MotoGP Silverstone: Marco Bezzecchi claims pole despite crash as Fabio Quartararo starts last at Silverstone

Marco Bezzecchi secured his second MotoGP pole in succession despite a late crash in Q2 at Silverstone.
Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati MotoGP Silverstone 2023
Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati MotoGP Silverstone 2023

With conditions remaining very wet for💫 the start of Q1, the likes of Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo were presented with a glaring opportunity to challenge for the top two positions.

One of the favourites to go through based on his perfor𝓀mance in Practice three was Fabio Di Giannantonio, however, the Italian crashed at turn one 🎃after immediately setting the quickest time.

Enea Bastianini then slotted 🌼into second🍷 place while Marquez put his Repsol Honda third, albeit seven tenths down on Di Giannantonio’s time. 

Quartararo, who was down in eighth place, suffered a huge moment at turn 🦩16 before needing to hop off his M1 to push it 💛in reverse. 

Quartararo was then aided🔴 by marshals in a bid to get his machine restarted, while teammate Franco Morbidelli went quickest. 

As lap times started to improve, Morbidelli consolidated his lead at the to🍒p as Augusto Fernandez replaced Marquez inside the top two. 

After seeing Bastianini overhaul him twice during the💟 closing stag๊es, Fernandez produced a great final lap in order to advance to Q2 alongside Morbidelli.

After overtaking Aleix Espargaro on his first flying lap, Bezzecchi cam🍸e across the line to set the benchmark time which was quickly beaten by🍒 teammate Luca Marini. 

Jack Miller then put his factory 💦KTM atop the leaderboard ahead of Fernandez who continued his strong showing from Q1. 

Francesco Bagnaia was the next rider to try and challenge Miller’s time as he went second, however, the world champion’s charg🌳e ended there as he crashed on his following lap. 

Alex Marquez then made it back-to-back crashes for Ducaไti riders after falling at turn one. 

Whi🌱le it was disaster for Bagnaia and Marquez, one of the pre-race favourites in Marco Bezzecchi continued to shine as he went quickest with three minutes remaining. 

Bezzecchi’s teammate Luca Marini was not enjoying the same luck 🌸as he crashed at turn one🔯. 

As a ve🦂ry angry Bagnaia made his ꦫway back to pit lane, Bezzecchi also went down in a big way but was unhurt from his fall. 

Despite the crash, Bezzecchi re🦄mained quickest and secured his second pole in ෴succession.

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