Catalunya MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro snatches pole as Jorge Martin crashes

Aleix Espargaro continued his perfect home round by claiming pole position ahead of Francesco ꦡBagnaia.

Aleix Espargaro Catalunya
Aleix Espargaro Catalunya

Looking to do what he couldn’t at the French MotoGP, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s hopes of making Q2 got off to a good start as he twice wen🃏t fast🅘est.

However, the eight-time world champion was bumped down to second at the end of the opening run by Trackhouse Aprilia rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez.

Competitive on his first two time attack laps, Fabio Quarta🐼raro was the rider narrowly missing out o☂n a Q2 spot.

At the start of the second✨ and final run Fernandez found even more time as he set a new all-time lap record.

Marc Marquez momentarily got back i💎nto the top two, however, a new all-time lap record from Fabio Di Giannantonio saw the Gresini ridꦦer moved out of the top two for the second race weekend in a row.

It 𝕴got worse for Marquez when his brother Alex moved ahead of him with his final lap o🐲f the session. 

Shootout for pole goes the way of Espargaro

In Q2, Francesco Bagnaia was the rider to beat following the opening stint as he put 𝔍-0.148s between himself and Ped🍸ro Acosta.

Third after his first run was Jorge Martin, one spot ahead of p🍷re-qualifying favourite Aleix Espargaro.

To begin theꦚ second and final run, Martin’s bid to take pole ended early on as he tucked the front at turn two.

Following ꦯhis team-mate, Franco Morbidelli followed Martin in crashing out of qualifying at the same corner.

Bagnaia, who failed to improve on his second run, saw pole snatched away from ♓him in the dying seconds as Aleix Espargaro seℱt a brilliant time of 1:38.190s.

Brad Binder rounds out the front row f🌼ollowing a very impressive f✤inal sector from the KTM rider. 

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