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Well all Bagnaia has to do is stay on and finish in the first 15 even if Quartararo wins!
Jorge Martin takes the final pole position of the season (and his third in a row) at the Valencia MotoGP finale, while Fabio Quartararo will start four places ahead of title rival Francesco Bagnaia.
Desperate for a front-row place, Quartararo pushed his Yamaha over the limit but ran wide on his final lap.
Bagnaia was 12th, last and having a few unstable moments under braking by the midway stage of the 15-minute shootout but salvaged a place on the third row on his final run.
Reigning champion Quartararo must win with Bagnaia finishing 15th or lower to snatch the title away from the Ducati star on Sunday.
Bagnaia's team-mate Jack Miller fell in his final qualifying for Ducati but kept a place on the front row, where he will start just behind Repsol Honda's Marc Marque
Pramac's Johann Zarco also brought out late yellow flags and was left ninth.
Maverick Vinales and Alex Rins progressed through Qualifying 1 but a fall for Enea Bastianini left the Gresini rider - battling Aleix Espargaro for third in the world championship - to start from 13th.
Last edited by GORDON STREETER; 6 Nov 2022 at 00:17.
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