Ducati rider Jorge Lorenzo put in a superb performance in qualifying to conquer the front row of the grid for Sunday afternoon's Catalan GP with the second-fastest time he recorded at the Montmeló circuit.
In the morning the Spanish rider had been sixth fastest in the FP3 session, the only one decisive for direct access into Q2 because of the modifications made to the last chicane after Friday's practice.
Lorenzo lapped in 1'44.201 on his first run in Q2 and tomorrow will share the front row with poleman Dani Pedrosa and with a competitive Danilo Petrucci, who was third on a 2017 Pramac Racing Team Desmosedici GP.
“Today finally we were able to do a really good qualifying session and for the first time I start from the front row on a Ducati,” said a very happy Lorenzo. “Montmeló is a circuit that I like a lot, and above all it allows me to express myself to the maximum over one lap.”
“In the afternoon's free practice session we improved the bike a lot and we were able to make it more stable and keep up quite a fast pace. For tomorrow it will be very important to have good grip with the rear tyre in the last part of the race. I'm happy with today's result and tomorrow morning in the warm-up we'll try and make some final modifications to put us in a position to fight for a good result in the race.”
