Marc Marquez smashed the all-time Le Mans lap record with a 1:29.288 in Q1, a time that would have comfortably put him on pole if he had repeated it in Q2. He came through Q1 alongside Quartararo but struggled to replicate that pace in the pole shootout, eventually qualifying second after Bagnaia’s late flying lap denied him pole. Marquez appeared to develop a late issue that left him circulating without pace in the closing Q2 minutes.
