JAKARTA - Racer Francesco Bagnaia recorded a hat-trick pole position in MotoGP Malaysia, after becoming the fastest in qualifying session at the Sepang Circuit, Saturday. Based on MotoGP statistics quoted in Jakarta, the Ducati Lenovo Team racer made the best lap time of 1 minute 57.001 seconds.
Although he had to start qualifying from Q1, Bagnaia appeared impressive and managed to penetrate Q2 to then win the leading starting position. This note matches the results of his qualifications in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, which also placed him in pole position.
Bagnaia was only 0.016 seconds ahead of Alex Marquez (BK 8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) who took second place, followed by Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in third place.
A tight competition also occurred between Ducati and Yamaha, through Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) who had taken the lead, before being shifted by Bagnaia and had to settle for the fourth start.
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Meanwhile, Fermin Aldegeer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) had two accidents in the Q1 session, each at Turn 4 and behind the Gresini pit. However, he is still able to advance to Q2 and will start the race from sixth position.
Meanwhile, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) failed to secure the top three after falling at turn one and had to start from the fifth grid.
The positions seven to ten are filled by Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol), Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing), Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR), and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha).
Malaysia's MotoGP sprint race is scheduled to take place Saturday and the main race, on Sunday (26/10).
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