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MotoGP Indonesian GP
MotoGP Indonesian GP: Marini crushes lap record to take pole, Bagnaia 13th
Luca Marini smashed the lap record at the Mandalika Circuit to claim pole position for MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix, while points leader Francesco Bagnaia struggled to 13th.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Oct 14, 2023, 5:27 AM
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Having already set a new circuit record to get through Q1, VR46 rider Marini found yet more time in the final segment of qualifying as he became the first rider to break the 1m30s barrier with a time of 1m29.978s.
He beat Aprilia duo Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro, both of whom having been rapid all weekend on the factory RS-GP.
The two Aprilia riders were quick from the very beginning in Q2, with Vinales laying the first proper marker with a 1m30.598s before Espargaro went even quicker with a 1m30.501s.
When the second set of runs began, Espargaro posted a rapid time of 1m30.303s - fractionally quicker than Marini’s Q1 benchmark - before Vinales further showcased the pace of the Aprilia with a 1m30.009s.
But with just over two minutes left in the session, Marini ended the party of the Noale-based manufacturer, scoring his maiden premier class pole with the first-ever 1m29s lap at Mandalika.
Vinales was unable to go any faster at the end of the session and settled for second, while Espargaro solidified third position after improving to a 1m30.132s.
Fabio Quartararo took the best-of-the-rest spot in fourth on the factory Yamaha, albeit over half a second off pole, with Brad Binder another two tenths behind on the fastest KTM.
Pramac’s Jorge Martin, who goes into today’s sprint just three points behind Bagnaia, was unable to capitalise on his championship rival’s troubles and qualified a distant sixth, 0.764s off the pace.
Martin suffered a crash just four minutes in the session at Turn 16 and had to mount on his second bike, with his best effort of 1m30.742s only good enough for a spot on the outside of second row.
Fabio di Giannantonio qualified a solid seventh on the sole remaining Gresini bike ahead of Honda’s Marc Marquez, the rider who will replace him at the satellite Ducati team in 2024.
Marquez qualified almost nine tenths of the pace, just beating the VR46 Ducati of Marco Bezzecchi, who also suffered an early crash on his first Q2 run.
KTM’s Jack Miller, returning Enea Bastianini on the Ducati and RNF Aprilia rider Miguel Oliveira rounded out the top 12.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team
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Bagnaia will line up 13th on the grid, his worst starting position since Portugal last year when he crashed in Q1, after failing to progress into the second leg of qualifying.
The Ducati rider set a lap time of 1m30.626s on his second run, which provisionally put him second behind Marini, but he was knocked out by a late effort from team-mate Bastianinni.
Missing out on a Q2 spot by 0.099s, the Italian will head the fifth row of the grid, where he will be joined by Pramac’s Johann Zarco and the Yamaha of Franco Morbidelli.
Zarco narrowly beat Morbidelli for 14th despite suffering a crash at Turn 11 in the final minute of Q1.
Tech3 duo Pol Espargaro and Augusto Fernandez will start 16th and 18th respectively, separated by the RNF Aprilia of Raul Fernandez, while the field will be propped up by three Hondas, the factory RC213V of Joan Mir and the satellite bikes of LCR team-mates Takaaki Nakagami and Alex Rins.
MotoGP Indonesian GP - Qualifying results:
Q2 results:
Main Information Additional Data Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info
Driver Info
Main Information Additional Data
Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap 1 L. Marini Team VR46 10
Ducati 5 1'29.978 172.442 313 2 M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team 12
Aprilia 8 +0.031 0.031 172.382 314 3 A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team 41
Aprilia 9 +0.154 0.123 172.147 313 4 F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20
Yamaha 9 +0.538 0.384 171.417 313 5 B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33
KTM 9 +0.720 0.182 171.073 315 6 J. Martin Pramac Racing 89
Ducati 7 +0.764 0.044 170.990 316 7 F. Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing 49
Ducati 9 +0.788 0.024 170.945 310 8 M. Marquez Repsol Honda Team 93
Honda 7 +0.886 0.098 170.760 313 9 M. Bezzecchi Team VR46 72
Ducati 6 +0.930 0.044 170.678 314 10 J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 43
KTM 8 +0.992 0.062 170.561 313 11 E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23
Ducati 7 +1.083 0.091 170.391 313 12 M. Oliveira RNF Racing 88
Aprilia 8 +1.215 0.132 170.144 315 View full results
Q1 results:
Main Information Additional Data Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info
Driver Info
Main Information Additional Data
Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap 1 L. Marini Team VR46 10
Ducati 9 1'30.383 171.669 314 2 E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23
Ducati 9 +0.144 0.144 171.396 313 3 F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 1
Ducati 9 +0.243 0.099 171.209 316 4 J. Zarco Pramac Racing 5
Ducati 6 +0.330 0.087 171.044 316 5 F. Morbidelli Yamaha Factory Racing 21
Yamaha 9 +0.346 0.016 171.014 311 6 P. Espargaro Tech 3 44
KTM 9 +0.623 0.277 170.494 314 7 R. Fernández RNF Racing 25
Aprilia 9 +0.648 0.025 170.447 311 8 A. Fernandez Tech 3 37
KTM 9 +0.651 0.003 170.441 311 9 J. Mir Repsol Honda Team 36
Honda 9 +0.760 0.109 170.237 312 10 T. Nakagami Team LCR 30
Honda 9 +0.809 0.049 170.146 309 11 A. Rins Team LCR 42
Honda 9 +1.075 0.266 169.651 307 View full results
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