The Spanish rider got his 5th pole position of the seasion in Brno with a 1:54.596, a new lap record for the circuit. The podium was completed by Lorenzo and Iannone.

Pedrosa unsurprisingly dominated Q1 with a 1:55.793, followed by Smith. Petrucci on P13, Redding, Leverty, Baz, Hernandez, Bradl, Bauti and Rabat on P20 will close the starting grid tomorrow.

Iannone started strongly in Q1, but Lorenzo stole P1 from him. Meanwhile, Márquez was trying to improve his time. It seemed like Lorenzo had secured his pole after improving his time even more, but Márquez set the record of the circuit in the following lap and got the pole for tomorrow’s race.

Top 12 result:

Pos. Num. Pilot País Equip Moto Km/h Temps Diferència 1st/Prev.
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 309.8 1’54.596
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 308.9 1’54.849 0.253 / 0.253
3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 312.4 1’55.227 0.631 / 0.378
4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 304.1 1’55.324 0.728 / 0.097
5 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 308.3 1’55.437 0.841 / 0.113
6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 308.0 1’55.509 0.913 / 0.072
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 309.8 1’55.748 1.152 / 0.239
8 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 307.7 1’55.787 1.191 / 0.039
9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 310.7 1’55.841 1.245 / 0.054
10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 306.7 1’55.930 1.334 / 0.089
11 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 305.4 1’56.115 1.519 / 0.185
12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 308.7 1’56.522 1.926 / 0.407