Marc Marquez out qualifies Bagnaia in first-ever Ducati clash at the Thailand MotoGP

Ducati driver Marc Marquez outqualifies his teammate and two-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia in his first-ever qualifying session with the Italian team. The six-time world champion is racing his first season for the Ducati Factory racing team after switching from Gresini Racing last year. 

The Buriram International Circuit in Thailand will host this year's first MotoGP race. The qualifying session is over, and Spanish rider Marc Maquez claimed his first ever pole position for the Ducati Racing team. Marquez, one of the greatest riders in MotoGP, has been going on a rough patch since the 2019 season. 

In the last 5 years, he was pushed to the back of the grid with many injuries and incompetent machines. But this year, Ducati is the most powerful and competitive bike. Many experts predict Marquez will win back and look to win his seventh MotoGP world title.

Marc Marquez wins the pole in Thailand.

On his first qualifying session as a rider of the Ducati Racing team, Marc Marquez has outqualified his teammate and two-time world champion Bagnaia. Marquez set the best lap time of 1.28.782s ahead of his brother and Gresini rider Alex Marquez, who set 1.28.928s. Francesco Bagnaia finished third with a 1.28.955s time. 

Prima Pramac rider Jack Miller finished fourth ahead of Trackhouse Racing rider and debutant A. Ogura in fifth. (Team VR46) Franco Morbidelli, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and R. Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing Team) finished sixth, seventh and eighth. The last two riders were ninth Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Tenth Fabio Qauartararo (Yamaha).

The next ten riders are J. Mir (Honda HRC) and J. Zarco (Team LCR), Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46), Brad Binder (KTM), Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing), Luca Marini, Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac), Maverick Vinales (Gas Gas Tech 3 KTM), Alex Rins (Yamah), Enea Bastianini (KTM), Somkiat Chantra (LCR), and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing).

Reigning world champion and Aprilia Rider Jorge Martin misses the Thailand Grand Prix due to a huge accident he suffered during practice in Spain. He injured both his hands and legs during pre-season testing. We don’t know when he will be available to race again this year.

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