As Q1 got underway at Lusail, big names such as Alex Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller were just some of the names inv꧟olved. 

Miller was first to se💮t a very competitive lap time as he went top ahead of Alex Marquez, while Quartararo had to abandon his latest lap due to a mistake under braking.

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Franco Morbidelli then went quickest before Johann Zarco put his Ducati on top with a t♏ime of 1:53.069s. 

Having a disastrous session, Quartararo🍰 ended the open🌟ing stint in last place while there was a fall for Takaaki Nakagami, his first of the weekend. 

Quartararo’s fortunesꦡ soon changed however, as he൲ set a new lap record before Alex Marquez usurped him. 

Zarco then set the third all-time lap record in quick succession,ꦓ which relegated Quartararo 🔥outside of the top two. 

The top two remained unchanged during the closing stages as Zarco a🅠nd Marquez adva🦩nced to Q2. 

Q2 then got underway with one title c🦩ontender in Francesco Bagnaia being followed by Marc Marquez, while Jorge Martin slotted in behind Aleix Esparꦚgaro. 

After ma♒king a mistake on his first flying ꦺlap, Martin then put a great banker lap in as he moved up to third.

Leading the way was Fabio Di Giannantonio with a ti💮me of 1:52.188s, while Luca Marini waꦕs second quickest after the opening stint. 

A first-ever sub 1m 52s was set by Di Giannantonio as the Italian consolidated pole ahead of Alex🧔 Marquez who joined his team-mate on the front row. 

Third 🌳fastest, Bagnaia was then pushed down to fo✤urth as Marini set a stunning time of 1:51.762s to take pole.