Morbidelli charges to P1 ahead of qualifying

Super Saturday is underway at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, with Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) topping the timesheets in FP2 as the premier class had one last opportunity to improve their settings ahead of qualifying. The Italian set a 1:30.330 to leap to P1 and secure a 0.167s advantage over Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), with the #41 starting Saturday strong after a tough Friday. Espargaro will be forced to fight in Q1 later on, unlike Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), who rounded out the top three spots in FP2 – less than two seconds adrift - as the entire field was covered by less than one second.

Reigning World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took fourth spot, building throughout the session. The #1 was 0.002s ahead of his title rival Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), who took fifth and suffered an early crash at Turn 16 – rider OK. ‘The Martinator’ was ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), with the brave Italian taking sixth position, ending FP2 in front of compatriot Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team). Meanwhile, Aprilia Racing’s Maverick Viñales was eighth, improving in the final moments of the session.

Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ Team) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) landed the final spots inside the top 10, with both riders already securing a spot in Q2. Further back, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder and Jack Miller were 15^th and 20^th and will both have work to do later on after they were unable to secure a spot in Q2 on Friday.

Make sure you join us for an unpredictable qualifying at 10:50 local time (UTC +8) before the awaited Tissot Sprint gets underway at 15:00 local time (UTC +8)!