MotoGP: Bezzecchi snatches first pole for Valentino Rossi's team

Rookie Marco Bezzecchi, one of Valentino Rossi’s proteges, has broken the All-Time Lap Record around the Chang International Circuit to grab pole position for the OR Thailand Grand Prix.

The Mooney VR46 Racing Team rider set a 1:29.671 with the checkered flag out to edge Prima Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin by just 0.021 seconds in Q2, while Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) gave his title hopes a boost by also getting himself onto the front row.

World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) qualified fourth, but fellow title contender Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) could not escape Q1.

Qualifying Results

POS	RIDER	NAT	TEAM	TIME/DIFF
1	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*	1’29.671s
2	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.021s
3	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.104s
4	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.238s
5	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.292s
6	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)	+0.317s
7	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.435s
8	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.462s
9	Luca Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+0.543s
10	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.666s
11	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.814s
12	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.871s
Qualifying 1 Cutoff
13	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	1’30.202s
14	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	1’30.528s
15	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	1’30.542s
16	Raul Fernandez	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	1’30.566s
17	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	1’30.578s
18	Remy Gardner	AUS	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	1’30.602s
19	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	1’30.641s
20	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	1’30.692s
21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)*	1’30.794s
22	Tetsuta Nagashima	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	1’31.331s
23	Darryn Binder	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	1’31.356s
24	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	1’31.604s

* Rookie