Having been quickest on the observe all by way of Friday, the championship contender carried that type into qualifying as he beat VR46 rival Luca Marini to the highest spot by 0.138s.
Martin was fast off the blocks in Q2, setting a fast time of 1m29.491s simply 5 minutes into the session, which was already sufficient to surpass the earlier lap file.
This gave him a 0.167s benefit over Marco Bezzecchi after the primary runs, with Brad Binder a robust third on the KTM as your entire area headed again to the pits earlier than the midway level of the session.
Again on observe with contemporary tyres, Bezzecchi lowered Martin’s benchmark with a time of 1m29.483s, granting him provisional pole place for the Thai dash and grand prix.
Nevertheless, Martin had extra time up his sleeve and fought again with a 1m29.287s, which secured him his third consecutive pole place and put him within the prime spot to cut back Francesco Bagnaia’s lead of 27 factors within the standings.
Second place on the grid went to Bezzecchi’s team-mate Luca Marini after the Italian made a late enchancment to a 1m29.425s on his VR46 Ducati.
Aleix Espargaro was in a position to repeat the type of tempo Aprilia confirmed in Friday observe to stop an all-Ducati entrance row lock-out, grabbing third late on with a time of 1m29.461s.
This demoted Bezzecchi to fourth within the closing order, with Binder likewise dropping to fifth regardless of discovering two tenths on his second run.
Championship chief and manufacturing facility Ducati rider Bagnaia might solely handle sixth, 0.240s down on Martin, after operating vast at Flip 1 on his closing qualifying try.
The Marquez brothers made their manner from Q1 to qualify seventh and eighth respectively, with Alex main the third row on his Gresini Ducati forward of Honda rider Marc.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales, the quickest rider in FP3 earlier on Saturday morning, was a disappointing ninth, albeit solely fourth tenths off the tempo.
He was adopted by Fabio Quartararo on the manufacturing facility Yamaha, Pramac rider and Australia winner Johann Zarco and Tech3’s Augusto Fernandez.
Fabio di Giannantonio missed out on Q2 development by 0.002s and can line up thirteenth on the grid on his Gresini Ducati, forward of RNF’s Raul Fernandez and KTM rider Jack Miller – who was essentially the most high-profile exit from the primary a part of qualifying.
Different manufacturing facility crew riders to get eradicated in Q1 had been Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha, 18th), Joan Mir (Honda, nineteenth) and Enea Bastiannini (Ducati, twenty first).