SEPANG, KOMPAS.com — Pebalap Ducati Team asal Italia, Andrea Dovizioso, berhak atas pole position balapan GP Malaysia setelah menjadi yang tercepat pada sesi kualifikasi, Sabtu (29/10/2016).
Bagi Dovizioso, ini merupakan pole position keduanya musim ini setelah GP Belanda di Sirkuit Assen, Juni lalu.
Pole no.2?? of 2016 for #AD04 - the last one was at Assen!
???????????????????? #MalaysianGP https://t.co/gZOtwbfhtD
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
Kualifikasi kedua (Q2) diikuti 12 pebalap dan berlangsung 15 menit di Sirkuit Sepang yang belum sepenuhnya kering karena sebelumnya terguyur hujan.
Sesi berjalan lima menit ketika Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha), Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha), dan Dovizioso secara berurutan mencatat putaran tercepat.
???? #AD04 straight to the top with a superb 2:11s lap! ????#MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/C5E25NItg0
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) terjatuh saat melewati tikungan 11 ketika sesi tersisa sekitar 4 menit.
Few riders could go from the gravel to remounting & qualifying 5th in the space of a few minutes!
???? #CC35 #MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/qEqfUopr0j
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
Dovizioso memimpin dengan 2 menit 11,511 detik hingga sesi berakhir. Pebalap 30 tahun tersebut berhak atas pole position GP Malaysia.
???? #MotoGP Q2#AD04 throws down another flier to secure pole at the #MalaysianGP from #VR46 & #JL99! pic.twitter.com/9gmrPjMTfa
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
Rossi dan Lorenzo akan mendampingi Dovizioso start dari baris terdepan, tepatnya dari posisi kedua dan ketiga.
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), Crutchlow, dan Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) akan mengisi baris kedua start.
???? #MotoGP Grid
Rows 1-4:
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
1?? #AD04 #VR46 #JL99
2?? #MM93 #CC35 #AI29
3?? #AE41 #MV25 #AB19
4?? #LB76 #PE44 #HB8#MalaysianGP
Balapan GP Malaysia akan berlangsung Minggu (30/10/2016) mulai pukul 15.00 waktu setempat (14.00 WIB).
Berikut hasil sesi kualifikasi GP Malaysia.
Q2
1 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'11.485 | ||
2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'11.731 | ||
3 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'11.787 | ||
4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'11.874 | ||
5 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 2'12.558 | ||
6 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'12.598 | ||
7 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 2'12.869 | ||
8 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 2'12.981 | ||
9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2'13.325 | ||
10 | 76 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2'13.452 | ||
11 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'13.707 | ||
12 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2'13.973 |
Q1
1 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 2'11.591 | ||
2 | 76 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2'12.884 | ||
3 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'12.898 | ||
4 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2'12.907 | ||
5 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 2'13.776 | ||
6 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2'13.850 | ||
7 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'14.179 | ||
8 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 2'14.433 | ||
9 | 50 | Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2'14.769 | ||
10 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2'14.786 | ||
11 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2'15.894 |