Australian MotoGP: Jorge Martin takes pole with new lap record, Francesco Bagnaia leads title contenders

Jorge Martin has broken the Phillip Island lap record in order to claim pole at the Australian MotoGP ahead of Marc Marquez. 
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Phillip Island
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Phillip Island

After a brilliant opening lap from both Martin and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi, it was MotoGP title contender 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia who seized his opportunity by going quic💙kest. 

Not letting the Ducati rider out of his sights, championship leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo mo𓂃ved into third place🐟 and crucially on the front row.

Further ba⛎ck, Marquez was fifth after the opening▨ run although it could have been P1 had he not lost the front at turn ten.

Marquez produced an epic ‘save’ in order to stay aboard his Repsol Honda machine, however, it did cost🧸 the eight-time w𝕴orld champion top spot after being up by two tenths going into the final three corners. 

As the final runs began, Marquez again positioned himself directly behind Bagnaia, but this time it worked to perfection as the Spaniard used the tow provided by Bagnaia to go +0.013s down on the eventual pole timꦰe.

That time was set by Martin after the Spaniard got the better of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Lorenzo’s nine-year-old lap record. 

Bagnaia was pushed down to third but it was a very good day for the Italian who will line-up one place ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro and two in front of Quartararo.

Zarco and Rins advance to Q2 as disaster strikes for a championship hopeful

Johann
Johann

Of the five MotoGP title contenders, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini was the only one needing to go through Q1, joining Johann Zarco who had topped half the practice sessions leading to 🐻this poiꩵnt.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira, winner last time out in Buriram, was also taking part in Q💯1 for KTM who have en🌸dured a very difficult weekend so far. 

After back-to-back fastest laps from Joan Mir, Bastianini bolted to the top of the leaderboard b🌊y just ✱0.014s.

However, Bastianini was ꦐquickly usurped by Zarco who gained a full tenth of a second in the final sector. 

After setting a lap time good enough for sec🐠ond, Mir’s session came t🌄o an early end after making a mistake at turn six. 

The Suzuki rider go𝓰t itไ wrong under braking which resulted in him running off circuit and into the gravel. 

Like the opening run, Zarco managed to find stunning pace in sector four as he went back ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro and Mir afte❀r the two Spaniard momentarily went first and second.

Directly behind Zarco, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins took advantage of his favourable on track positioning to 🌺go second.

Then came drama for Bastianini as the Gres𒈔ini Ducati rider, who was on a lap🐭 good enough for second, lost time after being hindered by a slow-moving Oliveira at turn nine.

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