2022 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix: Full qualifying result and starting grid

Topping all of Saturday’s practice sessions, Bagnaia looks to be back to his best after a difficult start to the year on the new Ducati.

Having re-discovered the front-end feeling he has been missing in 2022 last weekend in Portugal, Bagnaia has been on top form at Jerez and carried that into qualifying.

The Valentino Rossi protégé blitzed the old Jerez lap record set by Maverick Vinales in 2020 by over four tenths with a 1m36.170s lap.

No one could get close to Bagnaia, who was 0.453 seconds clear of his nearest rival Fabio Quartararo in second.

The reigning world champion on his Yamaha headed Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia, who completed the front row for the second week in succession.

Jack Miller heads row two on his Ducati ahead of Honda’s Marc Marquez and the Pramac Ducati of Johann Zarco, who came through Q1 with VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi.

Takaaki Nakagami leads row three on his LCR Honda from Bezzecchi and Suzuki’s Joan Mir, who crashed late on in Q2.

Joan Mir, Team Suzuki MotoGP

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Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Gresini’s Enea Bastianini line up 10th and 11th after crashes, with Vinales completing the top 12 on his Aprilia.

The big scalp exiting the qualifying pole shootout before it began was joint championship leader Alex Rins, who will start the Spanish GP from 14th place on his Suzuki.

2022 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix: Full qualifying result and starting grid

Q2

Cla	Rider		Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	8	1'36.170
2	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	8	1'36.623	0.453
3	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	7	1'36.933	0.763
4	Jack Miller		Ducati	8	1'37.049	0.879
5	Marc Marquez		Honda	8	1'37.145	0.975
6	Johann Zarco		Ducati	8	1'37.220	1.050
7	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	8	1'37.254	1.084
8	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	7	1'37.285	1.115
9	Joan Mir		Suzuki	6	1'37.330	1.160
10	Jorge Martin		Ducati	7	1'37.526	1.356
11	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	5	1'37.618	1.448
12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	7	1'37.675	1.505
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Q1

Cla	Rider		Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Johann Zarco		Ducati	7	1'37.003
2	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	7	1'37.135	0.132
3	Pol Espargaro		Honda	8	1'37.138	0.135
4	Alex Rins		Suzuki	7	1'37.401	0.398
5	Brad Binder		KTM	8	1'37.544	0.541
6	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	8	1'37.668	0.665
7	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	7	1'37.882	0.879
8	Remy Gardner		KTM	7	1'37.889	0.886
9	Luca Marini		Ducati	8	1'37.910	0.907
10	Stefan Bradl		Honda	8	1'37.937	0.934
11	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	6	1'37.958	0.955
12	Alex Marquez		Honda	8	1'38.014	1.011
13	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	8	1'38.064	1.061
14	Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia	7	1'38.244	1.241
15	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	8	1'38.405	1.402
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