Moto GP: Marco Bezzecchi took pole in Thailand

The Italian Marco Bezzecchi, with Ducati, stayed today with his first pole in the MotoGP, and will start tomorrow as leader in the Thai Grand Prix, for the 17th date of the World Championship.The Rimini-born, of the VR46 team of Valentino Rossi, became the tenth different rider to achieve a pole this season, with the record of the Chang International Circuit (1m.29s.671/1000).
The session began with Q1, in which the Spaniard Marc Márquez (Honda) stayed with the best time, followed by the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM) and the Spanish Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia), protagonist of the fight for the championship, who will finally start 13th. In Q2 that defined the grid, Bezzecchi was able to set the best reference and second was the Spanish Jorge Martín (+21 thousandths), ahead of the Italian Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia, who completed the 1-2-3 of Ducati.Fourth was the leader of the championship, the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo with Yamaha, fifth the Frenchman Johann Zarco (Ducati) and closed the top 10: Italy’s Enea Bastianini (Ducati), Australia’s Jack Miller (Ducati), Spain’s Marc Marquez (Honda), Italy’s Luca Marini (Ducati) and Spain’s Alex Rins (Suzuki). The MotoG Thai Grand Prix will start this morning (00:05), 26 laps away from a 4,600-meter rope circuit.

Original source in Spanish