Qualifying day at the Losail Circuit that tomorrow will see for the first GP of the 2021 season the Pramac Racing riders Johann Zarco and Jorge Martín starting respectively from the second and fifth row.
Johann Zarco in FP4 touched with his Desmosedici the 362.4 km/h setting a new all time speed record.
The French rider with a time of 1:53.268 during the second run of Q2 conquered the sixth position on the grid.
Jorge Martin also did very well in Q1, after making a masterful first run and finishing in P2 with a best time of 1:53.840, on the last lap of the second run the Spanish rider crashed and finishes in fourteenth position overall.
Jorge Martín
I am happy and satisfied,
my goal for now is to improve as much as possible and to get more and more confident with the bike.
I have a good pace and I improved since yesterday, at the end I was missing some experience but that will come with time.
On the last lap of the second run I was pushing hard and unfortunately I crashed but I’m happy with how the day went.
Tomorrow is my first race and I’m going to give it my all.
Johann Zarco
I am very pleased with this day,
sixth place is a very good position to start tomorrow.
I’m happy for Pecco who did an impressive lap and this will motivate me even more to do better.
I know we have a chance to do a very good race, i will do my best tomorrow.