Marc Marquez earned his first place in three years in MotoGP

Spaniard Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) earned his “1st place” of the season at the same spot as his last Best Practices rating, in 2019, at the Motegi “Twin Ring”, the scene of the Japanese MotoGP Grand Prix.

Marquez hasn’t been the fastest in training since 2019He achieved the distinction in the same scenario and with this new “first place” he already has a 91 in his sports career, thanks in large part to the adverse weather conditions all the drivers faced.

After Marquez finished the French Johann Zarco, who came from the first classification, and the South African Brad Benderwho in the first two sections of his fastest lap flew below a Repsol Honda rider’s best time, but failed in the next two.

After another delay of a few minutes, the first MotoGP rating was finally launched, with “famous names” such as those of the Enea “The Beast” Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP21), Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha YZR M1), Johan Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), Alex Rins (Suzuki GSX RR), Alex Marquez (Honda RC 213V) or George Martin (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) is looking for his pass to the second classification.

But the Italian Franco Morbidelli was the first captain, later surpassed by Jorge Martin, who set the next good reference and in his wake was Johann Zarco, to trade it off after a few laps, until the fall of the checkered flag judged him positions.

Bastianini wasn’t very lucky and ended up on the ground at Turn 5, as did Raul Fernandez (KTM RC 16) on Turn 3.

Specifically, Zarco, who arrived with very inner track sensations, was the first in Class 2 leader, loaned by Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller, until Marc Marquez took the lead on lap three by twenty-seconds. Brad Bender of South Africa (KTM RC 16), although they were again overtaken by the Frenchman from Ducati.

The Repsol Honda rider was not willing to give up his arm in conditions that could benefit him greatly in the race, and after one lap he beat Zarco’s time of 76 milliseconds to reclaim pole position, about six minutes before the conclusion of the race. Category.

Marc Marquez was unrelenting in his efforts to get first, which on lap six once again cut the best time in this class to set it at 1:55.214who was already more than half a second faster than Zarco’s time (1:55.774), who also improved on his personal best time on lap six, but stayed about a tenth of a second behind the Repsol Honda rider.

Marquez cemented the “first place” of his career in the past three years, and he did so taking full advantage of the harsh conditions of the day and with a certain authority, being tenths of a second faster than Zarco, three tenths with Brad Bender, and four in comparison to Maverick Vinales (APrilia). RS-GP) and Jorge Martin.

Alex Espargaro (Aprilia RS-GP), third in contention for the title, finished sixth, with championship captain and current champion, the Frenchman. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1) ninth and his other Italian title contender Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) twelfth, explaining that wet conditions are not the best for their aspirations.