MotoGP Qatar GP: Bezzecchi Storms to Pole Ahead of Marquez
Bezzecchi set a new lap record to beat Marc Marquez by 0.266 seconds and claim his fifth pole of the season.
- On Saturday, Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi claimed pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail International Circuit, setting a record 1m50.028s lap to beat championship leader Marc Marquez by 0.266 seconds.
- Yamaha and Prima Pramac withdrew citing 'company-wide travel restrictions' amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran, reducing the grid to 18 riders for the session.
- Championship leader Marc Marquez qualified second, while his Aprilia rival Jorge Martin managed only 11th, reportedly struggling with wrist injuries that complicated his title defense.
- Marquez won Saturday's sprint race, maintaining his lead as Martin finished third behind Fabio Di Giannantonio, while Bezzecchi crashed out attempting to overtake the Ducati rider.
- Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix race presents Marquez's first title match point; he can clinch his eighth world crown if he outscores Martin by 30 points and Bezzecchi by eight.
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Ducati's driver wins a crash sprint in Lusail, marked by his controversial duel with Bezzecchi, but Martinator finishes third despite his radio fracture and complicates Sunday's coronation of the Ilerden
The Catalan, who left in second position, won in front of the Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati-VR46) and the heroic Spanish Jorge Martin (Aprilia), who runs despite a fracture of the radius of the right arm at the wrist. The race was marked by the spectacular fall of the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), who was hit by the Spanish Fermin Aldeguer (Ducati-Gresini) and fell very heavily on the track after passing over his handlebar. This in…
Marc Márquez will have a match ball this Sunday at the Qatar Grand Prix. To abandon the Lusail circuit with a new world championship under his arm, the...
Noticias de Navarra
The rider Marc Márquez (Ducati) has achieved the victory in the MotoGP sprint race of the Qatar Grand Prix, 19th appointment of the World Motorcycling Championship, in a day in which his rival for the title, Jorge Martín (Aprilia), has completed a spectacular date from the eleventh to the third position, results that will allow Cervera to enjoy his first 'match point' for the title this Sunday.
Jorge Martín's carrerón, obsessed with fighting until the end his chances of winning the World Cup despite being physically diminished. The victory was for Marc Márquez, who keeps his chances of winning his tenth Muundial this Sunday, the eighth in the reign category. But the Madrider climbed to a podium that seemed impossible and more after leaving in 11th position on grill. Martinator's third position reduces to the maximum the chances that Du…
Radio France Internationale
Al-MonitorMarc Marquez has shot at eighth MotoGP title after Qatar sprint win
Starting from second on the grid, Ducati's Marquez needed to finish Saturday's sprint with five more points than closest rival Jorge Martin in order to have his first shot at retaining his title, and he did exactly that. Marquez is now 49 points ahead of Martin, who put in a brilliant performance to finish third on his return from a broken right wrist, with two weekends to come in the season following Sunday's Grand Prix. The 33-year-old overtoo…
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