It will be Pecco Bagnaia, for the fourth consecutive time this season, starting from pole position in the Made in Italy and Emilia Romagna GP, scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”. The Ducati Lenovo Team rider was the protagonist of another sensational qualification. After closing the first three free practice sessions in the wet with the eleventh time, Bagnaia subsequently proved to be very competitive with slick tires, managing first to finish second in PL4 and then to gain access to Q2. first in Q1. Despite the difficult track conditions, with some patches of wet still present on the asphalt, the Italian driver continued to push without making mistakes, confirming himself as the fastest even in the last decisive round of timed sessions and thus obtaining the first position and the start. from the front row for the tenth time this season.
Excellent qualification for Jack too Miller who, after finishing in the lead on Friday, entered directly into Q2 obtaining the third best time at the end of PL3. In qualifying, on slick tires, the Australian driver once again proved to be very fast, finishing at only 25 thousandths from the pole position of his teammate. It is the third time this year that the two Ducati Lenovo Team riders start side by side from the top two positions on the grid. To complete an extraordinary qualification for Ducati in his home Grand Prix, Luca Marini, rider of the Sky Racing Team VR46, finished with the third best time, obtaining his first start from the front row in MotoGP. It will also be the first time ever in MotoGP for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer that three Ducati Desmosedici GPs will start in front of everyone in the race. Unlucky day instead for Michele Pirro. The Ducati Test Team test rider, present at Misano this weekend as a wild card, will be forced to start only 22nd in the race, after a crash in Q1 did not allow him to improve.
Jack Miller: “I am satisfied with the result obtained today in qualifying: we finished really close to Pecco’s pole position and the front row is always an excellent position from which to start. In general, it was one great day, both for the team and for Ducati, with Marini in third position. Tomorrow we will try to repeat the result, but certainly a very tricky race awaits us. The track will probably be dry and we have never had the opportunity to run in similar conditions over the weekend. Furthermore, we will not be able to rely much on the data collected in the September race, or during the following two days of testing, considering the lower temperatures this weekend. We will venture into unknown territory but, in any case, we will try to do our best“.
Michele Pyrrhus: “Today did not go as I hoped and I am quite disappointed. I crashed both this morning and this afternoon, compromising my qualification. I apologize to my team, which unfortunately will have some extra work tonight, but I will try to do my best tomorrow in the race to repay their confidence. Fighting for the top ten will be really difficult because I will start far behind, but I will try to have a good race to entertain all the fans here on the circuit.“.
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