MotoGP | GP India Qualifying: Bezzecchi on pole, Bagnaia is third

MotoGP Gp India Qualifying – Pole position for Marco Bezzecchi at the Buddh International Circuit, 13th round of the 2023 MotoGP, the Indian GP.

The Mooney VR46 Racing Team rider took his Ducati Desmosedici GP to the top with a time of 1:43.947, a time obtained on the sixth of the eight passes made.

The "Bez" who achieved his fourth pole in MotoGP, the eighth of his career, will share the front row with two other Ducati riders, Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) and Pecco Bagnaia (Team Factory). The two are separated by 0.043s and 0.256s respectively.

Luca Marini is fourth for Ducati poker. The #10, which was the fastest yesterday and which lapped in 1:44.215, preceded the Factory Hondas of Joan Mir and Marc Marquez. The latter also crashed without consequences at the end of the session.

Third row for Johann Zarco's Ducati Pramac, Fabio Quartararo's Yamaha and Maverick Vinales' Aprilia. Tenth time and fourth row for a very nervous Aleix Espargarò. The Aprilia rider had started first but the team had not considered that the session had been delayed by a few minutes.

The #41 of the Venetian manufacturer will certainly have Raul Fernandez alongside him on the Aprilia SAT of Team RNF, while the participation of Alex Marquez, victim of a high-side in Q1, remains uncertain.

Qualifying to forget for KTM which placed the two official riders in 14th and 16th position. In addition to the riders of the Austrian manufacturer, Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini), Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha Factory) and Michele Pirro (who replaces the convalescent Enea Bastianini riding the Ducati Factory, ed.) did not pass Q1; the three will start from the 13th, 17th and 22nd spot respectively.

ALEX MARQUEZ CONDITIONS UPDATE AFTER HIGH-SIDE Q1 GP INDIA

Alex Marquez was transported to hospital and was declared unfit. A Tweet from Team Gresini talks about a double rib fracture (left side).

.@ alexmarquez73 declared unfit. Double ribs fracture (left side). To the hospital for further checks. #IndianGP

- Gresini Racing (@GresiniRacing) September 23, 2023