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Only 58 thousandths deprive Marc Márquez of pole position

New exhibition by Marc Márquez, who touched a pole that ended up taking I’m sorry Bagnaia for 58 thousandths. The Catalan driver was returning to competition after his fall in Portimao and he underwent surgery and marveled on the Le Mans circuit. He hardly noticed having spent a month and a half without competing and almost won first place riding alone, without looking for anyone’s wheel. So that nobody criticizes him, as Bagnaia did yesterday. Maverick Vinales He fought for pole until the last moment and dominated the clock until his bike failed and he had to retire. The worst news was the fall of Aleix Espargaró, although without consequences. The first row, together with Bagnaia and Márquez, was completed by Luca Marini. Martín finished fifth and Viñales, sixth.

Q1 began with the eleven slowest drivers on Friday looking for the two playoff places to fight for pole position. In this group were the two Yamahas (Quartararo and Morbidelli) and the Honda of Joan Mir that, together with the LCR Honda of Rins and Nakagami, promised a fight. Special mention deserves the moment he is going through Quarterly. The former world champion is already a regular in Q1 and needs results as soon as possible so that he does not begin to be doubted. Le Mans was the perfect setting, nothing like running at home and feeling the breath of your loved ones. The Frenchman was one of the first to go out on the track in search of the time that would allow him to make the cut. Precisely, the Frenchman was placed first after the first turn, accompanied by Alex Rins. Marini promised a fight. His VR46 was working well all weekend.

Both Yamaha they momentarily dominated the session before Mir unseated Morbidelli from second and Marini immediately unseated the Spaniard from Honda. Right in the middle of the batch he retired to the pits Quarterly. The rest of the pilots followed him to change the compounds and improve the time. was placed Rins behind Quartararo, looking for the wheel of the French. With four and a half minutes to go, the moment of truth began. A couple of laps to find the cut. Joan Mir did not improve his time on the first lap. Augusto Fernández was surprising, displacing Quartararo from first place and placing the Frenchman in a risk zone.

Marini, in the last lap, achieved the best time. displaced to Augusto Fernandez to second place and confirmed the Yamaha debacle. If thirteenth on the grid at Le Mans was a misfortune for Quartararo, qualifying for Augusto Fernández was the big surprise of the morning so far. Rookie in the category and with a GasGas KTM he got into Q1, something he hasn’t done since he got promoted to the premier class. They were also left out Mir y Rins.

Augusto Fernández, to Q2

Marini and Augusto Fernández joined Miller, Aleix Espargaró, Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín, Zarco, Viñales, Brad Binder, Marc Márquez, Bagnaia and Alex Márquez in the fight for pole position. Maverick marked the best time in the first valid lap, followed by Bagnaia and Bezzecchi. Marc Márquez and Aleix Espargaró placed fourth and fifth but there was still a world ahead. Viñales improved his time and competed for pole while Jack Miller showed the strength of the KTM.

The leadership of Jorge Martin it was a mirage. Viñales returned to first place. Marc Márquez took second riding solo. This Friday he had been criticized by Bagnaia for following his wheel and today the Catalan wanted to show that he is the reference and he does not need anyone to push his Honda to the limit. Problems for Viñales with his Aprilia when he came out of the pits to try to improve his time. They had to remove his bike but he had provisional pole position and could still do one more lap if the problem was resolved in time.

Aleix Espargaró crashed in turn 1, in a very fast area (he was traveling at more than 300 km/h). He wrecked the bike and was left lying on the gravel. It was a clean fall and the pilot was able to retire on his own foot. marquez He turned all the markers red and placed first with a stratospheric lap. He was followed by Jorge Martin. He could take the first one from Miller but he only gave the Australian to enter the front row. Finally it was Pecco Bagnaia who finished first by 58 thousandths.

Marc Márquez He arrived smiling at the parc fermé, without a helmet and chatting with his mechanics. “I didn’t expect to be so strong. Yesterday I was going fast but I didn’t feel the bike. Today Yes. Today it was me. I am happy and surprised to be in the front line. In the race I will suffer a little more because we are not that fast. I honestly see the podium difficult. I sign to be in the top seven or eight. We will leave without too many expectations and see what happens.

«All weekend, I couldn’t pull hard in sector one but I could in the rest. In the end it was a great lap after the problems we had yesterday and I’m very happy. This morning we were very fast but the start was not easy,” he explained. Bagnaiawhich has achieved the second pole of the season after that of Austin.

2023-05-13 09:52:23
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