Bagnaia holds off Quartararo to grab Sachsenring pole

The short nature of the Sachsenring led Bagnaia to employ a three-run strategy in qualifying, but exited pitlane a few seconds too late on his last fresh soft rear to get his third time attack run in.

Despite this, no one challenged the 1m19.931s he’d already set to claim his third pole of the 2022 season.

Due to a power outage at the circuit just ahead of FP4, qualifying was delayed…