Catalunya MotoGP, Barcelona - Full Qualifying Results

Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Catalunya MotoGP at Barcelona, round 9 of the 2022 world championship.
Aleix Espargaro, Catalunya MotoGP, 4 June
Aleix Espargaro, Catalunya MotoGP, 4 June
 
Catalunya MotoGP, Barcelona - Full Qualifying Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)1'38.742s6/7352k
2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.031s8/8348k
3Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.217s6/7347k
4Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.285s7/7350k
5Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*+0.357s6/7348k
6Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.400s2/6348k
7Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.403s2/7351k
8Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)+0.655s5/7350k
9Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.709s6/8346k
10Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.735s6/7353k
11Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.781s7/8351k
12Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)+0.869s5/6344k
 Qualifying 1:     
13Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*1'39.24s6/7346k
14Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21)1'39.246s7/8350k
15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)1'39.249s6/7347k
16Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)1'39.42s7/8344k
17Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)1'39.664s7/9353k
18Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'39.884s3/8345k
19Andrea DoviziosoITAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)1'40.071s6/8343k
20Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16)*1'40.113s3/7344k
21Stefan BradlGERRepsol Honda (RC213V)1'40.298s7/7347k
22Michele PirroITAAruba.it Racing (GP22)1'40.351s6/7345k
23Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*1'40.373s7/7345k
24Raul FernandezSPAKTM Tech3 (RC16)*1'40.587s7/7346k
 Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)No Time0/00

* Rookie

Fastest Practice time:
Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s

Official Barcelona MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s (2022)
Fastest race lap:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 39.939s (2021)

Aleix Espargaro celebrates a home pole position for the 2022 Catalunya MotoGP at a scorching hot, and slippery, Barcelona.

The Aprilia rider will be joined on Sunday's front row by Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).

Reigning champion Quartararo and Bagnaia took the fight to Espargaro, heading the Aprilia rider by the mid-session tyre change, when the top five were covered by just 0.090s.

Bagnaia then delivered the first sub 1m 39s lap of the afternoon to snatch pole with two minutes remaining.

But, fastest since Friday afternoon and having set a new lap record on Saturday morning, Espargaro responded with another new lap record to edge just 0.045s ahead of the Ducati rider.

Johann Zarco, rookie Fabio di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin will form an all-Desmosedici second row, ahead of Suzuki's Alex Rins.

Maverick Vinales, who joined Takaaki Nakagami in fighting through Qualifying 1, tucked in behind team-mate Espargaro for his final run but couldn't climb higher than eighth.

Alex Marquez did not take part in qualifying following his fast accident in FP4, with LCR team boss Lucio Cecchinello suggesting he suffered a 'small concussion', which would put his home race in doubt.

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Marc Marquez is absent after electing to undergo a fourth operation on his right arm. The eight-time world champion is being replaced by HRC test rider Stefan Bradl.

According to Marquez’s team-mate Pol Espargaro, the new chassis and swingarm Marquez had been trying has now been handed to LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami.

Reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo returns to the scene of his 2021 ‘wardrobe malfunction’ with a new two-year Yamaha contract in his pocket and leading the MotoGP standings by eight points over Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro.

Enea Bastianini has slipped 28 points from the top after falling in Italy, with last Sunday’s home winner Francesco Bagnaia up to fourth but still 41 points behind Quartararo.

An official post-race test will be held at the Barcelona circuit on Monday.

Jorge Martin will miss the test and undergo surgery to treat nerve problems in his right hand.

2022 Catalunya Grand Prix – MotoGP schedule (UK Time):

Friday June 3

08:55-09:40 Free Practice 1 

13:10-13:55 Free Practice 2 

 

Saturday June 4

08:55-09:40 Free Practice 3 

12:30-13:00 Free Practice 4 

13:10-13:25 Qualifying 1 

13:35-13:50 Qualifying 2 

 

Sunday June 5

08:40-09:00 Warm-up 

13:00 Race

 

Mugello: MotoGP World Championship standings
PosRiderNatTeamPointsDiff.
1Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)122 
2Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)114(-8)
3Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21)94(-28)
4Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)81(-41)
5Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)75(-47)
6Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)69(-53)
7Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)65(-57)
8Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)63(-59)
9Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)60(-62)
10Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)56(-66)
11Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)50(-72)
12Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)40(-82)
13Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)38(-84)
14Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)37(-85)
15Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22)31(-91)
16Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)31(-91)
17Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*30(-92)
18Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)20(-102)
19Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)19(-103)
20Fabio di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*8(-114)
21Andrea DoviziosoITAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)8(-114)
22Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*6(-116)
23Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16)*3(-119)

 

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