Overview
- Marc Marquez secured pole on Saturday in damp Jerez qualifying by 0.140 seconds over Johann Zarco after a late lap decided the session.
- The track stayed wet enough for rain tires and punished errors, with crashes for Alex Marquez, Fermin Aldeguer, and Jorge Martin and a brief delay after Franco Morbidelli’s smoking Ducati in Q1.
- Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the front row in third, with points leader Marco Bezzecchi in fourth and Alex Marquez recovering to fifth after an earlier fall.
- Pedro Acosta advanced from Q1 to qualify sixth, while Jorge Martin ranked seventh but must drop three places for Sunday for impeding Alex Marquez on Friday.
- Friday’s dry running sent 10 riders straight to Q2, including all four Aprilias, but Saturday’s mixed conditions flipped that order for the 3pm local Sprint lineup and set a revised Sunday grid.