And, to make matters worse for the factory team, Franco Morbidelli, yet another Rossi protégé, finished second, putting two 2015 vintage M1s on the front row. Saturday’s madness edition – get this – ended with rookie Fabio Quartararo, who had the decency to turn 20 years old last month, on pole, holding both the track record and the record for youngest polesitter in MotoGP history, eclipsing #93 hisself. The increasingly-irrelevant Jorge Lorenzo set the first marker in the 1:37s on his second lap out of the pits (on his way to P11.) Marquez stepped up 11/100ths of a second later with a 1:36.970, flirting with Petrucci, which held up for almost 10 minutes until the LTMOQ2 (Last Two Minutes of Q2), which are a thing to which we will refer going forward. It was a remarkable Saturday for the Petronas Yamaha SRT, with Fabio Quartaro (right) taking the pole and Franco Morbidelli qualifying second. But it would get worse in Q2, the teacher getting schooled by former students half his age. For Rossi, a Sunday driver who can podium from pretty much anywhere on the grid, it was just another in a series of vexing issues this weekend. Most of the crowd clad in his colors held their breath for almost three minutes watching the GOAT not have enough. Late in Q1, with Viñales and rookie protégé Pecco Bagnaia on the Ducati sitting 1-2, Doctor Rossi had enough time to attempt two flying laps, hoping to sneak into Q2 after a miserable two days. Q1 and Q2, apart from offering some of the most exciting moments of every weekend, were especially instructive at Jerez. The only notable results from FP4 were Viñales closing the session in 2nd place (after failing to make the cut into Q2) and Andrea Iannone being helped off the track with a left leg issue after a hard fall late in the session. Jerez was once reputed to be unfriendly to the Ducati Desmosedici, but not anymore. Petrucci broke the old track record, surprising, I think, even himself. FP3 melded Friday’s results as Petrucci, Marquez and brazen Petronas Yamaha SRT rookie Fabio Quartararo topped the sheet Rossi 11th and screwed to the fifth row on Sunday. Saturday was cloudy, lowering air and track temps. Jerez hasn’t typically been kind to Ducati but both factory racers Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso looked strong this weekend.

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