Marc Marquez took pole position at the Japanese MotoGP . The Honda rider will start from the front row with the Ducati of Frenchman Johann Zarco and the KTM of South African Brad Binder.

1,071 days have passed since the last pole of the former world champion . The latest dates back to 2019, right on the Japanese circuit.

Fabio Quartararo, world leader will start ninth, Francesco Bagnaia (who follows him at -10 points), twelfth. Fifteenth at via Enea Bastianini, who crashed during Q1.

(Unioneonline / lf)