There was drama at the beginning of Q2 as six-time MotoGP champi⭕on Marc Marquez suffe𝔉red a very fast fall at the final corner.

Following Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller, Marquez was set to go quicker than the two riders ahead of him before losing 🐼the front.

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Brad Binder was next to go down ♕as another major c﷽ontender for pole lost the front-end of his machine.

At the top of the leaderboard🃏, Francesco Bagnaia set the first sub 1ꦐm 38s lap of the weekend to take provisional pole.

After returning to pit lane and making a helmet change, Mar♈c Marquez was ready ꩵto go out for his second and final run.

With the shootout for pole in full flow, Enea Bastianini went quickest ahead of ♐Jorge Martin.

Marc Marquez managed to improve on his final lap but it wasn’ꦦt enough to𝄹 trouble the front two rows.

A big mover late on was Maverick Vinales as the Aprili🎃a rider split Bastianini and Martin with second on the grid, moving Bagnaia down to fourth.

Qualifying 1 sees two Spaniards advance!

As Qꦏ1 got underway, Alex Marquez was the rider with the pace as he🧸 set a 1:38.422s, however, the Gresini rider was quickly bumped down to second by rookie Pedro Acosta.

J🐼ust 0.019s separated Acosta and Marquez before the latteღr pumped in a 1:38.340s to move back atop the leaderboard.

Not to be denied, Acosta lost time in the final sector but it wasn’t enou𒆙gh to stop h🌳im from going back into top spot by 0.012s.

The first rider set to miss out, Aleix Espargaro was third as the seco൲nd and final runs began.

Despite the best efforts of Espargaro, Miguel Oliveira and Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marquez and Acosta finishe🔴d 1-2 as they꧒ advanced to Q2.

Following his personal best time, Acosta had a small m🃏oment as he ran off circuit and thr🌌ough the gravel.