Crutchlow & Petrucci graduate from Q1

Brno and Phillip Island winner leads the way to Q2

Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) topped Q1 to move into Q2 for the final qualifying shootout, with Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Yakhnich) spoiling the home party after knocking Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing) down to P3.

Barbera will line up in P13, with Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Yakhnich) and Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) in fifteenth. Loris Baz (Avintia Racing) was P16, with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini duo Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista in P17 and P18, followed by Eugene Laverty (Pull&Bear Aspar Team).

Mika Kallio qualified the new KTM RC16 in P20 for the bike’s first outing ahead of a full time entry for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in 2017, heading regular entrants Tito Rabat (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) and Yonny Hernandez (Pull&Bear Aspar Team).