Bezzecchi takes first pole of the season in MotoGP

The Italian finished his fastest lap with a time of 1:31,472, which was also 32 thousandths of a second from the previous record of 1:31,504 set by Italy’s Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) in 2022.

Bezzecchi is the fifth driver to reach “pole position” in the current season since being taken by Marc Márquez (Honda), Alex Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP) and “Pecco Bagnaia” before him, this four times. .

Maybe it was a coincidence, but normally at least on the motorcycle there are no coincidences, but when the green light came on in the first class, Marc Márquez had only two good wheels to follow, both from Ducati riders, Frenchman Johann Zarco. and it didn’t fail that came from Italian Enea Bastianini and Honda.

Entering the exit from the workshop street, Marc Márquez could be seen after the reference of Johann Zarco, but initially the Italian Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha YZR M 1) “infiltrated” between them and stuck in the flow of the motorcycle from the French. Going “long lap” inside the box, Marc Márquez was still on the track and didn’t get the fourth fastest time, not enough to move up to second place.

After three laps had been completed, Marc Márquez decided to go to his workshop like all other drivers and in his second race Johann Zarco managed to take the lead, followed by Portugal’s Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia RS-GP). and both knocked out then-leading Japanese Takaaki Nakagami (Honda RC 213 V) with Marc Márquez in sixth place.

Márquez then chose to follow the wheel of Enea Bastianini, but was aware of this and canceled his attempt to lap on the first try, but had to “pull hard” to get to the second even though he knew time was running out. classification even if his opponent clings to him.

An error in Marc Márquez’s braking at Turn 12, when Enea Bastianini did the same thing—braking—caused the Spaniard to fall to the ground again when he hit his motorcycle from behind, and in desperation, his luck ran out. Fight to advance to the next division.

Bastianini had to push as he was out of second place, but instead decided to “cut the throttle” at a difficult point on the track and Marc Márquez, who was too close to him, could do almost nothing to avoid him.

In the end, as expected and their strategy was clear for Marc Márquez, France’s Johann Zarco and Portugal’s Miguel Oliveira, they went to the second division.

South African Brad Binder (KTM RC 16) was the first reference in the second division, followed by Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and the winner Spaniard Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici GP) in just 35,000ths of a second. He crashed at Turn 5 of the two races held in Germany and had to run to his workshop when the bike didn’t start.

As yesterday, Bezzecchi quickly became the fastest in the category, with compatriot and world championship leader “Pecco” Bagnaia and Spain’s Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP) behind them with only 45,000ths of a second.

One of the pleasant surprises of the session came from France’s Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1), who managed to lead a few minutes with 1:31,770 until Marco Bezzecchi crossed the finish line on lap five: a new category record of 31,472, setting him 1:3. South African Brad Binder followed with 31,671 and Italian Luca Marini with 1:31,630.

Marini’s pace, however, caused him to make a mistake on the next lap and fell at Turn eight and nevertheless had to finish his session with less than two minutes of effective practice, despite being third behind Bezzecchi and Bagnaia. guaranteed.

Quartararo finished in fourth place behind Brad Binder, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), Maverick Viñales, Johann Zarco and Alex Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), with Jorge Martín beating Miguel on his second bike to finish tenth. Oliveira and Jack Miller (KTM RC 16).