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Zarco dethrones Quartararo and assists MotoGP pole position

The French pilot Johann Zarco (Ducati) won the pole for the MotoGP race of the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic, leading a front row of three satellite equipment pilots alongside his compatriot Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Italian Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha), in a defeated day for Repsol Honda, which will close the grid.

A fall of the leader of the World Championship, Quartararo, in the last lap, has allowed Zarco to take the first position, the first of his life in MotoGP, with a time trial of 1.55.687, ahead of the two Petronas Yamaha SRT riders. In the meantime, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) has closed an excellent session and will start fourth, leading a second Spanish row.

On a date without the presence of Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), who this week had to undergo surgery again to be able to correct the damage to the titanium plate of his right humerus, the bad news continued for Honda, which he has seen as a replacement for Cervera, the Germanand Stefan Bradl, i Àlex Márquez they have not been able to get past Q1 and the last ones will start on Sunday.

Meanwhile, in Q2, Quartararo has maintained the pace that has led him to lead the third freestyle to mark the first major reference time. Meanwhile, the Espargaró momentarily occupied the other two front line positions.

At the equator of the session, Aleix has stayed 84 thousandths of ‘The Devil’ and has surpassed his brother, who has also improved his time a Maverick Viñales (Yamaha) which has been placed third. However, everything remains to be decided in the final stretch.

Zarco took first place and, although Morbidelli snatched the privilege shortly after, the Gallic rider improved it and an excellent lap from Pol, who placed second, threw him into the front row. The Catalan saw shortly afterwards how his lap was annulled by a yellow flag. With all the riders throwing the rest, Quartararo went to the ground and his compatriot was able to defend his first pole.

As for the Spaniards, Aleix Espargaró will head the second line next to Viñales i Pol, fifth and sixth respectively. For its part, Joan Mir (Suzuki) will come out ninth, Alex Rins (Suzuki) will do it eleventh, Tito Rabat (Ducati), fifteenth, Iker Lecuona (KTM) sixteen i Àlex Márquez (Repsol Honda), twenty-first and last.

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