Marc Marquez has stormed to victory at Jerez after front-running rivals Andrea Dovizioso, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa all crashed out together which sees the defending MotoGP world champion claim the riders’ championship lead.
Marquez fastest in morning warm-up at Jerez despite a fall. Team-mate Pedrosa also hit the desk in the closing minutes. Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event.
The MSMA has elected Claudio Domenicali (CEO of Ducati) as its new Chairman for the next two years, during a General Meeting at Jerez during the Spanish GP weekend.
Cal Crutchlow sees his first pole position in over a year as reward to his LCR Honda squad after struggling in qualifying in recent races as he eyes a second win of the 2018 MotoGP season.
Johann Zarco concedes reaching the podium this weekend will be his primary focus for the Jerez MotoGP race as he sees big threats in the Honda riders.
Dani Pedrosa says keeping his rhythm and race pace on his Repsol Honda will be vital to his chances for victory at Jerez despite being out performed in qualifying by LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow.
Full Jerez MotoGP qualifying results here Cal Crutchlow has stormed to his first MotoGP pole position since 2016 at Silverstone seeing of fellow Honda rider Dani Pedrosa at Jerez.
The top two riders in Q1 now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice. The others will start, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards…
Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten after third free practice, will now get underway… Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event. Kallio has his first wild-card appearance of the season. FP4:
Marquez leads FP3 at Jerez with a new lap record, while Dovizioso and Vinales miss out on direct access to Qualifying 2. Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event. Kallio has his first wild-card appearance of the season.
Marc Marquez has gone under the lap record at Jerez to lead Saturday morning practice ahead of Cal Crutchlow while MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso missed out on the top ten which will see him go into Qualifying 1.