Marquez on pole ahead of Bagnaia-Corriere.it

Marquez on pole ahead of Bagnaia-Corriere.it


Of Daniele Sparisci, sent to Portimao

Pole in the morning at Portimao, the novelty of the Sprint Race in the afternoon. Marc Marquez climbs back from Q1 to pole, Martin third

The first MotoGp qualifying of the year takes place before lunch, an unusual time due to the novelty of the Sprint Race in the afternoon (FULL TIMETABLES AND TV PROGRAMMING HERE). But pole counts as before and establishes the starting order for Sunday's real race.

Marc's Magic

And Marc Marquez will sprint in front of everyone, he started from Q1: he fooled Bagnaia in the very last seconds with a monstrous lap. Third Jorge Martin. the stamp of the champion, in full recovery after the fourth operation on his right arm. He has recovered his form but not a top-level Honda, he may suffer in terms of race pace but he has shown that he can fit into the fray and it will be a variable to take into account. Oliveira's fourth time was excellent, the Portuguese also came from Q1: he placed his Aprilia from the Rnf satellite team ahead of the official ones: Vinales seventh and Aleix Espargaro twelfth.

Bastianini does not risk

The captain of the Noale team must have felt worried about Pol Espargaro's terrible accident: the news coming from the hospital in Faro is reassuring anyway. Despite the fracture of the jaw, of two vertebrae, the recovery continues. For a long time Jack Miller on Ktm had toyed with the idea of ​​pole after dominating on Friday: his race stopped a few laps from the end when he compromised it with a crash, fifth place not bad anyway. Subdued debut for Enea Bastianini: the Romagnolo did not take any risks and paid for a gap of more than three tenths from his teammate Bagnaia.

In Q1, Honda is in trouble, Marquez takes care of it.

Marquez and Miguel Oliveira (with the Rnf team Aprilia) gained access to Q2, Marc eliminated his little brother Alex (who moved to Ducati) who had been faster for most of the weekend. The Catalan champion saves face for Honda who are struggling a lot: Mir out of the top ten. Franco Morbidelli's bad moment continues, still looking for a breakthrough after a very difficult season

March 25, 2023 (change March 25, 2023 | 12:45)



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