Martin beats Bagnaia to Japan MotoGP pole, Quartararo 14th

2023-09-30 P1racenews AI Aleix Espargaro Brad Binder Cal Crutchlow Di Gianantonio Fabio Quartararo Franco Morbidelli Jack Miller Joan Mir Johann Zarco Marc Marquez Marco Bezzecchi Maverick Vinales Michele Pirro. Miguel Oliveira Pol Espargaro Pramac Ducati Raul Fernandez Stefan Bradl

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Martin beats Bagnaia to Japan MotoGP pole, Quartararo 14th

In the pole shootout, the Pramac Ducati rider immediately set the fastest lap, breaking the previous record by nearly three-tenths of a second. However, Bagnaia struggled initially and was eighth. On his final run, he came close to Martin’s pace but ended up second. With no one else near the top two, Martin took pole for the second time this season. On the front row, Miller returned to form followed by Bezzecchi, who survived a high-speed crash and salvaged fourth place on the grid. Binder secured fifth for KTM, with Marquez in seventh for Honda. Quartararo struggled and ended up 14th, while wildcard Crutchlow qualified 19th.

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Source: Motorsport Week