Alex Marquez on pole, Bagnaia third – Corriere.it

Alex Marquez catches everyone on the break and takes the first pole position of his career. On the Team Gresini Ducatis The Spaniard showed his well-known qualities as a wet rider and above all confirmed the feeling he quickly found with the Desmosedici on which he made his debut this year after years on the sly with Honda. Immediately behind him a gritty Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Mooney VR46) who in the final qualifying session, on the still partly wet track, risked using dry tyres.

Winning move, but also courageous, imitated by I’m sorry Bagnaia that with the rain tires it seemed almost in trouble. The Piedmontese snatched the third fastest time on the last lap and is a candidate among the favorites for the sprint race which will start at 8 pm Italian time. Fourth place for a rediscovered Franco Morbidellidecidedly at ease on the Argentine track, despite the damp asphalt, unlike his teammate Fabio Quartararo, who slipped to tenth place after two days of fruitless testing in search of the right set-up.

Looking ahead to the sprint race, a bad problem for him. The rain, on the other hand, has disrupted balances, which by now seemed to have been established; the Aprilias that dominated free practice in the dry both paid for the change in conditions. Maverick Vinales finished in fifth place, running the entire session with a wet set-up, just like Aleix Espargaro, who finished in ninth place. In seventh place Luca Marini who brings the Italians to four in the first three rows. The other fact to note the nine Italian bikes in the top ten.