Sunday Guide: MotoGP

MotoGP™
Aleix Espargaro has qualified on pole position for the fourth time in MotoGP™️ (setting a new all-time lap record)
along with Assen/2014 (with Forward Yamaha), Catalunya/2015 (with Suzuki) and Argentina/2022 (with
Aprilia). He will be aiming to give Aprilia podiums in five successive premier class races for the first time.
With Aleix Espargaro on pole position, this is the second pole position for Aprilia since the introduction of
MotoGP™️ in 2002 and the fourth overall in the premier class along with Tetsuya Harada in Italy in 1999 and
Jeremy McWilliams in Australia in 2000.
Aprilia becomes the fifth manufacturer to qualify on pole position in Catalunya MotoGP™️ (since 2002) along
with Honda (9 pole positions), Yamaha (8), Ducati (2) and Suzuki (1).
Francesco Bagnaia has qualified second which is the fourth time so far this year he has qualified on the front
row. He will be aiming to win in back-to-back races for the first time since Algarve and Valencia last year.
Fabio Quartararo has qualified third as the top Yamaha for his third front row start of the season along with
Indonesia (pole) and Spain (second). He went on to take second in both races. He will be aiming to win for the
second time this year along with Portugal (he won in MotoGP™️ in Catalunya in 2020).
This is Quartararo’s 39th front row in MotoGP™️. Over his 38 previous front-row starts, he went on to finish on
the podium 21 times (including seven of his nine premier class wins so far).
Johann Zarco has qualified fourth which is the seventh time out of nine MotoGP:tm: rounds so far this year he
has qualified within the top six (although he started from ninth in France following a penalty). He will be aiming
to win for the first time in MotoGP™️.
On pole last weekend in Italy, rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio has qualified fifth for this second-best qualifying.
Jorge Martin has qualified sixth, which is the first time he has qualified within the front two rows since Americas
earlier this year when he was on pole position. He will be aiming to stand on the podium for the second time
so far this year along with Argentine when he was P2.
Alex Rins has qualified seventh as the top Suzuki rider, equalling his best qualifying result of the season from
Argentina and Americas earlier this year, when he finished on the podium both times.
After passing through Q1, Maverick Viñales has qualified eighth for his second-best qualifying result since he
joined Aprilia, after Argentina earlier this year when he qualified fifth. He will be aiming to stand on the podium
for the first time with Aprilia.
Pol Espargaro has qualified 10th as top Honda, which is the fifth time so far this year he has qualified in the
top 10. He’ll be aiming to give Honda their second podium of the season along with Qatar when he finished P3.
Third in the Championship, Enea Bastianini has qualified 14th for his second-worst qualifying result of the
season after Portugal when he qualified 18th.

Moto2™
After passing through Q1, Celestino Vietti has qualified on pole position for the second time in Moto2™️ along
with the opening race of the season in Qatar when he took his maiden win in the class. He will be aiming to
stand on the podium for the first time since Portugal when he finished P2.
Only three riders have won after not taking pole position in Catalunya in Moto2™️: Yuki Takahashi (2010), Andrea
Iannone (2012) and Alex Marquez (2019).
On pole in Italy, Aron Canet has qualified second, which is the fourth time so far this year he has qualified
within the top three. He will be aiming to win for the first time in Moto2™️.
Joe Roberts has qualified third for his best qualifying result since he was also third last year in France. He will
be aiming to win for the second time in Moto2™️ along with Portugal earlier this year.
Jake Dixon has qualified fourth, which is the sixth time so far this year he has qualified within the front two
rows. He will be aiming to stand on the Moto2™️ podium for the second time along with Americas this year (P3).
Albert Arenas has qualified fifth equalling his second-best qualifying result of the season so far from Americas.
He finished P12 last year in Catalunya, which was his best result in Moto2™️ at that time.
Sam Lowes has qualified sixth which is the seventh time so far this year he qualified within the front two rows.
He will be aiming to stand on the podium for the second time this season along with Qatar (when he was P3).
He finished P2 here in Moto2™️ in 2020.
Moto3™
Dennis Foggia has qualified on pole position for the second time in his GP career along with France last month.
He will be aiming to win for the second time so far this year along with Indonesia. He finished P3 in 2020 in
Catalunya, his only podium in Moto3™️ at the track.
This is Honda’s sixth successive pole position at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Moto3™️, and the eighth
overall in the class at the track.
Since 2020, only five riders have won in Moto3™️ after starting from pole: Tatsuki Suzuki at the 2020 Andalusian
GP, Raul Fernandez at the 2020 Portuguese GP, Romano Fenati at the British GP last year, Sergio Garcia in
Argentina this year and Izan Guevara also this year.
Deniz Öncü, who was on pole position last weekend in Italy, has qualified second, which is the third time so far
this year he qualified within the top three. He took his maiden podium in Moto3™️ last year in Catalunya and he
will now be aiming to win for the first time.
Izan Guevara has qualified third, which is the fourth time so far this year he qualified within the top three and
the first time since he was on pole position in Jerez and won the race (his most recent win).

Lorenzo Fellon has qualified fourth for his second-best qualifying result in his GP career after Portugal earlier
this year when he qualified third. He finished P16 last year in Catalunya, which was his best result in Moto3™️ at
that time.
After passing through Q1, Ryusei Yamanaka has qualified fifth for his best qualifying result in Moto3™️, although
he started from fourth in Qatar this year after qualifying sixth. He will be aiming to stand on the podium for
the first time in the class.
Championship leader and winner last year in Catalunya, Sergio Garcia has qualified seventh, which is the fifth
time so far this year he failed to qualify within the top six. He will be aiming to win for the first time in back-toback Moto3™️ races.