Jakartakita.com – Pebalap Ducati Francesco Bagnaia meraih pole position MotoGP San Marino 2021 usai mencatatkan waktu tercepat 1 menit 31,065 detik dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di SIrkuit Misano, Sabtu (18/9/2021). Catatan waktu Bagnaia menjadi rekor baru satu putaran di Misano.
Pole position yang diraih merupakan yang ketiga di ajang MotoGP, sekaligus juga yang ketiga musim ini, bagi pebalap Italia tersebut.
Rekan setim Bagnaia, Jack Miller, start dari posisi kedua dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (19/9/2021) usai mencatatkan waktu lebih lambat 0,249 detik di Q2.
Pebalap Yamaha Fabio Quartararo start dari urutan ketiga. Pebalap rookie Jorge Martin start dari posisi empat.
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | 1’31.065s | 7/9 | 297k |
| 2 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.249s | 7/8 | 298k |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.302s | 3/7 | 291k |
| 4 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | +0.598s | 6/9 | 297k |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.771s | 8/8 | 299k |
| 6 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.858s | 8/8 | 297k |
| 7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.870s | 3/5 | 293k |
| 8 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.872s | 3/4 | 295k |
| 9 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.952s | 8/8 | 294k |
| 10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.056s | 6/7 | 296k |
| 11 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +1.361s | 3/7 | 290k |
| 12 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +1.396s | 3/7 | 293k |
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| 13 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’32.21s | 6/8 | 293k |
| 14 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | 1’32.287s | 7/7 | 291k |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | 1’32.289s | 7/7 | 292k |
| 16 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’32.296s | 3/8 | 290k |
| 17 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’32.427s | 6/6 | 293k |
| 18 | Stefan Bradl | GER | HRC (RC213V) | 1’32.439s | 6/8 | 291k |
| 19 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’32.476s | 6/8 | 298k |
| 20 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’32.481s | 8/8 | 292k |
| 21 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’32.821s | 3/8 | 293k |
| 22 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’32.891s | 8/8 | 290k |
| 23 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’32.967s | 2/6 | 287k |
| 24 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’33.098s | 8/8 | 288k |
*Rookie