Taking a primary entrance row since his swap to Gresini Ducati final day trip on the Americas GP, Marquez went one higher in entrance of his house crowd at Jerez on Saturday morning.
Setting the preliminary tempo within the damp Q2 session, a late swap to a medium moist tyre allowed Marquez to provide a 1m46.773s securing him a primary pole since final yr’s Portuguese Grand Prix.
This consequence comes a day after the eight-time world champion instructed media that his adaptation time to the Ducati had “completed”.
Bezzecchi held onto second on his GP23 run by the VR46 squad, whereas championship chief Jorge Martin accomplished the entrance row for Pramac.
Brad Binder got here by means of a moist Q1 to qualify fourth, whereas final yr’s Spanish GP winner Francesco Bagnaia was shuffled right down to seventh on his manufacturing facility Ducati.
Whereas the rain that fell through the ultimate observe session – which was additionally topped by Marc Marquez – had eased by the point Q2 bought underway, the monitor would by no means be dry sufficient for slicks.
To start with, solely KTM’s Binder – who got here by means of Q1 with Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli – and the Aprilia duo of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro opted for the media moist tyre.
Marquez went prime of the delicate with a 1m48.016s to start with, earlier than Binder took over with a 1m47.807s.
This pressured most to go together with the medium for his or her second runs, with Tech3 rookie sensation Pedro Acosta setting the timing screens ablaze on the primary flying lap of his second run after his tyre swap.
Over six tenths up on the present session greatest as he got here into the ultimate nook, Acosta crashed after the entrance slid away from him beneath braking.
With slightly below three minutes to go, Bezzecchi threw in a 1m47.044s to take over provisional pole however may do nothing to halt Marquez’s cost.
The Gresini rider discovered a 1m46.773s on what would grow to be his ultimate flying lap, as Marquez misplaced the entrance finish of his Ducati into Flip 1 seconds later.
Whereas he stayed mounted, he’d run out of time to get a ultimate lap in, although it proved irrespective of as he held onto his 93rd profession pole.
Martin, who admitted in parc ferme that he did not really feel good within the moist situations of third observe, will begin third from Binder and the sister VR46 Ducati of Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Alex Marquez jumped as much as sixth late on the sister Gresini Ducati, pushing reigning champion Bagnaia right down to seventh forward of Morbidelli and Enea Bastianini (Ducati).
Acosta ended up tenth after his late crash, whereas Vinales and Espargaro slid to eleventh and twelfth having switched to the delicate moist tyre for his or her ultimate runs.
Johann Zarco led the Honda cost in thirteenth after narrowly lacking a spot in Q2, with the LCR rider beating Trackhouse Racing’s Miguel Oliveira and the manufacturing facility KTM of Jack Miller.
Miller was late to the circuit in Q1 resulting from a problem along with his KTM workforce becoming his rear wheel, and a scarcity of further tyres for later within the session meant he may very well be not more than fifteenth forward of KTM wildcard Dani Pedrosa.
Joan Mir was the main manufacturing facility workforce Honda rider in twentieth, whereas Yamaha endured a shocker with Fabio Quartararo in twenty third and Alex Rins final.
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