Fabio on pole as Marquez crashes
MOTOGP world champion on Fabio Quartararo will start t Sunday’s first race in n Indonesia in 25 years from m pole position after a dra- matic qualifying session on that saw Marc Marquez twice wice crash out.
After waiting so long for top-class racing to return, Indonesia’s motorbike-mad fans were given a treat in incident-packed qualifying on the steamy island of Lombok on Saturday.
France’s Quartararo, who went fastest in practice on Friday on the new Mandalika circuit, topped qualifying with a time of 1min31.067 sec on his Yamaha, with Spain’s Jorge Martin second on the grid, 0.213 sec back.
Spain’s six-time world champion Marquez will start Sunday’s race 15th after a calamitous qualifying run. He was involved in a highspeed crash on Friday in practice and took another tumble off his Honda at Turn 13 in the first round of qualifying. The 29-year-old also went flying off once more only minutes later.