Jorge Lorenzo stormed to a home pole position in Barcelona snatching pole position from Marc Marquez in the closing stages.
Fresh off the back of his first win for Ducati, the five-time World Champion claimed his first pole position for the Italian factory today. Lorenzo posted the fastest lap in the opening runs of the session. However, after making it through Q1, Marquez was the first man to lap in the 1.38’s all weekend taking provisional pole off his 2019 team-mate.
Marquez went further under his fastest lap time as Lorenzo seemingly had an argument with someone in his Ducati garage. With just over a minute remaining, Lorenzo found the tenth he needed in the final sector to storm to the pole position with a 1.38.680, 0.066 ahead of Marquez.
Andrea Dovizioso makes it two factory Ducati on the front row, although the Italian found himself the best part of a quarter of a second behind his team-mate.
Maverick Vinales was the first Yamaha and he will head the second row. After the successful test in Barcelona three weeks ago, he will be hoping he can convert his good starting position to challenge for the podium. Andrea Iannone will start in fifth position on his Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR with Danilo Petrucci rounding out the second row.
The third row will be headed by Valentino Rossi, the Italian was seemingly struggling with grip during qualifying running wide at turn ten and sacrificing another lap after his team informed him Marquez was right behind him. Johann Zarco and Tito Rabat will join Rossi on the third row.
Cal Crutchlow crashed late in the session on the fast turn twelve whilst on a hot lap. Because of the crash the Brit couldn’t improve on his tenth position. He will head all Honda fourth row with Dani Pedrosa eleventh and Q1’s second fastest man Taka Nakagami twelfth.
