Marc Marquez demolished his own lap record to take a stunning pole position in Argentina MotoGP qualifying for Ducati.
Marquez set a new lap record on his first flying run in qualifying by a tenth, which he then surpassed one lap later to post a benchmark time of 1:37.023.
Nobody was able to beat the original time posted by the Spanish rider, but on his penultimate run he bested his previous records with a 1:36.917 to confirm his pole position.
Alex Marquez took second place, 0.246s off his brother’s best time of the session.
Johann Zarco completed the front row with a shock third place for the LCR Honda team.
Francesco Bagnaia ended the session in fourth place ahead of KTM’s Pedro Acosta, who benefitted from Bagnaia’s slipstream, in fifth.
Fabio Di Giannantonio achieved sixth in qualifying, while Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo narrowly missed out on the second-row seventh.
Franco Morbidelli was eighth after advancing from Q1 as Marco Bezzecchi took ninth for Aprilia.
Joan Mir completed the top ten for Honda, a tenth clear of Brad Binder in 11th and Alex Rins in 12th.
Jack Miller narrowly missed out on a Q2 appearance and ended qualifying in 13th.
Fermin Aldeguer was the top rookie in qualifying after finishing 14th, while Ai Ogura crashed on his last lap and could only take 15th.
Luca Marini was 16th for the factory Honda team ahead of Pramac’s Miguel Oliveira in 17th.
Raul Fernandez took 18th for the Trackhouse team as three Aprilia riders were eliminated from Q1.
Somkiat Chantra also crashed on his final run and ended the session in 19th for the LCR Honda team.
Tech3 KTM continued their struggles in qualifying and finished 20th and 21st, with Maverick Vinales leading Enea Bastianini.
Raul Fernandez was 21st for Trackhouse as Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori completed the standings in 22nd.
