As Q1 got underway at Lusail, big names such as Alex Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Qꦉuartararo and J𝓰ack 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 Quartar🌳aro had to abandon his latest lap due to a mistake under brak🦂ing.

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

Having a diꦇsastrous session, Quartararo ended the opening stint in last place while there was a fall for Takaaki Nakagami, his first of the weekend. 

Quartararo’s fortunes soon changed however, as he set aಌ new lap record before Alex Marquez usurped him. 

Zarco then set the third all-time lap reco🎃rd in quick succꦜession, which relegated Quartararo outside of the top two. 

The top two remained unchanged during the closing stages as💞 Zarco and Marquez advanced to Q2. 

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

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 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 Giannanton☂io 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 fourth as Marini set a stunning💯 tꦯime of 1:51.762s to take pole.