Three Years Ended In A Pole Position, Marc Marquez: Racing Will Be Different, But We Will Celebrate This

Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez. (Doc. MotoGP)

JAKARTA - Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez, won pole position after becoming the fastest in the Japanese MotoGP qualifying session, Saturday, September 24, 2022. This is the 91st pole position in his career.

Marquez had to wait three years or exactly 1071 days plus 90 minutes to get it. Of course, Marquez and Honda welcomed this achievement.

"I'm very happy to be at the pole position," said Marquez recently racing again after the humerus operation. "In the morning I felt very strong on the wet track, and I said 'if it rains during the day, I'll try it'."

According to him, this is just a pole position. However, looking at the current Honda situation, the results he achieved became very important.

"It is very important for us, for all staff (Honda) in Japan. Winning small targets like this is very important for our future," he said.

"Tomorrow in dry conditions, the race will be different, but we will celebrate today," continued the rider, nicknamed The Baby Alien.

Japan's MotoGP qualifying session was delayed by an hour and a half due to bad weather. Marquez then successfully beat the Motegi circuit by recording the fastest lap of 1 minute 55,214 seconds.

This is his first pole since the 2019 Japanese MotoGP.

Johann Zarco of the Pramac Racing team is 0.208 seconds adrift of Marquez and Brad Binder will complete the starting position of the front row.