MotoGP Qualifying Results Marc Marquez Beats Johan Zarco For Spanish Grand Prix Pole

Pass through Q1 b Spanish GP He also helped the meteorologist Zarco To produce a two-man battle for pole position at Jerez. But a moment late in the session cost Zarco the chance to threaten Marquez’s pole position.

Marquez was smart enough to lose his followers during Q2 when many rival drivers needed new tires but immediately returned to the circuit. VR46 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio followed Marquez into the pits, but opted to take fresh tyres.

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Gresini’s Alex Marquez led the driver train in the first round of Q2, but his brother Marc lacked the pace on Friday’s Jerez sprint. Mark quickly sent Alex to take over the lead of the train Pedro Acosta Set the speed.

KTM’s Ace Acosta came through Q1 and learned the conditions to exploit the marque’s first-lap time by 0.100s, but the Ducati runner responded with a second effort, leaving his Spanish compatriot out. Acosta picked up and saw Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer collide in race 8.

After Acosta sat on the inside lane and caught his eye, Aldeguer threw his Ducati GP25 into the gravel. Gresini’s team-mate Alex Marquez also crashed soon after in the great No. 9 trying to follow his older brother Marc.

Mark Marquez He built a 0.572s margin of second from Acosta’s fastest first lap before most drivers returned to pit lane for fresh tires. As the track conditions continued to improve, LCR driver Johan Zarco started to show some speed and was 0.237s first.

Zarco held a 0.635s margin over Marquez before the Ducati rider started his second run. But Marquez wasn’t done and began his response with a new overall fastest time to jump 0.140s across all four disciplines.

Fortune was not with Aprilia rider Jorge Martin, however, as the 2024 riders’ champion crashed at Turn 1 as he tried to build on a promising start to qualifying at the Spanish GP. Martin was in fourth place at the start of his second race, but lost the front due to braking.

A crash at Turn 1 quickly pushed Martin down the order, as VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi and Gresini’s Alex Marquez all gained extra lap time. But the man who took the mark was Zarco, who had to sit for the second time in the last corner.

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Johannes Zarco and Pedro Acosta qualify from Q1 for Spanish Grand Prix

KTM rider Pedro Acosta carried his best pace into Q1 with a 1:48.862 in the final practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix as the track surface began to dry. The Murcian even beat Cervera native Marc Marquez by half a second on the FP2 timesheet.

Acosta used his practice pace to set the fastest lap in the midst of Q1’s early flying efforts, before more patches of rain began to fall again around Jerez. As the trail conditions mixed, wet weather expert LCR star Johan Zarco gained speed.

Momentum was not with Franco Morbidelli at the start of Q1, as the VR46 star was the first rider to qualify for the Spanish GP. The Italian crashed at turn 6 without a lap time on the board, and suffered a similar fate at Pramak. Jack Miller At the last corner.

Miller’s crash cost Zarco his first flying effort, but the Frenchman continued to spread and was on schedule as most riders opted to return to the pits. Zarco’s improved times built a one-second window on Acosta before the second race.

New tires on the KTM RC16 helped Acosta reduce the deficit to Zarco to 0.086 at the start of the second race. Honda’s Luca Marini did not have as much success at the start of his second run, having been quickest in Q1 in his first efforts as he crashed on lap 13.

Miller’s troubles continued back on track during Q1, as the Australian failed to post a flying lap time and was stuck with the ride height equipment on the Yamaha M1 when it was bid. LCR’s Diogo Moreira also failed to set a time after crashing.

In the end, neither driver would come close to the 1:48.267 that Zarco set or the 1:48.353 that Acosta recorded to advance to Q2. The LCR and KTM riders topped the timesheets in Q1 by a full second from KTM ace Brad Binder in third, ahead of the Honda duo of Joan Mir and Marini.

VR46 ace Ducati Desmosedici left GP25 and returned to the pit lane in fumes, suffering problems at Morbidelli after the checkered flag. Race control elected to delay Q2 early to test track conditions on laps 9 and 10 due to morbidelli issues.

Full qualifying results for the 2026 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez