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It is so difficult to beat Marc Márquez, both in qualifying and in the race, that in order to snatch the pole in the Thai GP, two things had to happen: that Cervera's one went to the ground in his last attempt at a fast lap, Fabio Quartararo signed the circuit record, 1: 29,719.

The Repsol Honda rider, who this Sunday will be world champion if he leads Andrea Dovizioso in two points - which will come seventh -, risked in the last moments of Q2 to be the fastest on Saturday. Always insatiable, Márquez did not settle for the first line and lost control of his machine on the fifth turn, where he went to the ground. It was his second mishap of the weekend, after yesterday he suffered a spectacular accident that he sent even to the hospital, where it was confirmed that he did not suffer any fractures.

"I am very happy with how the motorcycle is working and how we have worked throughout the weekend. We have achieved a good lap," said the Spaniard, already in street clothes. At the end of the session he went to his box to take off his jumpsuit. His mishap on the last turn made his monkey's airbag jump.

"We have made a very good classification and we have a very good pace," Quartararo said in DAZN's microphones. The 'Devil', in his rookie year, already accumulates four 'poles'. Today, before the threat of Márquez, he took risks on his last lap and also finished on the ground. The Spanish Maverick Viñales will be second.

A mishap in the form of a fall seems the only situation that avoids the sixth World Honda driver, the eighth in all categories. Dovizioso, who will leave from seventh place, will be forced to a luxury comeback. This Sunday at 9.00 (DAZN), Márquez could finish the party of his sixth title.

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