Marquez claims seventh Aragon pole with record lap
MotorLand specialist Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) set a new all-time lap record to fend off the challenge of brother and title rival Alex Marquez to clinch his seventh Aragon pole position in Spain
Hyderabad: MotorLand specialist Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) set a new all-time lap record to fend off the challenge of brother and title rival Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) to clinch his seventh Aragon pole position in Spain on Saturday.
That 1:45.704 was 0.260s quicker than the #73’s best effort, as Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) earned a first front-row start of 2025 to also sit within three-tenths of the world championship leader.
The opening qualifying session was brimming with some recent big hitters, including British GP winner Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) – and it was the worst possible start to Q1 for the Italian. On his first hot lap, Bezzecchi crashed at Turn 2 to increase the pressure in the Noale factory garage.
At the end of the first runs, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) topped the timesheets with a 1:47.078, 0.021s ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), with Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) 0.052s away from the top two in P3.
Things weren’t going according to plan for Aprilia and Bezzecchi. On his second bike, the Silverstone winner was experiencing issues and, after heading back out, Bezzecchi was straight back into the box.
Meanwhile, there were no such problems for Quartararo as he landed a brilliant 1:46.631 to extend his advantage at the summit. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) leapt to P2 shortly after to go just 0.080s shy of the Yamaha star, before Di Giannantonio responded to go P1 by 0.021s.
