Pedro Acosta takes first MotoGP pole, Marquez loses record lap, Martin 11th
Mꦐarc Marquez st🌜ripped of Motegi lap record, handing a debut pole position to Pedro Acosta.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez looked to have put his recent MotoGP qualifying curse behind him as he blasted to the first ever 1m 42s lap of the Motegi cir🃏cuit.
With only a few minutes to go, Marquez's nearest rival168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Pedro Acosta was not going fast💟 enough to beat the Gresini rider.
But Marquez’s name suddenly disappeared from the top of the timing screens, followed by a message that he had exceeded tra🎃ck limits.
The loss of t🥂hat lap not only handed pole position to Acosta but dropped Marquez back to ninth.
The Gresini pits were in uproar, although replays later confirmed that the #93 had indeed clipped the green just as the ker⛄bing ended at the exit of Turn 4.
Marquez’s crew chief Frankie Carchedi suggested a delay in communicating the penalty denied Marquez the chance to try for another flying lap, although his post on X was later deleted.
Marquez however made his thoughts clear:
— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)Instead, after delivering the 1m 42.868s ‘pole time’, Marquez finished the session with two slow laps. That left his next best qualifying timꦫe a 1m 44.136s from his opening run.
Marquez’s cancelled pole lap wasn’t the💦 only drama during the tense 15-minute Q2 session, which began with raindrops falling.
Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia had been 12th and last after his opening run, struggling badly f💧or rear grip and pitting early for a tyre change.
The Italian’s fortunes then made a massive turnaround as he charged to second on the grid while title rival Jorge Martin crashed at the start of his final run and was left in 11th pl🏅ace.
Marti🐓n holds a 21🍃-point lead over Bagnaia heading into this afternoon’s Sprint, when all eyes will again be on the weather, which is forecast to deteriorate.
Maverick Vinal𒆙es was a surprise third for Aprilia at the stop-and-go track, while Enea Bastianini, Brad Binder and Franco Morbidelli will form row two of the grid.
VR46 team-mates Fabio di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi will start ahead of༒ Marquez on ro📖w three.
Martin lines up between Alex Marquez and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo on row four. Quartararo joined Morbidelli in progressing past Qualifying 1 where early leader Jack Miller was left punching the tank of hisꦫ KTM in frustration.
Johann Zarco rebounded from a big final practice fall to be the top Honda riꩵder in 16th.
The Motegi Sprint race starts at 3pm local time.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Vale▨ntino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
