Jorge Martin obliterated the Losail International Circuit lap record to claim pole for MotoGP’s season opening Qatar Grand Prix, as Marc Marquez qualified sixth for his Ducati debut.
Pramac rider Martin posted a sensational 1m50.789s flying lap on his first run in Saturday’s afternoon qualifying session to take the spot by 0.083 seconds over the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro. The Spanish rider, runner-up in the championship to Francesco Bagnaia last year, was on course to better his time on his final effort but his lap was cancelled due to yellow flags deployed in response to a crash for KTM’s Brad Binder.
LCR’s Johann Zarco was the first rider not to make it to the second part of the qualifying, the Frenchman missing the Q2 cut just one hundredth of a second to Miller as the top Honda runner. He will head the fifth row of the grid, where he will be joined by Trackhouse Aprilia’s Miguel Oliveira and VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi.
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