In the second pre-season test at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, the grid undertook a highly-successful Q1-Q2 simulation ahead of the new qualifying format’s debut at Round 1. In the ten-minute break between the sessions, the bikes were charged for a full eight minutes, facilitating two more fast laps. As in MotoGP™, combined times from Free Practice sessions decide the direct entrants to Q2 – in the case of MotoE™, it’s the top eight riders who go through automatically. Those classified ninth or lower will join the Q1 session, and the top two in Q1 have the chance to move through to Q2 and the ten-rider fight for pole position.