Alex Marquez could only qualify fourth at Austin after crashing late in qualifying, but polesitter Francesco Bagnaia is expecting the Gresini Ducati rider to be a major threat in today's AmericasGP sprint race. MotoGP
Reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia expects Alex Marquez to be “a great rival” in the Americas Grand Prix sprint race after snatching COTA pole.Bagnaia spent much of the Q2 session in Texas battling with Gresini Ducati counterpart Marquez, with the pair setting identical 2m02.242s laps with around eight minutes left on the clock.
Bagnaia ultimately began the first lap of his second run with Marquez in tow, but backed out of it to set up a final tour that would see him produce a 2m01.892s to claim his first pole of 2023. “I thought I had pole position till the chequered flag and saw the screen and saw Pecco was a little bit faster than me,” he said after claiming his first front row start since the 2021 Portuguese GP.
of VR46 Ducati, who admits his Saturday was “a disaster” after crashing right at the end of FP3 prior to qualifying.“It looks like I don’t want to make things easier. But anyway, I came back also with the bike number one that I don’t like since Portimao.
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