The Repsol team rookie participates in his second consecutive Q2 session of the season. Bradl will start from sixteenth place.
On his second visit to MotorLand Aragón in the space of a week, Álex Márquez was back in Q2 at the Teruel Grand Prix, earning his best qualifying position this year for the race. After placing eleventh last week, Márquez took a step forward and qualified tenth for tomorrow’s contest, thanks to a 1:47.603 that puts him on the fourth row.
Repsol Honda teammate Stefan Bradl, who started from 21st on the grid last week, greatly improved his result today. The German, who contested Q1, set a best time of 1:47.585 for sixteenth at the Teruel Grand Prix.
Tomorrow’s MotoGP race will be held one hour earlier than the normal schedule, at 1pm local time.
Álex Márquez
“Last weekend we did a 48.1 and this weekend a 47.5 in the morning, so we have made a step. But honestly, I was aiming to be on the first three rows for the race, but we just missed out, MotoGP is like this this year where just half a tenth can make the difference. Our pace is looking good but starting 10th it will be difficult to be on the podium as everyone has made a step this weekend. A good start will be important because I think we are strong on used tyres and I think the top five is possible tomorrow. Let’s have a good race.”
Stefan Bradl
“We are much faster this weekend and even faster than yesterday, even if our final position looks further. The crash I had meant that I couldn’t use my favourite bike but my grid position and laps are better than last week, so I am pleased. It will be a very fast race tomorrow because everyone now has two weeks of data. We are starting ahead of some strong riders so I think it will be a good race.”
