The Frenchman from Yamaha on pole at Mandalika: he precedes the two Ducati Pramacs of Martin and Zarco. Quinto Bastianini, ahead of Bagnaia. Crisis Marc Marquez: the Honda Spaniard slips twice in Q1 and is in the fifth row
The return of the king. The pole of the first GP of Indonesia of the MotoGP is of the reigning world champion, Fabio Quartararo, who reacts like a champion to the opaque GP of Qatar. The Frenchman on Yamaha confirms his good feeling with the Mandalika track and with a time of 1.31.067 he conquers the first position in qualifying, preceding the two Ducati Pramacs of Jorge Martin, 2nd 0.213, and Johann Zarco, 3rd at 0.311. The first of the Italians is Enea Bastianini: the winner of the Qatar GP is confirmed and places his Ducati Gresini in 5th place (+0.437) behind Brad Binder (Ktm, +0.366) and in front of Pecco Bagnaia, who closes the second row in sixth position with the Ducati at 0.440 after passing from Q1. Very badly Marc Marquez, only 15th after two crashes, and Franco Morbidelli delayed, crashed and 12th behind Fabio Di Giannantonio, also promoted from Q1.
in the ten
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Complete the top ten: Miguel Oliveira, seventh with Ktm (+0.499), eighth Alex Rins with a Suzuki in particular difficulty (+0.515), ninth Jack Miller on Ducati (+0.647) and tenth Aleix Espargaro with Aprilia (+ 0.656), also slipped in the hot phases of qualifying.
marc in crisis
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In total confusion Marc Marquez: the Honda Spaniard will start only 15th after two bloody crashes in Q1, the second of which after having missed the timing of the attack at the time, finding himself fighting with Nakagami for the decisive lap. The 16th place of his team-mate, Pol Espargaro, just behind him, however, highlights the difficulties of the Tokyo house on this track. Joan Mir was also very late, 18th with Suzuki and also crashed, and Maverick Vinlaes, only 20th with an Aprilia that still fails to exploit properly.
the cut of q1
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Promoted by a noble Q1 for the very high quality of those present (Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Mir, Pol Espargaro, among others), as mentioned, Pecco Bagnaia (1: 31.219) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini, +0.412). First of the excluded and 13th on the grid Marco Bezzecchi, also slipped, while Andrea Dovizioso does not go beyond box number 17 on the grid with the Yamaha Rnf.
free4 hot
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In FP4, not useful for the starting grid, the main protagonist was fire: Alex Rins’ Suzuki was in fact engulfed in flames at turn 13 with the Spaniard already jumping off the bike (above) to avoid unpleasant consequences. Red flag and session then resumed after the necessary cleaning of the asphalt, with the oil poured by Rins into a trap for Zarco, who slipped in the 10. Troubled session, with the best time of Franco Morbidelli in 1: 31.968, with double new tire, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi (+0.452), Johann Zarco (+0.552), Fabio Quartararo (+0.554) and Alex Rins (+0.648).
March 19, 2022 (change March 19, 2022 | 09:30)
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