Catalunya MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia back on top as he dethrones Aleix Espargaro in qualifying

Headlining a star-studded list of riders alongside Marc Marqueꦯz and Jack Miller, Fabio Quartararo found immediate pace as he broke into the 1m 39s bar🙈rier.
Th♐e Yamaha rider then saw his lap time beaten by Marquez before Miguel Oliveira went top.
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Quartararo then saw his qualifying session turn into a nightmare aft🌳er crashing at turn o🏅ne.
The 2021 world champion ran off circu♏it and went down whilst trying to remain upright in the gravel❀.
With Qu𓆉artararo picking up his M1, teammate Franco Morbidelli replaced him inside the top two after settiꦛng a time of 1:39.581s.
With Jack Miller just ahead of him, Marquez produced a st🐠unning lap at the beginning of his final run as he went quickest.
However, the eight-time world chℱampion was then moved down to second as Oliveira broke into the 1m 38s barrier. Oliveira’s brilliant lap was just shy of the all-time lap record.
With no one ab🌜le to challenge the top times, Oliveira and Marquez chose not to remain on track for the closing stages as they adva♋nced to Q2.
Starting the session with a used soft rear tyre, Marquez was first to crosꦉs the line in Q2 with a mid 1m 40s, however that was immediately beaten♕ by a full second as Jorge Martin went quickest.
🐠But right on cue the two factory Aprilias continued their stunning turn of🔯 pace as Aleix Espargaro went quickest ahead of Maverick Vinales.
Brad Binder then split the two Aprilia riders on his second lap, while it was Vinales who 💃waꦆs now the rider on provisional pole after setting a time of 1:39.099s.
As he did ✤in Q1, Marquez chose his next victim for a tow as hꦇe positoned himself behind world champion Bagnaia.
But the Honda rider had no answer to the pace being shown by Bagnaia, ꦏas the Ducati rider set a new lap recor♋d.
Bagnaia came close to setting a new lap 💖record on his next effort as he led the remaining three Aprilias.
Espargaro was the only rider able to♐ challenge Bagnaia as the checkered flag came out, however, the 34-year-old was unable to overhaul the championship leader.