FP-2
1 = Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 2'04.164s 16/17 342k
2 = Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +0.015s 17/17 346k
3 ^12 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.202s 15/17 342k
4 ^1 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.388s 16/16 344k
5 ^11 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.448s 13/16 342k
6 ^2 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) +0.499s 16/16 341k
7 ^12 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21)* +0.513s 14/15 341k
8 Ë...5 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +0.559s 14/15 346k
9 Ë...2 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.638s 16/18 339k
10 ^8 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.672s 16/16 342k
11 Ë...2 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.688s 15/16 342k
12 Ë...1 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.769s 16/16 343k
13 Ë...1 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.930s 15/15 341k
14 ^7 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.973s 14/15 339k
15 ^2 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1.132s 13/14 339k
16 Ë...10 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.450s 16/16 341k
17 ^3 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1.467s 16/16 338k
18 Ë...14 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.518s 9/14 341k
19 Ë...5 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +2.045s 10/12 345k
20 Ë...7 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +2.071s 13/14 335k
21 Ë...11 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +2.093s 16/16 342k
Friday in Austin.
https://youtu.be/f6QVNbP8fBU
Watching some of the on-board and slow-mo from free practice, it's wild just how bumpy the surface is in some of those corners. Maybe it's how they roll in Texas, but those ponies are bucking - Let's Rodeo!
Pecco for the qualifying hat trick!
AUSTIN MOTOGP, COTA - FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS
POS RIDER NAT TEAM TIME/DIFF LAP MAX
1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) 2'2.781s 6/7 344k
2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.348s 6/7 342k
3 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.428s 3/6 342k
4 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21)* +0.497s 2/6 346k
5 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.511s 6/6 343k
6 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +0.598s 3/7 350k
7 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.672s 6/7 341k
8 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.747s 3/6 338k
9 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.765s 2/3 341k
10 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +0.939s 2/6 342k
11 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.000s 6/6 343k
12 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.094s 3/6 345k
Qualifying 1:
13 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 2'3.872s 5/6 339k
14 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 2'4.044s 7/7 342k
15 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) 2'4.1s 7/7 346k
16 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* 2'4.118s 6/6 346k
17 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) 2'4.324s 6/7 343k
18 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 2'4.392s 6/6 341k
19 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2'4.419s 5/5 345k
20 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 2'4.699s 3/6 343k
21 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) 2'4.829s 6/7 339k
A beautiful fight for pole position! I wonder what happened to Jack, who was flying in FP3 & 4? :-\
Edit: It sounds like Miller only got in ONE flying lap in the whole session. ?!?!?
Quick-fire qualifying
https://youtu.be/_AeZOkmR3eo
The pole lap. [evil]
https://youtu.be/NX3k3HDR0K8
Bagnaia is just incredible. He has a winning attitude that Dovi sadly never did.
MM owns COTA.
Moto2 footnote, Cameron Beaubier finished 5th, Roberts 18th. Cam may make it to MotoGP before Joe.
Cameron had a great race.
https://youtu.be/V-1Ze-MQcJI
https://youtu.be/LpY63NnSaOk
https://youtu.be/IAYskJWQL34
https://youtu.be/YZ9E3MDPUDY