Francesco Bagnaia beat MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin by 0.214s to claim pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
"It's a shame I couldn't get to 29 seconds... but I'm happy with the pole which is the most important thing."
Francesco Bagnaia claimed pole position at the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP on Saturday, giving himself a chance to further chop Jorge Martin’s slim lead in the riders’ championship. The Ducati rider bettered his own record set during practice at his home circuit on Friday by 0.255sec to ensure his third pole of the season.
“We’ll be the two fastest, it will be crucial to start well today and tomorrow. Unfortunately my starts in the qualifying haven’t been all that great so we’ll need to improve some things.”Pramac’s Martin will start the Grand Prix and Saturday’s sprint race on the front row alongside Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini who trails by 62 points in the championship.
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