It’s normally one of the toughest sessions of the weekend, an hour full of stress, the obsession with Q2 and the future front row. Because there is no more P3! In short, qualifying is a total of an hour and a half instead of a half hour. The track is dry, at 31 degrees. We will obviously follow Quartararo, who completely missed his Q1. It is double M. Favorite combination of the others, front tire Hard, rear Medium. We have time, we run the tires before attacking. As Quartararo the KTMs have their work cut out for them, Miller is the best, with the thirteenth time! While Augusto Fernandez takes to the gravel. Martin rolled out the Soft front tire. He’s already in the sprint? The thrusts of the back are frequent, the track is grainy but not very adherent. Rins is fifth time, in double M, the Honda boys feel more free when Marquez is not there? Quartararo takes the wake of Bagnaia, which will at least give him clues of trajos and grip, which was his problem in the morning. No hellish laps so far, there are some improvements, Bagnaia is up eight, I’ve already mentioned Rins. What is good is that in its first half, this session is less terrifying than in Portugal, experience of the pilots or circuit oblige? There are 22 minutes left and still no Time Attack. But here almost everyone is in the pits, preparing the ammunition… The first shot, it’s almost obvious, is carried by Martin, who takes the best time 70 thousandths ahead of Vinales. The choice of tires remains basically the same, H/M. Martin recovers a blow, more than a tenth ahead of Vinales. Maverick reacts, Aleix reacts but Bagnaia steals the show from them. The war is really on. And hop, Vinales becomes the king again. And presto Bezzecchi and his private Ducati is king. Dynasties change every turn! Vinales two, Marini three, we also see Binder coming out of hell he is eight, Bagnaia is four to two tenths of Bezzecchi. Rossi’s men are definitely very visible! Everyone returned to the stand again. Quartararo continues to roll, with the fifteenth time in the combined! Zarco is new so in Q2 for the moment but the war is raging everywhere. We stay in H/M, Aleix Espargaro best time, ahead of Vinales and Bezzecchi. Aleix makes a detour, without falling, he keeps the best time. Double Aprilia ahead of Bezzecchi. Behind, the top ten, Marini, Zarco, Bagnaia, Martin, Nakagami, Morbidelli, Rins. Two Hondas and a Yamaha ! But drama for Quartararo, fourteenth time and therefore having to go through Q1. Here it is, an almost normal Friday. And it does good!
