Rossi impresses in qualifying – Marquez gives up

Marc Marquez, who suffered a fracture in his right upper arm the previous week, ended qualifying early on Saturday due to excessive pain and will not start on Sunday. The Spaniard was at peace with himself after the aborted qualifying attempt. “Today I will sleep well because I know that I cannot drive,” said the defending champion: “I listened to my body. My body told me to try it. The plan was for me to check my condition on the track on Saturday.” Marquez will miss a race for the first time since his promotion to MotoGP in 2013.

In qualifying in very hot conditions, the Frenchman Quartararo relegated his Yamaha brand colleague Maverick Vinales (+1.37,007 seconds) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati/0,095) to the other places on the front row of the grid in 0,169:XNUMX minutes.

Rossi with a clear improvement Valentino Rossi, who finished 11th in the first qualifying of the season and then retired from the race, came fourth. The 14-year-old veteran now has a significantly better starting position for the second race of the season on Sunday (41 p.m.). Qualifying in Jerez Pos Name Country Motorrad 1. fabio quartararo France Yamaha 2. Maverick Vinales Spain Yamaha 3. Francis Bagnaia Italy Ducati 4. Valentino Rossi Italy Yamaha 5. Miguel Oliveira Portugal KTM 6. Franco Morbidelli Italy Yamaha 7. Jack Miller Australia Ducati 8. Takaaki Nakagami Japan Honda 9. Brad Binder South Africa KTM 10. Joan mir Spain Subaru

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Rossi impresses in qualifying – Marquez gives up

Opening winner Fabio Quartararo also secured pole position at the second MotoGP World Championship round in Jerez.

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