Quartararo claims first-ever Mandalika MotoGP pole, Marc Marquez crashes twice
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Marc Marquez ed twice on a disastrous outing.While Franco Morbidelli was busy picking himself up from the gravel following his opening lap fall at turn 5, team-mate Fabio Quartararo matched Francesco Bagnaia’s top time from Q1 to go four tenths clear of the Italian. Indonesian MotoGP: Full results from Qualifying Indonesian MotoGP: Full results from Free Practice 4Indonesian MotoGP: Full results from Free Practice 3Indonesian Moto GP: Full results from Free Practice 2 Indonesian Moto2: Full results from QualifyingBritain’s Jake Dixon earns historic pole position Indonesian Moto3: Full results from QualifyingCarlos Tatay earns his first-ever pole position Related Mandalika MotoGP predictions: Can anyone stop Fabio Quartararo? Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika – Full Qualifying ResultsThird after the initial set of time attacks was pole hound Jorge Martin, while Aleix Espargaro slotted into fourth. It had been a quiet weekend for the Aprilia rider until that point, but as is often the case in qualifying Espargaro was able to find serious pace. But then came a less impressive moment for the Spaniard, as Espargaro ed at turn 10 which meant yellow flags were deployed.Related Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika – Free Practice (2) Andrea Dovizioso putting in ‘double the amount of work’ aboard RNF YamahaMoments before Espargaro’s , Quartararo set a new benchmark time of 1:31.067s which ended up being good enough for pole by two tenths. Clinching a front row with their final efforts were Pramac Ducati riders Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco, while Brad Binder’s qualifying resurgence for KTM continued with P4, ahead of championship leader Enea Bastianini and Bagnaia. “4Qualifying OneFollowing a delay to the start of qualifying due to Alex Rins’ Suzuki catching fire in FP4 and thus bringing out a red flag, it was Marco Bezzecchi who immediately set the pace. The Mooney VR46 Ducati rider, who was second quickest in FP4, set a time of 1:36.695s to lead from team-mate Luca Marini, however, Francesco Bagnaia then went 0.028s quicker on his second flying lap. Marc Marquez was the first rider to set a lap, but after failing to improve at the start of his second effort, the Repsol Honda rider returned to pit lane for a bike swap, putting him out of sync with the rest of the field.”5Things got considerably worse for Marquez at the start of his second run as he ed at turn 13 – lost the front end as was the case during Friday’s FP2.As Marquez returned to pit lane on the back of a scooter, Bagnaia set a blindingly fast time of 1:31.219s to go four tenths clear of rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio. The top two remained unchanged through to the checkered flag, but not before Marquez suffered a second – this time turn 12.”6A disastrous end to day-two for the eight-time world champion, who had been on and well beyond the limit all session. There were late es for Bezzecchi and Joan Mir, with the latter starting Sunday’s Grand Prix from P18.
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