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By: Matt Beer

Summary

Status: Stopped
Q2 result:

1 Quartararo
2 Morbidelli
3 Marquez
4 Dovizioso
5 Vinales
6 Crutchlow
7 Petrucci
8 Nakagami
9 Rins
10 Bagnaia
11 Lorenzo
12 Mir
It's over - rookie Quartararo has incredibly taken pole for only his fourth MotoGP race, ahead of team-mate Morbidelli in a one-two for the new Petronas Yamaha team.
Petrucci then crashed at Turn 1 as he started his next lap. He's trudging away.
Marquez can't improve, he stays third!
Dovizioso takes the flag and is only fourth.
 
Marquez isn't improving at the moment, this really could be a one-two for Yamaha's new team...
Petrucci, the practice pacesetter, can only manage seventh as the chequered flag comes out.
Now it's a Petronas Yamaha one-two! Morbidelli goes to second, 0.082s behind team-mate Quartararo.
Yes that is two Petronas Yamahas in the top three on a day Rossi went out in Q1.
Dovizioso's lap was the best of the afternoon in the first three sectors but he faded and only goes fourth behind Quartararo, Marquez and Morbidelli.
But Dovizioso is on a mighty lap...
Rookie Quartararo's 1m36.880s on the year-old Petronas Yamaha is 0.090s than Marquez's provisional pole. Brilliant lap.
Quartararo goes fastest!
Nakagami brings himself up to sixth, then Vinales goes third.
Lorenzo is walking away unhurt, but it's going to be another bad qualifying position. He's 10th right now.
Lorenzo crashes at Turn 2!
Here we go then, everyone on track with four minutes to go, preparing for final shots at pole.
Marquez can't quite improve overall. His current provisional pole margin is 0.041s over Morbidelli.
Crutchlow, who had a nasty crash this morning in practice three, caught a big wobble off a kerb on his last run.
Marquez is back out and having a crack at improving his pole mark. He's faster than before in sector one, and three too. Sector two wasn't so great.
Order after first runs:

1 Marquez
2 Morbidelli +0.041s
3 Petrucci +0.239s
4 Dovizioso +0.241s
5 Quartararo +0.244s
6 Rins +0.381s
7 Crutchlow +0.413s
8 Bagnaia +0.430s
9 Lorenzo +0.526s
10 Mir +0.547s
11 Nakagami +0.679s
12 Vinales +0.710s
Lorenzo is down in ninth, Vinales in 12th - though the whole Q2 group is covered by just 0.710s right now.
Quartararo improves to fifth as the Petronas Yamahas continue to outshine the works bikes.
Dovizioso brings himself up to fourth, just behind team-mate Petrucci.
Morbidelli jumps to second, just 0.041s off Marquez - who he spent much of that lap chasing...
Petrucci is 0.354s off Marquez in second, then it's Crutchlow, Franco Morbidelli, Bagnaia, Lorenzo, Fabio Quartararo, Joan Mir, Takaaki Nakagami, Vinales, Alex Rins and Andrea Dovizioso.
Marquez catches team-mate Lorenzo on his first flying lap, follows him through the final corners and still goes fastest on a 1m36.970s.
Q2 begins - Danilo Petrucci was fastest for Ducati in both practice two and three, but he's up against team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, both works Hondas, Cal Crutchlow and the two works Suzukis in this pole battle now.
ORIOL PUIGDEMONT reports that Iannone's x-rays show no broken bones in his ankle, but he's being taken to a Jerez hospital for a CT scan because of the pain he is in.
Replays show Rossi's bike twitching nastily under acceleration as he tried to make it happen with his last lap.
Out in Q2 (and starting positions):

13 Rossi
14 Bradl
15 Miller
16 A Espargaro
17 P Espargaro
18 Zarco
19 Smith
20 Rabat
21 Abraham
22 Oliveira
23 Syahrin
24 Iannone
Into Q2: Vinales, Bagnaia.
Rossi can't do it! He stays third so he'll be out in Q1 and 13th on the grid at best.
Just a low-side for Miller, who has rejoined unhurt but he'll be out in Q1.
Miller's down to fifth now - and he's down off his bike too, he's crashed.
Rossi is now on his last lap and he's improving.
Bagnaia surges to second on the older-spec Pramac Ducati! That's pushed Rossi out of the Q2 places.
Pol Espargaro improves his time but stays seventh.

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