Jakartakita.com – Pebalap Yamaha Mavercik Vinales berhasil meraih pole position MotoGP Australia 2019. Dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Phillip Island, Minggu (27/10/2019) pagi WIB, pebalap Spanyol tersebut dapat mencatatkan waktu tercepat 28,492 detik.
Babak kualifikasi MotoGP Australia 2019 sedianya berlangsung Sabtu (26/10/2019). Namun akibat angin kencang yang membahayakan para pebalap, babak kualifikasi baru digelar di hari yang sama balapan berlangsung.
Pebalap rookie tim Petronas Yamaha Fabio Quartararo start dari posisi kedua. Sedangkan pebalap tim Repsol Honda yang berstatus juara dunia, Marc Marquez, start dari posisi ketiga.
Rekan setim Vinales, Valentino ‘The Doctor’ Rossi menempati urutan start keempat, diikuti pebalap Ducati Danilo Petrucci di posisi kelima. Posisi keenam ditempati pebalap tim LCR Honda Cal Cruchlow.
Hasil babak kualifikasi MotoGP Australia 2019
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 28.492s | 8/8 | 340k |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +0.551s | 3/8 | 338k |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.724s | 7/8 | 341k |
| 4 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.751s | 8/9 | 339k |
| 5 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.847s | 7/8 | 343k |
| 6 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.043s | 4/8 | 346k |
| 7 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.066s | 4/8 | 342k |
| 8 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.089s | 2/7 | 344k |
| 9 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP19) | +1.123s | 2/7 | 346k |
| 10 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +1.175s | 7/8 | 345k |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.224s | 9/9 | 337k |
| 12 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +1.455s | 3/8 | 343k |
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| 13 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* | 1’29.712s | 8/8 | 340k |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’30.008s | 7/8 | 341k |
| 15 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP18)* | 1’30.075s | 7/7 | 342k |
| 16 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | 1’30.165s | 7/7 | 346k |
| 17 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 1’30.18s | 8/8 | 342k |
| 18 | Mika Kallio | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 1’30.495s | 8/8 | 335k |
| 19 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’31.179s | 6/8 | 339k |
| 20 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’31.285s | 6/6 | 330k |
| 21 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | 1’31.941s | 8/8 | 334k |
*Rookie