Martin takes pole, Marquez fourth after crash


Martin, who leads the championship by 39 factors coming into the Mugello spherical, scored his third pole of the 12 months with a brand new lap document of 1m44.504s set on his first flying lap.

The Spaniard, who seems to be set to step as much as the manufacturing facility Ducati workforce in 2025, beat reigning champion and final 12 months’s Italian GP winner Bagnaia.

The Italian was simply 0.043 seconds behind Martin, although must drop three grid spots for the grand prix after impeding Alex Marquez in follow on Friday afternoon.

Maverick Vinales accomplished the highest three on his manufacturing facility Aprilia, whereas Marc Marquez scored his greatest qualifying outcome since he was on pole at Jerez regardless of crashing late on in Q2.

The lap document was already overwhelmed within the Q1 session by Pramac Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli, who topped that 15-minute phase with a 1m44.726s.

Crew-mate Martin, on his first flying lap, lit up the timing screens at first of Q2 and produced a 1m44.504s.

However Martin would by no means higher this throughout the remainder of the session and got here beneath fireplace because the session wound down.

Bagnaia got here shut and was up on Martin by way of the primary three sectors of his greatest lap, however misplaced out within the remaining cut up and got here up simply brief with a 1m44.547s.

The manufacturing facility Ducati rider will begin second for Saturday’s dash race, however for the grand prix he can be demoted to fifth.

Bagnaia was seething in parc ferme about this punishment, calling it a “clown penalty”.

“It’s one of many biggest factor I may do right this moment, beginning on the entrance row, as a result of this clown penalty is one thing ineffective,” he stated.

“However in any case, right this moment will probably be vital to begin properly, to do the utmost. We all know that our tempo could be very, very quick. So, I do know if I will be main within the first laps we will have an excellent benefit.”

Aprilia’s Vinales put collectively an excellent remaining lap, but additionally misplaced out within the remaining sector and needed to accept third.

Gresini Ducati’s Marc Marquez regarded like he was on target to beat Martin’s time with just below three minutes to go in Q2, however crashed going into Flip 10.

Regardless of this, Marquez held onto fourth in his first Q2 look because the Spanish GP and can be promoted to the entrance row for the grand prix courtesy of Bagnaia’s podium.

Enea Bastianini was fifth on the second manufacturing facility workforce Ducati forward of Q1 pacesetter Morbidelli, whereas Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta headed row three in seventh on the only real KTM in Q2.

Alex Marquez was eighth on his Gresini Ducati, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) and Yamaha’s Alex Rins finishing the highest 10. Trackhouse Aprilia duo Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez capped off row 4.

KTM’s Brad Binder couldn’t raise himself out of Q1 and can begin thirteenth, whereas Fabio Quartararo couldn’t scale the identical heights as his Yamaha team-mate Rins down in fifteenth.

Joan Mir was the quickest Honda in seventeenth.

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