Bezzecki Achieves Sensational Pole At Misano, Marquez And Quartararo Follow In Front Row

Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) managed to win pole position (photo; x @DailyBez)

JAKARTA - In the qualifying session for the 2025 San Marino MotoGP GP at the Misano Circuit, Saturday, September 13, the host racer Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) managed to win the pole position with a time of 130:134, beating Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) only 0.088 seconds later.

Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), who escaped Q1, completed the front row with a difference of 0.094 seconds from Bezzecki. This is Bezzecki's second pole of the season, after the British GP in May.

The leader of the standings Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) had to settle for the start of the fourth position, followed by four Italian racers hungry for victory. The Q2 session was fierce until the last second, with Bezzecchi taking advantage of his final lap to take pole out of the hands of Marc's younger brother, Alex Marquez, who had taken the lead with a time of 130222 the fastest temporary round over the weekend.

The Q1 session began with Quartararo's dominance, which recorded 130:842 at the beginning, followed by Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) with a difference of only 0.010 seconds. Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3), who finished third podium at Barcelona, had an accident at Turn 15 while out-lap, thus being eliminated and started from 17th in her home game.

Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and the MotoGP Trackhouse duo, Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura, had threatened the top two positions at the end of the session. However, Quartararo corrected his time to 118481, ensuring he and Aldeguer qualify for Q2.

Q2 started without Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol), who chose to miss out after the accident at the training session. Marc Marquez initially put up benchmark 130:624, but Alex Marquez immediately took over with 110222, followed by Bezzecki in second place and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in third.

Marc Marquez had dropped to seventh place after a minor error, while Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) filled the second row temporarily.

In the second run, Bagnaia, Bezzecki, and Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) took Turn 1, while Marc Marquez and Asko chased each other in the early sector until Asko crashed at Turn 14, and Marc moved up to second with a difference of 0.130 seconds from Alex.

Bagnaia then jumped to fourth position, before Quartararo and Bezzecki turned on in the timing screen. Quartararo had moved up to second place with a difference of 0.096 seconds from Alex, but Bezzecki took pole in front of the hosts' supporters. Quartararo finished third with a difference of 0.094 seconds, without further improvement.

Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) won his sixth best position with Honda, followed by Di Giannantonio in seventh position. Bagnaia started eighth after Askosta, who crashed in qualifying, finished ninth. Aldeguer, escaped Q1, only tenth despite just 0.4 seconds from pole, while Martin was satisfied in eleventh position.