The first pole position winner at the Indian GP has been found: Marco Bezzecchi! The italian from the Mooney VR46 Racing Team was the fastest on the track and thus secured the coveted place, with Jorge Martín in second and Francesco Bagnaia in third to round off the front row.
Alex Marquez was already in the news: after crashing in Q1 he had to visit the circuit’s medical centre when, with two laps completed in Q2, Jorge Martin was in the lead, with Luca Marini second and Marco Bezzecchi third.
Two minutes later it was Marc Marquez who crashed in the first sector, apparently without any major problems, at a stage in the session when the riders were heading to the team garage, with Bezzecchi already in second after beating Marini.
On the way back and with two laps still (at least) under his belt, it was certain to be a battle for pole position and for the time being it was Bezzecchi with red sectors, as was Martin and even before both had completed their laps, Francesco Bagnaia had moved up to second place… temporarily: Bezzecchi moved to the front and was the first to enter the second 43, with Martín not improving his time, but still second.
The session was fast approaching its end and Bezzecchi was leading with a two-tenths advantage over Martin, while the spaniard went back on the attack and improved his time, but not enough: 0.043s left the rider in second (still) in second.
The first ever MotoGP Q2 at Buddh ended shortly afterwards, with Bezzecchi securing pole position.