Jakarta (ANTARA) – Gresini Racing racer Marc Marquez continued his impressive performance in the 2024 Spanish MotoGP at the Jerez Circuit by winning pole position after recording a time of 1 minute 46.773 seconds.
This is Marquez’s first pole position since the 2023 Portuguese MotoGP at the Portimao Circuit at the end of March last year as well as his first pole position with Ducati.
This is also the 65th pole for The Baby Alien in MotoGP or the 93rd time in the premier class.
“Yes, very happy, especially because this is the first pole position with Gresini. A long time ago at the Portimao GP in my opinion,” said Marquez on the MotoGP website on Saturday.
“So we need to stay focused. The schedule is busy because now you are happy but at the same time you are serious about focusing on the Sprint race. However, starting from pole position, the target is to immediately finish on the podium,” he added.
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Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team racer Marco Bezzecchi followed Marquez in second place with 1 minute 47.044 seconds, while third place was occupied by Jorge Martin with 1 minute 47.381 seconds.
The fourth position was occupied by the racer who had been thrown to 20th position in FP1, Brad Binder.
Bezzecchi’s colleague, Fabio Di Giannantonio, who was impressive in practice session 2 (FP2) by finishing second, continued his good performance in the qualifying session by starting in fifth position.
Meanwhile, defending champion Francesco Bagnaia will start the race at the Jerez Circuit in seventh position.
Today the racers will play a Sprint session which will be held in 12 laps at 20.00 WIB.
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Starting grid for the 2024 Spanish MotoGP at the Jerez Circuit:
1. Marc Marquez 01:46.773
2. Marco Bezzecchi 01:47.044
3. Jorge Martin 01:47.381
4. Brad Binder 01:47.730
5. Fabio Di Giannantonio 01:47.778
6. Alex Marquez 01:47.840
7. Francesco Bagnaia 01:47.962
8. Franco Morbidelli 01:48.116
9. Enea Bastianini 01:48.362
10. Pedro Acosta 01:48.528
11. Maverick Vinales 01:48.595
12. Aleix Espargaro 01:49.417
13. Johann Zarco 1:48.102
14. Miguel Oliveira 1:48,418
15. Jack Miller 1:48.672
16. Dani Pedrosa 1:48.699
17. Raul Fernandez 1:48.728
18. Augusto Fernandez 1:49.229
19. Stefan Bardl 1:49.659
20. Joan Mir 1:49.765
21. Lorenzo Savadori 1:49.860
22. Luca Marini 1:49.978
23. Fabio Quartararo 1:50.100
24. Takaaki Nakagami 1:50.245
24. Alex Rins 1:50.302.
Reporter: Zaro Ezza Syachniar
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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