![]() ![]() Up ahead, Miller then dived up the inside of Martin at turn one on lap two to take the lead, but it was short-lived. Rossi made a good start and was up a place into P9, whereas World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was P6. Polesitter Martin grabbed the holeshot into turn one as fourth place Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) got a great start to get the better of Bagnaia, with Miller slotting into second. Bagnaia also dedicated the win to his mentor.ĭanilo Petrucci (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) saw the checkered flag in P17 as the Italian premier class race winner also says goodbye to Grand Prix racing in an emotional Sunday in Valencia, and teammate Iker Lecuona heads for WorldSBK after scoring a final point of the year. The race, however, will forever be remembered as Valentino Rossi’s (Petronas Yamaha SRT) last dance too, and The Doctor delivered a P10 in his farewell MotoGP appearance in front of a packed Circuit Ricardo Tormo crowd. Francesco Bagnaia closed out the 2021 MotoGP Championship with the win, leading a first ever Ducati sweep of the podium. Bagnaia saw the checkered flag just ahead of Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) and Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) for a Bologna lockout. ![]() Plus luck avoiding getting caught up in the errors of others en route.For the fourth time in 2021, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took victory as the Italian led home a historic Ducati 1-2-3 at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana. It will require both balls and a measured approach to get up front tomorrow. And a couple of riders from deep in the grid bravely charging through. I see a red flag tomorrow, hope everyone is ok. Odd though that some super softs can't be popped out for Fall weather this nutty season, pre-season plans be damned. Such an interesting thing to behold.įolks can criticize the tires, but how Michelin makes a tire that works everywhere for all these bikes is astounding. The great race day do everything all-arounder can't set up out in the margins. Gentle Suzuki not getting heat into a tire, and difficulty exploiting a super soft. In odd conditions sometimes they get a balance others can't. Ducati going round LeMans quickly, so interesting how their long bike gets into corners qualitatively different than the other bikes. He will need some pain help tomorrow.Ĭal and Petrucci?! Huh. That hurts for sure, the guy got bloody battered. Marini's high side, big/sudden and scary. These conditions are TOUGH! Fronts just going away on you at first touch of the brakes. The main story of Q1 was the disappointment in the Suzuki camp, where Joan Mir had his worst qualifying of the season in 14th position, with teammate Alex Rins down in 16th and with another comeback to plan in order to keep championship hopes alive. Johann Zarco closes the third row of the grid, while Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli will share row four with Miguel Oliveira, the Tech 3 rider a bit cautious after his adventures in FP4. Pecco Bagnaia conquered Q1 and was Quartararo’s main rival early in Q2, but the Ducati man dropped to seventh in the closing stages, ahead of Pol Espargaro – the KTM man half a second off pole. The Italian had brief aspirations at pole but couldn’t get it together in time and dropped to the bottom of row two – a solid qualifying performance when compared to others of late. An invigorated Danilo Petrucci escaped Q1 and climbed onto front row for the first time this season, with high hopes for Sunday on a favourable track for the Italian.Ĭal Crutchlow did a fine job to climb onto the second row, four tenths off pole and narrowly ahead of Maverick Vinales and Andrea Dovizioso. That demoted Jack Miller to second, the Pramac rider breaking the Yamaha domination by being the first of two Ducatis on the front row of the grid. The Frenchman put his name at the top of the timing screens early on but rivals caught up and it all came down to the final flying lap, when Quartararo blasted through the final sector to secure a fine pole position on his home playground. An autumnal Le Mans set a cold but sunny scene for the premier class qualifying session and after Q1 warmed us up nicely, it was Fabio Quartararo’s turn to defend top spot on home turf. ![]()
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