MotoGP Qatar GP: Bezzecchi Storms to Pole Ahead of Marquez
- On Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi secured pole position with a new lap record of 1m50.028s, beating championship leader Marc Marquez by 0.266s.
- Championship leader Marc Marquez enters the Qatar weekend aiming to seal his eighth world title, needing to outscore Jorge Martin by 30 points and Bezzecchi by eight points.
- Fabio Di Giannantonio qualified third for VR46 Ducati, while Raul Fernandez took fourth for Trackhouse and Pecco Bagnaia finished fifth on the second factory Ducatis.
- Title contender Jorge Martin struggled significantly during qualifying, finishing 11th on his Aprilia, and expressed frustration with Pedro Acosta regarding interference on his final lap.
- Attention shifts to the Saturday afternoon sprint race, which holds critical importance as Marquez pursues an early championship clinch in Qatar.
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The Italian achieves his fifth pole of the year and will be accompanied in the first line by the Spanish and Di Giannantonio. Martin, eleventh, upset with Acosta. More information: Marc Márquez razes in Sepang and already has his tenth title shot.
MotoGP Qatar GP: Bezzecchi storms to pole ahead of Marquez
Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi laid down a marker in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix, shattering the MotoGP lap record to win a pole duel with Ducati's Marc Marquez.Bezzecchi's team-mate Jorge Martin, who is also Marc's nearest championship challenger, had a disappointing session, however, and will only line up 11th on the grid. With the four Yamahas missing after their withdrawal from ...Keep reading
Spanish looks more at the ranking than at the single race
Marco Bezzecchi has flown like a rocket through the circuit of Losail to take a pole of record (1:50.065) in the GP of Qatar of MotoGP. The Italian of Aprilia was the only one able to beat a Marc Marquez who started very strong, but who ended up conforming to the second position in the classification. ... Continue reading "Marco Bezzecchi flies in Qatar to leave without pole to Marquez with Martin eleventh"
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