Buriram, March 1 -- Despite a late crash at Turn 12, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) will start the opening round of the 2026 MotoGP season from pole position, but it wasn't as comfortable as he and Aprilia would have liked, as Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) lurked just 0.035s away in Q2.

A 1:28.652 for Bezzecchi just outplayed a 1:28.687 for the reigning World Champion, as Q1 table-topper Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) earned a front row start in P3 to make it two Aprilias vs one Ducati at the front of the grid.

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