Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim VR46 Ducati Luca Marini meraih pole position MotoGP Qatar 2023 usai mencatatkan rekor waktu kualifikasi 1 menit 51,762 detik dalam sesi Q2 yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Losail, Sabtu (18/11/2023).
Pole position yang diraih merupakan yang kedua bagi pebalap Italia tersebut di ajang MotoGP, keduanya diraih musim ini.
Duo pebalap tim Gresini Ducati, Fabio Di Giannantonio dan Alex Marquez, start dari posisi kedua dan ketiga dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (19/11/2023).
Pebalap Ducati Francesco Bagnaia start dari posisi keempat. Duo pebalap tim Pramac Ducati, Jorge Martin dan Johann Zarco, start dari urutan lima dan enam.
| QATAR MOTOGP, LUSAIL – FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 1’51.762s | 5/6 | 347k |
| 2 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.067s | 5/7 | 343k |
| 3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.136s | 2/3 | 342k |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.274s | 5/7 | 343k |
| 5 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.296s | 6/7 | 345k |
| 6 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.339s | 5/6 | 341k |
| 7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.341s | 5/7 | 341k |
| 8 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.413s | 5/6 | 341k |
| 9 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.586s | 5/6 | 338k |
| 10 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.704s | 6/6 | 341k |
| 11 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.967s | 5/6 | 343k |
| 12 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +1.022s | 5/6 | 343k |
| Qualifying 1: | ||||||
| 13 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 1’52.504s | 6/7 | 345k |
| 14 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’52.524s | 5/7 | 343k |
| 15 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1’52.828s | 7/7 | 345k |
| 16 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’52.889s | 5/7 | 345k |
| 17 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 1’53.099s | 5/7 | 346k |
| 18 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’53.143s | 5/6 | 338k |
| 19 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | 1’53.362s | 7/7 | 344k |
| 20 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’53.57s | 5/6 | 345k |
| 21 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’53.838s | 2/7 | 343k |
| 22 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’54.36s | 6/6 | 341k |
*Rookie