2021 Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Full Qualifying Results
Jorge Martin ends his rookie MotoGP season with pole position for the 2021 Valencia finale, as the factory꧂ Ducatis of Francesco B🐼agnaia and Jack Miller both fall at the end of qualifying.
Bagnaia was holding pole when he slid off at th𒐪e Turn 2 hairpin, just before Martin snatched P1 and then Miller - the only rider on the medium rather than hard front tyre and also challenging for pole - went down at Turn 11.
Suzuki's Joan Mir was the only non-Ducati in the top five, wi﷽th Brad Binder in seventh for KTM and new world champion𝓡 Fabio Quartararo eighth for Yamaha.
Valentino Rossi, whose legendary MotoGP career reaches its conclusio꧑n this weekend, will start his final graꦏnd prix from tenth on the grid.
The Italian had delighted his fans by claiming 🧸direct Qualifying 2 access, with the aid of a tow from VR46 protegee Bagnaia this morning. The pair then began qualifying together but Rossi's hopes of a tow ended when he ran wide at Turn 1 while tucked in behind the Ducati.
Rossi tried agaiℱn behind Bagnaia as they left the pits for The Doctor's last MotoGP qualifying run. This time Rossi was more cautious at Tu♉rn 1 but struggled to stay in the wheeltracks of the Ducati as Bagnaia shot to the top.
Nonetheless, Rossi bri🍨efl💃y moved to seventh on what would be his best lap, before others improved in the final minutes.
Sunday will♈ also be the last grand prix for Danilo Petrucci (switching to the Dakar) and Iker Lecuona (moving to WorldSBK).
Pol Espargaro, Repsol Honda's only rider this weekend after the withdraw of Marc Marquez and second fastest on Friday, missed the afternoon sessions and is in doubt for Sunday after heading to hospital for further scans following t🀅his morning's huge Turn 13 highside, whi🏅ch left the Spaniard with pain in his ribs.
Team-mate Marquez is missing his second e💃vent in a row due to vision problems triggered by a training accident and won't be back on a MotoGP bike until 2022.
😼While the riders' (Fabio Quartararo) and constructors' (Ducati) world championship have already been decided, Ducati Lenovo holds a 28-point lead (maximum of 45 points still available) over Monster Yamaha for the teams' title…
| Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Full Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | 1'29.936s | 8/9 | 329k |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.064s | 7/8 | 326k |
| 3 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.389s | 3/8 | 329k |
| 4 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.459s | 7/9 | 326k |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.482s | 7/9 | 329k |
| 6 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.539s | 3/7 | 323k |
| 7 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.573s | 5/7 | 324k |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.684s | 3/8 | 321k |
| 9 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.708s | 7/9 | 323k |
| 10 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.810s | 6/9 | 324k |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.845s | 3/8 | 320k |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.088s | 7/8 | 324k |
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| 13 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'30.859s | 7/9 | 317k |
| 14 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1'30.991s | 7/8 | 321k |
| 15 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'30.994s | 7/9 | 326k |
| 16 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'31.045s | 7/9 | 317k |
| 17 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | 1'31.073s | 7/8 | 323k |
| 18 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | 1'31.185s | 7/8 | 321k |
| 19 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1'31.251s | 4/7 | 327k |
| 20 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1'31.319s | 3/8 | 321k |
| Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | No Time | 0/0 | 0 | |
* Rookie
Official Valencia MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 31.116s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 29.401s (2016)
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