VR46 Ducati rider Bezzecchi set the pole time with just over three minutes to go in an very wet Q2 with a 2m15.359s, before he crashed at the Vale chicane while on another quick flying lap.
That time proved enough, though, with his nearest rival KTM’s Jack Miller, 0.270 seconds adrift as Alex Marquez brushed off a crash to complete the front row.
