I came from having good feelings in the Indian Grand Prix MotoGP, he said, came to get an oxygen tank for the team, for Honda, but on the first day of the Japanese Grand Prix, where he is the only driver to have won in all three categories, where he has ‘championed’ up to three times (2014, 2016 and 2018), has not been the best of this unfortunate year for the Catalan. Marc Márquez (Honda), who must go through Q1 tomorrow to earn a place in Q2, the test in which grid positions are decided. Neither he nor any of the other three drivers of the winged firm qualified in the top 10. The bad feelings at Honda return, despite racing in Motegihis house.
Certainly, the eight-time world champion was going straight to get into the top ten, since on two occasions his two magnificent records were canceled (one of them was going to crown him with an excellent 1.44 minutes, which would have placed him seventh), in a occasion because during his turn there were yellow flags and, on the second, for exceeding the limits of the track. What’s more, after those two blurs, MM93 pushed to the limit with seconds left to finish the second training session and, in the first corner of Motegi, he crashed, adding its 20th fall of the year (it’s on track for a record), with seven weekends left.
15 dizzying minutes
As almost always this year, the last quarter of an hour on Friday was dizzying. To give you an idea of the speed at which everyone turned, just say that the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia)who was leading the classification with 15 minutes remaining, also ended up eliminated and will have to compete in Q1, like MM93, Joan Mir and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), three champions in crisis.
With 14 minutes left, it was Aleix Espargaró the fastest; when there were 13 left, Brad Binder (KTM); when 11 remained, Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati); when eight remained, a surprising Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) and, at the end, with three minutes left, Binderin a suicidal turn (1.43.489, KTM)finally erased the record he had held since 2015 the Mallorcan Jorge Lorenzo (1,43,790) and he took the best time.
2023-09-29 08:14:17
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