MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix Full Qualifying Results: Acosta top as Aprilia falter
Updated: 11:40, 16 May
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Qualifying for the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix is complete at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and it was Pedro Acosta who topped a strange and turbulent session.
All eyes were on Jorge Martin in Q1 as the Spaniard posted the fastest time before crashing on his final push lap. VR46's Franco Morbidelli then went even faster before having his lap deleted due to track limits. The Valentino Rossi academy rider then follow Bagnaia and went even quicker, eliminating his fellow Italian.
Ai Ogura was another surprise elimination as he failed to make it through to Q2. There were also crashes for Toprak Razgatlioglu and Fermin Aldeguer but both riders were okay.
The Q2 session wasn't much better for Aprilia as championship leader Marco Bezzecchi crashed out and finished the session in P12.
Acosta was comfortably fastest in Q2 and took just the second pole position of his MotoGP career. Morbidelli then went second fastest and took an unlikely place on the front row along with Alex Marquez.
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Yamaha will be pleased with their progress since Jerez. Both Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller were both in Q2, with Quartararo achieving a P7 start.
MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix Full Qualifying Results
| Position | Rider (Team) | Time |
| 1. | Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing) | 1:38.068 |
| 2. | Franco Morbidelli (VR46) | +0.233 |
| 3. | Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) | +0.274 |
| 4. | Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) | +0.385 |
| 5. | Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda) | +0.406 |
| 6. | Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46) | +0.409 |
| 7. | Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +0.443 |
| 8. | Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing) | +0.529 |
| 9. | Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) | +0.584 |
| 10. | Joan Mir (Honda HRC) | +0.618 |
| 11. | Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) | +0.705 |
| 12. | Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) | +0.717 |
| 13. | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) | 1:38.752 (Q1) |
| 14. | Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3) | 1:38.797 (Q1) |
| 15. | Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing) | 1:38.851 (Q1) |
| 16. | Luca Marini (Honda HRC) | 1:39.011 (Q1) |
| 17. | Maverick Vinales (KTM Tech3) | 1:39.071 (Q1) |
| 18. | Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Racing) | 1:39.212 (Q1) |
| 19. | Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) | 1:39.280 (Q1) |
| 20. | Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) | 1:39.324 (Q1) |
| 21. | Augusto Fernandez (Monster Energy Yamaha) | 1:39.876 (Q1) |
| 22. | Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) | 1:42.945 (Q1) |
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