Jakartakita.com – Pebalap rookie tim Petronas Yamaha Fabio Quartararo berhasil meraih pole position MotoGP Malaysia 2019. Dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Sepang, Sabtu (2/11/2019) siang WIB, pebalap Perancis tersebut mencatatkan waktu terbaik 1 menit 58,303 detik.
Pole position yang diraih merupakan pole position kelima bagi Quartararo di ajang MotoGP.
Pebalap Yamaha Maverick Vinales yang mencatatkan waktu lebih lambat 0,103 detik dari Quartararo start dari posisi kedua dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (3/11/2019). Rekan setim Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli, start dari posisi ketiga.
Rekan setim Vinale, Valentino ‘The Doctor’ Rossi, start dari posisi keenam. Pebalap tim Repsol Honda yang berstatus juara dunia, Marc Marquez, start dari posisi ke-11.
Marquez mencatatkan posisi start terburuk sejak 2015 lalu akibat terjatuh saat menjalani Q2.
| MALAYSIAN MOTOGP – FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | 1’58.303s | 7/7 | 325k |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.103s | 6/6 | 325k |
| 3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.129s | 6/7 | 324k |
| 4 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP19) | +0.422s | 7/7 | 330k |
| 5 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.648s | 7/7 | 326k |
| 6 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.697s | 7/7 | 327k |
| 7 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.787s | 7/7 | 325k |
| 8 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.794s | 7/7 | 330k |
| 9 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.836s | 7/7 | 327k |
| 10 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.870s | 7/7 | 332k |
| 11 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.875s | 3/5 | 327k |
| 12 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP18)* | +1.337s | 6/6 | 327k |
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| 13 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* | 1’59.374s | 7/7 | 326k |
| 14 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1’59.435s | 7/7 | 326k |
| 15 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 1’59.812s | 6/6 | 324k |
| 16 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | 2’0.072s | 7/7 | 328k |
| 17 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 2’0.205s | 6/6 | 325k |
| 18 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 2’0.478s | 5/6 | 327k |
| 19 | Mika Kallio | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 2’0.644s | 6/7 | 322k |
| 20 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 2’1.045s | 6/6 | 319k |
*Rookie