A thunderstorm forced the cancellation of the qualifying race for the MXGP of Turkey, part of the MXGP Motocross World Championship. The race was scheduled for Saturday in Afyonkarahisar.
With no qualifying race, the results from the timed practice session were taken into account. Tim Gajser (Team HRC) was the fastest in the session, beating Jorge Prado (Red Bull GasGas) by 0.798s, with Jeremy Seewer (Monster Energy Yamaha) following 1.572s behind the leader.
The points that would have been awarded in the qualifying race will not be awareded. Therefore, only the main races on Sunday will have an impact on the championship at the MXGP of Turkey.
Timed practice results:
