Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, already disappointing on Friday riding his Yamaha, will only start in 16th position on Saturday during the sprint and on Sunday during the Spanish Grand Prix, the fourth round of the MotoGP season.
The 2021 world champion, who had set the 16th time in qualifying on Friday, failed to clinch one of the two places for Q2 in repechage, which will determine the starting grid for the sprint and the race.
El Diablo certainly improved its best time of the day before by 433/1000, but that was not enough to obtain one of the two best times, which were finally achieved by the reigning Italian world champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati ) and South African Brad Binder (KTM).
Quartararo will therefore only start on the sixth row on a circuit which however usually succeeds for him and where it is very difficult to overtake, which does not bode well for the French driver who could see his competitors escape in the classification. of the world championship at the end of this weekend in Andalusia.