After warning he only had the pace for 10th-15th place on Friday, Marc Marquez instead battled his way to a surprise fourth by the final corner of the Thai MotoGP Sprint.
Jorge Martin made it five in a row after a rapid recovery from his start evolved into a dominant sprint race win in Thailand, with Francesco Bagnaia down in seventh.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Thai MotoGP at Buriram, round 17 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
Marc Marquez suffered an unusual incident as he pulled off track behind Jorge Martin at the midway stage of Friday afternoon’s practice for the Thai MotoGP.