MotoGP Barcelona qualifying
By: Mitchell Adam
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That was a brilliant qualifying session, and it has set us up nicely for another thrilling grand prix on Sunday.
That is it for our live coverage today. Thank you so much for joining us, and please do join us again on Sunday for the seventh round of the 2017 MotoGP season.
That is it for our live coverage today. Thank you so much for joining us, and please do join us again on Sunday for the seventh round of the 2017 MotoGP season.
Dani Pedrosa beat Jorge Lorenzo to pole, as Marc Marquez crashed twice
So this is what the grid looks like after another fabulous qualifying segment:
1. Pedrosa - Lorenzo - Petrucci
2. Marquez - A.Espargaro - Barbera
3. Dovizioso - Folger - Vinales
4. Bautista - Redding - Iannone
5. Rossi - Zarco - Miller
6. Baz - Crutchlow - Abraham
7. Rabat - P.Espargaro - Lowes
8. Guintoli*
Smith will not take part in the race due to injury, while Guintoli's participation is in doubt after he was taken to the medical centre earlier with dizziness.
1. Pedrosa - Lorenzo - Petrucci
2. Marquez - A.Espargaro - Barbera
3. Dovizioso - Folger - Vinales
4. Bautista - Redding - Iannone
5. Rossi - Zarco - Miller
6. Baz - Crutchlow - Abraham
7. Rabat - P.Espargaro - Lowes
8. Guintoli*
Smith will not take part in the race due to injury, while Guintoli's participation is in doubt after he was taken to the medical centre earlier with dizziness.
Aleix Espargaro put the Aprilia a brilliant fifth, by far and away his best qualifying result of the season.
A little further back, Vinales will launch from ninth tomorrow after a difficult day on his Yamaha. Sunday could well be about damage limitation for the championship leader.
Lorenzo keeps his fantastic run of Barcelona front row starts going in second, while Petrucci gets the front row start he was denied at home seven days ago in third.
We are into the final minute and Petrucci has jumped up to third. No one threatening Pedrosa at present.
Marquez is quite lucky. His bike looks relatively undamaged, which is good news as his other RC213V is damaged from an earlier crash.
Running order:1. Lorenzo2. Pedrosa3. Dovizioso4. A. Espargaro5. Marquez6. Vinales7. Redding8. Petrucci9. Bautista10. Iannone11. Barbera
Folger is yet to post a lap time, but has left the pits. He will have a nice clear track for his first attempt.
Marquez had just posted a session best first sector when he crashed. The Honda rider is fourth at present.
Marquez just lost the front over the bumps mid-turn, and it looks like he's struggling to get the bike going again.
Lorenzo has gone top with a 1m44.201s - he's qualified on the front row in Barcelona for the last eight years.
Marquez was on pole here last year and set the pace in third practice this morning, though did visit the gravel a couple of times as he pushed to find the limit.
For the first time, six Ducati riders will contest Q2. One of them will be Alvaro Bautista, but a fast crash at the final corner in fourth practice has left him with just one Desmosedici at his disposal for this session.
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