As Q⭕1 got underway at Lusail, big names such as Alex&nb𝄹sp;Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller were just some of the names involved. 

Miller wa🅠s 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 under braking.

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Franco Morbid🔯elli then went quickest beౠfore Johann Zarco put his Ducati on top with a time of 1:53.069s. 

Having a disastrous session, Quartararo ended the opening stint in last place while th🌳ere was a fall for Takaaki Nakagami, his first of the weekend. 

Quartaraꦦro’s fortunes soon changed however, as he set a new lap record before Alex Marquez uꩵsurped him. 

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

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

Q2 then got underway with onꦯe 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 fly💞ing 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 open🧔ing stint. 

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

Third fastest, Bagnaia was then pushed down to fourth as 𝓡Marini set a stunning time of 1:51.762s to t෴ake pole.