On just his first flying lap of the session, Jorge Martin smashed the all-time MotoGP ꦗlap record in♕ Qatar with a sub 1m 50s time.

Martin’s lap was a 1:50.789s whic📖h put him two tenths clear𒊎 of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Francesco Bagnaia.

Making it a Ducatitop five was Ma💛rc Marquez and Enea Bastianini in fourth and fifth.

Keen to show why he’s the number one, Bagnaia looked set to claim provisional🌸 pole before a mistake with two corners to go. Bagnaia still moved up the order befoౠre Aleix Espargaro dropped the Ducati star to third.

Brad Binder and Ma🦹rc Marquez were ne🦩xt to threaten the top time after setting three red sectors, however, Martin’s strong final sector kept him in top spot, which is where he remained through to the flag.

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Raul Fernandez and Jack Miller secure Q2 passage

After narrowly missing out on 🐓automatic Q2 positions in practice, Trackhouse Racing duo Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez were the pr♔e-session favourites alongside Marco Bezzecchi and KTM’s Jack Miller.

Last to join the action, Oliveira w♓ent fastest ahead of Miller who rebounded from his late fall in practice.

Fernandez then leapt ahead of his more experie🥃nced team-mate thanks to a time of♋ 1:51.436s.

After encountering issues coming o☂ut of the final corner, Alex Rins🅺 had to abandon his final stint and re-enter pit lane from the exit.

Joan Mir then crashed his factory Honda at the final corner before Johann Zarco use𒀰d the tow of Oliveira to g♒o second.

The top two changed one final time as Miller managed to༒ squeeze past Zarco𝄹, while Raul Fernandez held firm at the top.