CLASSIFICATION

On Friday it was Bastianini who took the record but the pole fell to a driver who was now unopposed for a lap: Jorge Martin. The one from Madrid the record was broken of Mandalika and will start first in the Indonesian GP after gaining more than half a second in Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acostawhich closes in the first row. A circular classification with it 1:29,088 which the Spaniard needs to finish in the Sprint and in Sunday’s race.

Pecco Bagnaia had to settle for fourth position, starting ahead of his teammate in the official team of Ducati Enea Bastianini. A day to forget is Marc Márquez. The Cervera driver crashed twice in Q2 and was the only one of the top 12 not to set a time.

The first attempt at Jorge Martin This is a monster. Only He did two laps and in both of them he broke the track record. The Madrid native’s one-lap explosiveness continued to make a difference and he stopped the clock at one 1:29,088. Marc Marquez He tried to follow the wheel but crashed in the first turn due to too much power. Third consecutive Q2 where the man from Cervera crashed.

In the second attempt the two pilots of the official Ducati team took a risk because they had no time. Bagnaia had already exceeded the limits of the track and Bastianini crashed at turn 16. So there was no room for improvement.

Disaster for Márquez

Márquez was the first to try but his qualifying ended in disaster when he crashed again at turn 10, where he managed to make one of his saves on Friday. In the end he did not set a time and would have to come back from 12th position.

What can continue after falling is Bezzecchi. His sure fall definitely prevented Martín from dropping to 1:28. In any case, the Italian in the VR46 surprised by crossing the finish line in the last second to take second, half a second off Martín’s time. So he overtook Pedro Acosta, who would start third, and sent his friend Pecco Bagnaia to start from fourth position, on the second row of the grid.

Of course, no one could get close to Martín, who achieved what was now his sixth pole of the season with impressive authority.

Escabechina in Q1

The first cut is really crazy considering the number of important drivers. which was left for the first time. For example, Aleix Espargaró will start 13th after crashing in turn 1 and will not be able to make another turn that would give him passage to Q2.

But this is not the only surprise in these first 15 minutes. Álex Márquez, with his Ducati, also crashes at turn 8 and will start behind Aleix. For his part, Brad Binder had rear brake problems and was unable to make a good lap. He would emerge second last ahead of Joan Mir and Augusto Fernández