World Champion has returned and brothers Marquez again in his world
Rainbow Marc Marquez (Ducati) took first place in the motorcycle race qualifiers of the MotoGP World Championship in Qatar. World Champion, Spaniard Jorge Martin (Aprilia), who is just starting the season after the injury, was 14 in his first qualifying appearance.
Marc Marquez also continued his dominance in Qatar from the beginning of the season, which he interrupted after his own mistake only at the previous race in Austin when he fell and remained empty -handed.
He was back in the right shape today and finished the qualifications first. But only for a good tenth overtook his brother Alexa Marquez (Ducati Gresini), the younger Marquez, after his brother’s mistake and second place in the United States, came to Qatar as a leader in the season. He has 87 points, Marc Marquez one less.
Marc Marquez also set a new record lines in Lusail with 1: 50,499. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) finished third, which is the best achievement in qualifying after 2022 for the former World Champion.
The third in the season of the season is the second factory driver of Ducati, Italian Francesco Bagnaia. This one won in the US for the first time in the season, but today it fell in the last part of the qualifiers and could not get a better starting point, it only landed in 11th place.
Jorge Martin won 14th place in qualifying for GP of Katar on his return to the caravan motoGP. Photo: Karim Jaafar/AFP
Without the last part of the qualifications, Martin remained. The world champion, who switched Ducati’s semi -tourist team to the Aprilie factory team, has not yet played due to the consequences of injury during the preparation.
He finished 14th today after he did not qualify for the last part of the first part of the qualifications, where 12 racers are measured for the best starting positions.
The racers are already waiting for a sprint race at 7pm Slovenian time, and on Sunday there will be a classic race at the same hour.