Free ꦇPractice 1 got underway with title contenders Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia on circuit together.

Bagnaia, who holds a 14-point ad✨vantage over the Pramac Ducati rider, was following the Spaniard who was also behind Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli.

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After 🐈a five-crash weekend at Sepang, Aleix Espargaro’s start to the Qatar round was no better as he crashed at turn 14.

At the t𒁃op of the leaderboard, Martin went fastest after cleari🌞ng Morbidelli and Bastianini.

The✤ Spaniard went half a second clear of RNF Aprilia rider🐬 Raul Fernandez, while fellow Ducati rider Alex Marquez fell at turn four. 

After losing top spot to Fabio Di Giannantonio, Martin was then pushed down to third as Bas𒁏tianini set the first 1m 57s lap of the weekend. 

Bastianini 𒀰was quickly demoted to second however, as reigningౠ world champion Bagnaia joined him with a high 1m 57s time. 

Marco Bezzecchi had a scare at turn two as he picked up the b🥀ike and ran off circuit. 

At the front, Bagnaia was still the l🅰eader frꦫom Bastianini until 15 minutes to go as Di Giannantonio went top by just over a tenth. 

Di Giannantonio then set a very impressive lap to go even fa🍸ster and four tenths clear of Bagnaia.

Espargaro looked set to challenge Di Giannantonio before slotting into fourth place.&nbs💮p;

Fighting for his MotoGP future, Di Giannantonio was in✅ no mood to hang around as he set a new fastest time for the third consecu🍸tive lap.

Di Giannantonio went six tenths quicker than his previous best which was eno♔ugh to take him clear of Bagnaia by 1.1꧑ seconds.

After narrowly missing out on top spot, Ma🍷rtin then went q🌱uickest by four tenths as Augusto Fernandez, who was also on a very fast lap crashed in sector four.