It doesn’t rain on Marc Marquez. In the wet Q2 of the Spanish GP, on the rain-soaked Jerez circuit, the Spaniard from the Gresini team achieved his first pole position as a Ducati rider, bringing the abacus of his qualifying records to 93. His number. On wet asphalt, but with the sky at times open and the track gradually less soaked, the Spaniard does not betray his strong point, control in treacherous conditions: in 1:46.773 he precedes an excellent Marco Bezzecchi, second at 0.271 with the Ducati VR46 in front to Valentino Rossi, present in his team’s garage, and Jorge Martin, third at 0.608 with the Ducati Pramac. In the second row Brad Binder (+0.957), who moved from Q1, Fabio Di Giannantonio (+1.005) and Alex Marquez (+1.067), while the official team Ducatis are in the third row: Pecco Bagnaia is seventh (+1.189) and Enea Bastianini ninth (+1,589). Things went worse for the Aprilias, with Maverick Viñales eleventh (+1,822) and Aleix Espargaro twelfth (+2,644). For Pedro Acosta there is the 10th time after a crash while he had the best partials.
the q1
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Franco Morbidelli (1:47.887) and, as mentioned, Brad Binder (+0.062) had passed through Q1, with Johann Zarco first of the excluded and 13th on the grid with the Honda Lcr ahead of Miguel Oliveira with the Aprilia Trackhouse.
Italians and other big names
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The same goes for the other Italians: place number 21 on the grid for Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia wild card, ahead of Luca Marini with the Honda HRC. Yamaha is in difficulty, with Fabio Quartararo 23rd and Alex Rins last on the grid, while the Ktm of Jack Miller and Dani Pedrosa (wild card) will start from 15th and 16th place respectively.
