Spanish MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo takes Jerez pole position, second of 2021

Fabio Quartararo takes second consecutive pole position of the 2021 MotoGP season ahead of former team-mate Franco Morbidelli. 
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP 30 April 2021
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP 30 April 2021
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Fabioไ Quartararo’s quest for a third MotoGP win in succession will begin from the perfec﷽t starting position as the 21 year-old secured pole at Jerez. 

Quartararo was fastest after the initial flurry of laps in Q2, and improved his already impressive 1m 36.8s time to set the best lap of the weekend so far with ꦯa 1:36🐲.755s.

The battle for pole was similar to 2019 between former tꦐeam-mates Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli, but with the sam൩e outcome. 

It was a bizarre start to qualifying as a whole, as moments before Q1 began, Morbidelli’s top ten time in FP3 was rescinded for exceeding track limits - second ti🌠me today. 

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However, the Italian quickly p🤪ut that behind him as he was fastest in the Q1 session and advanced with KTM’s Bra🐼d Binder. 

Third on the grid is Jack Miller who managed to pip the final front row starting position from team-mate𝓀 Franc🔴esco Bagnaia. 

As was the case in FP3 when he topped the session,🌱 LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami was the fastest Honda rideꦕr as he finished fifth quickest. 

Aside from Stefan Bradl who automatically advanced with Nakagami this morning, neither Pol Espargaro, Marc Marquღez, or brother Alex Marquez were able to join them in Q2, with the Repsol Honda pair starting 13th and 14th respectively. 

Marc Marquez was one of the riders affected by others running wide in front of him at the Jorge Lorenzo corner before ♓starting their final laps in Q1 - therefore no one except Miguel Oliveira went faster. 

Former championship leader Johann Zarco was sixth fastest and third of the Ducati’s as he followed fellow countryman🐈 Quartarar💛o on his final run to improve. 

Maverick Vinales has consistently been around twไo-to-three tenths away from his team-mate so far this weekend, which was the case once agaꦬin as he finished +0.315s down. 

Rounding out the top ten was the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro in eighth, while Ecstar Suzuki riders Alex Rins and Joan Mir were ninth and tenth𝔍 respectively. 

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