SA's Binder qualifies 9th as world champion Bagnaia on pole for German MotoGP

17.06.2023 - 13:39 news24.com

World champion Francesco Bagnaia will start from pole position for the fourth time in seven races this season after topping the qualifying session for the German MotoGP on his Ducati.The 26-year-old Italian will have compatriot Luca Marini (Ducati-VR46) and Australia's Jack Miller (KTM) completing the front row both for the sprint later Saturday and the race proper 24 hours later."It was a pretty difficult qualifying session," said Bagnaia."It was very easy to make an error or to have your fast lap voided due to a yellow flag."Miller's teammate, South African Brad Binder, qualified ninth. READ: Marquez blames 'nice guy' Zarco for German practice crash, SA's Binder 10th quickest Spain's Marc Marquez, who has won the race on all eight occasions he has contested it, illustrated how tricky the conditions were, due to the rain earlier on Saturday, as he fell several times on his Honda. Front row 1.

Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati), 2. Luca Marini (ITA/Ducati-VR46), 3. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM)2nd row4. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Pramac), 5.

Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46), 6. Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 3rd row 7. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda), 8.

Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini), 9. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 4th row 10. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia), 11. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Ducati), 12.

Motogp world champion on as bagnaia Marc Marquez Alex Marquez Fabio Quartararo Francesco Bagnaia Jorge Martín Brad Binder Johann Zarco Marco Bezzecchi Luca Marini France Germany Spain Italy Australia South Africa

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