Title contender Andrea Dovizioso got the ninth quickest time in Q2 and will start the MotoGP World Championship decider from the third row.
In the morning’s FP3 session Dovizioso could not manage to improve on the time he set in FP2 but thanks to yesterday’s time, he finished the decisive session for access to Q2 in eighth.
Th Italian rider finished the qualifying in ninth position(1’30.961).
The Valencia Grand Prix, held over 30 laps, will get underway tomorrow afternoon at 14.00 CET at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Cheste (Valencia).
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’30.961 (9th)
“Today wasn’t a great qualifying session for me, and that was a real pity, but this afternoon we managed to improve our pace and we’re not looking too bad for the race. I think that tomorrow we’ll have a chance of fighting for the podium, but we know it’s going to be tough as there are several riders who have good pace. Marquez is very fast, but there also were a lot of crashes and this means that even our rivals don’t have much of a margin. We have to continue to work tomorrow morning in the warm-up and ride in a smoother and less aggressive way, but in the race we will try right until the very end!”