MotoGP: Bagnaia regains pole in Czech Republic ahead of Marc Marquez and Quartararo
Italian Francesco Bagnaia secured his first MotoGP pole position of the season this Saturday in the Czech Republic. The Italian Ducati rider finished ahead of teammate Marc Marquez and Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
Italy's Francesco Bagnaia will start from pole for the sprint race and the Czech Republic Grand Prix in the MotoGP class after setting the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday ahead of his Spanish Ducati teammate Marc Marquez and Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
Bagnaia, currently third in the championship, had to go through Q1 to qualify for the final part of qualifying and then benefited from the crash of championship leader Marc Marquez on the final lap of that session. The Italian thus secured his first pole position of the season.
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Marc Marquez looked set to take pole position but his mistake dropped him to second ahead of Fabio Quartararo, who was already in form on Friday .
The other Frenchman competing in MotoGP, Johann Zarco (Honda-LCR), also fell on the last lap of qualifying and will start from 9th position, on the 3rd row of the grid for the sprint race on Saturday and the Grand Prix on Sunday.
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