenzie | Yamaha | +1,366 |
9 | Alex Lowes | Ducati | +1,507 |
10 | Axel Bassani | Honda | +1,619 |
11 | Alvaro Bautista | Kawasaki | +1,809 |
12 | Andrea Iannone | BMW | +2,086 |
13 | Xavi Vierge | BMW | +2,145 |
14 | Iker Lecuona | Honda | +2,248 |
15 | Michael Rinaldi | Yamaha | +2,822 |
16 | Remy Gardner | Yamaha | +2,832 |
17 | Garrett Gerloff | Ducati | +3,457 |
18 | Dominique Aegerter | BMW | +3,916 |
19 | Scott Redding | Honda | +4,334 |
20 | Luca Bernardi | Ducati | +5,193 |
21 | Bradley Ray | Kawasaki | +5,511 |
22 | Ivo Lopes | Yamaha | +5.5677 |
23 | Tito Rabat | Yamaha | +5,977 |
24 | Philipp Öttl | Yamaha | +8,049 |
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