Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim VR46 Ducati Luca Marini meraih pole position MotoGP Indonesia 2023 usai mencatatkan waktu tercepat 1 menit 29,978 detik dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Internasional Mandalika, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Sabtu (14/10/2023).
Pole position yang diraih merupakan yang perdana bagi pebalap Italia tersebut di ajang MotoGP.
Duo pebalap tim Aprilia Racing, Maverick Vinales dan Aleix Espargaro, menempati posisi start kedua dan ketiga dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (15/10/2023). Pebalap Yamaha Fabio Quartararo start dari posisi keempat.
Pebalap tim Red Bull KTM Brad Binder start dari urutan kelima. Pebalap tim Pramac Ducati Jorge Martin start dari urutan keenam, sedangkan pebalap tim Gresini Ducati Fabio Di Giannantonio start dari urutan ketujuh.
| INDONESIAN MOTOGP, MANDALIKA – FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 1’29.978s | 3/5 | 314k |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.031s | 6/8 | 315k |
| 3 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.154s | 7/9 | 313k |
| 4 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.538s | 8/9 | 314k |
| 5 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.720s | 7/9 | 316k |
| 6 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.764s | 6/7 | 317k |
| 7 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.788s | 8/9 | 310k |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.886s | 6/7 | 313k |
| 9 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.930s | 6/6 | 315k |
| 10 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.992s | 6/8 | 313k |
| 11 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +1.083s | 5/7 | 313k |
| 12 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +1.215s | 5/8 | 316k |
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| 13 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1’30.626s | 7/9 | 317k |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 1’30.713s | 3/6 | 317k |
| 15 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’30.729s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 16 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | 1’31.006s | 7/9 | 315k |
| 17 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 1’31.031s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 18 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | 1’31.034s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 19 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’31.143s | 6/9 | 312k |
| 20 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’31.192s | 7/9 | 309k |
| 21 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’31.458s | 8/9 | 308k |
*Rookie