Going with out a pole since final yr’s Valencia GP, Martin was a dominant pressure in qualifying at Misano on Saturday morning, as he set two outright lap data to seal the deal.
A closing effort of 1m30.390s moved him miles away from the competitors, with VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi his closest rival in second, 0.397 seconds behind.
One week on from his horror crash in Barcelona, championship chief Francesco Bagnaia accomplished the entrance row on his manufacturing facility Ducati.
The circuit lap file went on Friday afternoon in second practice, suggesting whoever took pole needed to dip beneath this to take action.
Bezzecchi led the early a part of Q2 with a 1m31.027s, however Martin ensured a lap file was wanted to take pole after firing in a 1m30.832s with eight minutes to go.
On the primary laps of the riders’ second runs, no one was doing something to hassle the highest of the timesheets, earlier than Martin began to mild up the timing screens.
Discovering time on his benchmark, an enormous closing sector for the Pramac rider noticed him produce a 1m30.390s that may safe him pole.
Bezzecchi – carrying harm from being concerned within the Flip 1 pile-up in Barcelona – wasn’t capable of put any stress on Martin, ending the session with a 1m30.787s to say second.
Marco Bezzecchi, VR46 Racing Workforce
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Bagnaia did threaten Martin’s lap along with his closing effort, setting an outright quickest sector two. However the quick right-handers in the direction of the top of the lap labored towards the Italian’s injured leg and he might do not more than third with a 1m30.836s.
Martin’s pole marks Ducati’s eighth in a row this season.
Maverick Vinales heads row two on the manufacturing facility Aprilia forward of KTM wildcard Dani Pedrosa, who went one higher than he managed in qualifying in his final look in 2023 at Jerez.
Aleix Espargaro was dumped into Q1 after a late crash in second apply left him with whiplash.
Regardless of this, the Barcelona winner managed to progress into Q2 and certified his Aprilia sixth forward of KTM’s Brad Binder.
VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini will begin the dash and grand prix at Misano from eighth forward of Honda’s Marc Marquez and Q1 pacesetter Miguel Oliveira on the RNF Aprilia.
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and RNF’s Raul Fernandez accomplished the highest 12, with Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo lacking out on a Q2 spot in thirteenth.
Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro was 14th from Honda check rider Stefan Bradl, whereas Johann Zarco on the sister Pramac Ducati struggled to sixteenth.
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Workforce
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Augusto Fernandez was seventeenth on his Tech3 KTM, with Jack Miller solely 18th on his manufacturing facility KTM forward of Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli.
Takaaki Nakagami was twentieth on the only LCR Honda, after stand-in team-mate Takumi Takahashi did not make it into the 105% cut-off after apply to proceed the weekend.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini), Honda’s Joan Mir and Tech3’s Pol Espargaro after two crashes accomplished the sector.