Bezzecchi flies to leave Marc Márquez without pole and Jorge Martín will leave behind

Marco Bezzecchi took pole position for the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail. The one from Rimini flew to shatter the track record. Marc Márquez tried, but couldn't. Problems for Jorge Martín, who was only eleventh.

There were only 18 riders in the running, as the four from Yamaha, Quartararo, Rins, Miller and Augusto Fernández, are out due to their company's policy of not going to areas close to a war. Neither are Joan Mir, replaced at Honda by Dixon, nor Álex Márquez, replaced at Gresini Ducati by Lecuona.

The heat was very high, with 34 degrees in the air and up to 44 on the asphalt, even with sun and no wind.

Acosta, in Q1

In Q1, the presence of Pedro Acosta stood out. The Murcian had the Ducati of Aldeguer, Morbidelli and Lecuona as theoretical rivals. The forecasts were fulfilled and the Mazarrón Shark had to work hard, but managed to pass, as happened in the two previous grand prizes in which it had to face the repechage. Of course, his countryman, Aldeguer, led.

In the second part of the grid they will form: 13. Morbidelli, 14. Marini, 15. Lecuona, 16. Moreira, 17. Dixon and 18. Viñales.

Duel in Q2

At the beginning of Q1, Pecco started off determined, without following the wheel, although with Zarco in his rear. Binder was chasing Marc. Martinator left space, but was in Bezzecchi's wake.

The South African crashed at the first corner, so the yellow flags canceled the Aprilia's first lap.

The man from Ilerda escaped and, at the first try, destroyed the record that Di Giannantonio had set on Friday. Awesome.

Bezzecchi replica

However, Bezzecchi flew in the second two sectors to put no less than three tenths behind Cervera. It was normal that Martín could not follow his partner, so he was eighth; By the way, Jorge already had the evolution in the swingarm spoilers. Of course, Raúl Fernández, also with an Aprilia, took third. Di Giannnantonio took another lap to move up to fourth place.

For the second round, several slowed down and risked receiving sanctions. Aldeguer passed close to them.

Marc positioned himself behind Raúl Fernández, although with space. The two were lowering 'Bez' records at first, but the Trackhouse one aborted. The '93' insisted, but the last set condemned him.

Bezzecchi, just in case, pushed and even lowered his previous time by 37 thousandths; On this occasion the final sector did not fit as much. Then, the one from Rimini cut, knowing that it was almost impossible to beat him.

Martín meets Acosta

Acosta cut after sneaking something into the third sector. Jorge found him in the final corners; The Murcian opened up, but Martín cut him off because he understood that he had hindered him. He made it known with fuss. That condemned the one from San Sebastián de los Reyes to starting eleventh. "It was in the middle and it hasn't gone away," said '89' in his box.

A clear favorite

'Bez' tried to stop the euphoria. "I feel good, but we'll see, it won't be easy," he said. 'Diggia' pointed to him. "Aprilias have something more," he stated and about helping his brand colleague, Marc, it was clear. "I will make my career," he said.

The man from Lleida focuses on being second. "The first line was the main objective. Bezzecchi is at another level, we have to understand him and battle with the others. He leads us by 3-4 tenths per lap, what do you want to do? He will escape and we will try to lose as few points as possible with him and stay ahead of Martín. We cannot get lost because we could finish fifth or sixth. We have to attack and see if we make the podium," he conceded.