As Q1 got underway at Lusail, big names s🧔uch as Alex Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller were just some of the names involved. 

Miller was first to set 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 unde🔜r braking.

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Franco Morbidelli then went quickest before Johann Zarco put his Ducati on top wi🎐th a time of 1:53.069s. 

Having a disastrous session, Quarta♛raro ended the opening stint in last place while there was a fall for💜 Takaaki Nakagami, his first of the weekend. 

Q🍒uartararo’s fortunes soon changed however, a๊s he set a new lap record before Alex Marquez usurped him. 

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

The top two remained unchanged during the cl🐻osing stages as Zarco and Marquez advanced to Q2. 

Q2 then got underway with one title contender in Francesco Bagnaia 🐷being followed by Marc Marquez, while Jorge Martin slotted in behind Aleix Espargaro. 

After making a mistake on his first flying lap, Marti𝓰n then put a great banker lap in as he moved up to third.

Leading the way was Fabio Di Giann🍸antonio with a time of 1:52.188s, while Luca Marini was second quickest after the opening stint. 

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

Third fastest, Bagnaia was then pushedℱ down to fourth as Marini set a stunning time of 1:51.762s to take pole.