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Jorge Martín brushes the pole and opposes the victory on Sunday in Thailand

Jorge Martín, who had suffered a fall without consequences at the beginning of FP3, had led the third free practice in Buriram in a new exhibition of Ducatiwhich placed seven of its bikes directly into Q2, putting seven of its eight units directly into Q2. Marc Márquez He had been left out of the cut, although only by 7 thousandths, and was headed for the playoffs to be able to opt for pole. In the end they had qualified directly for the final round Martín, Miller, Zarco, Bagnaia, Quartararo, Brad Binder, Rins, Bastianini, Bezzecchi and Marini. Márquez’s fight was looming with Oliveira and Aleix Espargaró.

Q1 started well for Honda. As expected, Marc Márquez was able to lead from the beginning. He also rolled at a good pace Aleix Espargaró because he was placed immediately behind the player from Lleida. Oliveira maintained the third time trial, although Cal Crutchlow He sneaked into the play-off places, two tenths behind Márquez, disturbing the Aprilia rider. He surprised with the performance of the veteran Yamaha tester, much better than Maverick Viñales, with an official motorcycle. Aleix surpassed Márquez in his penultimate attempt. That time was enough for him to get into Q2 and he took the time for good, cutting in the last lap and getting into the box. From there he saw how Márquez and Oliveira they surpassed him. The Catalan pilot got a tremendous anger, that playing the World Cup, will start in 13th position. Nor did Raúl Fernández (16th), Viñales (17th), Pol Espargaró (19th) or Alex Márquez (20th) make the cut.

The moment of truth arrived and Fabio Quatararo He hit the table putting his Yamaha in first place after the first attempt of all the pilots. The World Cup leader wanted to make it clear that it was not going to be easy to beat him, but the Ducati immediately showed his potential. Jorge Martín, Zarco and Miller were placed ahead. The two Pramac from the Bolognese team led. Bagnaia He was stuck in ninth place as if last weekend’s crash on the last lap had left him without strength and spirits. New blow from Quatararo, entering the front row momentarily. Marquez, sixth, took a break in the box after saving a fall. It looks much better every time.

was replenished Baganaia in the final minutes, setting the fourth fastest time before setting out to attack Jorge Martín’s provisional pole position. And he did it with just over two and a half minutes to go. But that spurred the man from Madrid even more, who after aborting a lap in which he saw beating all times, made a great lap to recover a lap that barely lasted a few seconds after the stratospheric lap of Marco Bezzecchi. Martín continued to try on the last lap but he could not improve. The batch closed with a scare of Marc Márquez when he arrived improving all the partials. The end of Honda will start eighth but significant that he saved a right-hand fall. The ilerdense had recently stated that when that happened, he would be fine. In the end, front row for Bezzechi, Martín and Bagnaia, with Quartararo fourth. Alex Rins was tenth.

Chantra took pole in Moto2, The Thai will share the front row with Arbolino and his teammate Ai Ogura, who will start the race two points behind the leader Augusto Fernández, who will start eighth. the pole in Moto 3 it went to Dennis Foggia, who shattered the track record and beat Masiá. The Italian exhausted his options to win the title from Guevara, who was eleventh. The first line is completed by Ayumu Sasaki. Sergio García Dols will start twentieth.

On the other hand, it should be noted that the 2023 calendar after the FIM published its first draft. There will be 21 races that will be held between March 26, in Portimao, and November 26, in Cheste. The great novelties are the grand prix of Kazakhstan and India, while this next year it will not be run in Aragon. Spain maintains three of its four Grand Prix, the fourth of the campaign will be the Spanish GP in Jerez (April 30), the Catalan GP goes from June to September as the 12th GP (September 3) and the Valencian Community GP will close the campaign on November 26.

It will be one of the longest World Cups, which will cause 10 matches with Formula 1, although they have avoided sharing schedules. So many races has generated protests among the pilots. «It is more difficult for the mechanics and the others, because I have the great luck of being a MotoGP rider, of being in the Aprilia team, which allows me to bring my family, so I will only have to organize myself with my wife and with the school of children and traveling with them. Next year they will be five years old and we had the idea that they would do the Asian tour with us. Probably not both tours, but one of them will do me good if my family comes. But the championship is going to be tough, with many races outside Europe and you will see that in the next ten or twelve years, if we analyze the age at which MotoGP riders retire, it will decline a lot, he explained Aleix Espargaró. Marc Márquez degreased the controversy: “I don’t have a partner or children or anything, because I like it,” he said with a laugh. “What do you want me to say? Then the people who have a partner and commitments, well, surely they won’t like it so much, but ok. It is true and I am in favor of going to different countries, to different cultures and fans, because it is important for the factory and the championship, but for the future you have to be within 21, 20 or 22 races at the most for my taste. , because there are many races in a row at the end of the season and a small injury is a disaster, “he added.

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