Marc Marquez made a statement on his𒊎 first flying as he separated himself from the chasing pack by over half ꦓa second.

Pedro Acosta was the rider who slotted int🐻o second after overtaking Brad Binder in the process.

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Binder then went quickest on hi𝐆s second flying lap before a charge was coming f𝓰rom Marquez.

Marquezꦫ looked set to go top after a s💜tunning sector three, however, the eight-time world champion had a big scare on the front-end as he lost too much time.

Like Marquez, a stunning sector three from Acosta looked good enough to secure provisional pole, however, the rookie crashed at the🌱 fina🥃l corner.

Moments afte⛄r Marco Bezzecchi went quickest, Marc Marquez put his Gresini Ducati back onto provisional pole before nearly crashing at turn one on his 𝓀next lap.

Shocks in Q1 as Miller fails to advance in damp conditions

Following heavy overnight rain, qualify♏ing for the Spanish MotoGP took place in damp conditions.

Despite losing the rear and sliding his way into the final corn♉er, Brad Binder went quickest with his firs𒆙t flying lap, ahead of Franco Morbidelli.

After losing top spot momentaril🧸yᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ to Morbidelli, Binder went back to the front of the field thanks to a 1:48.626s.

Jack Miller, who was late joining the💞 action, then moved up to third just behind Raul ⭕Fernandez who positioned himself behind Binder.

Aft꧃er losing time in the final sector, Miller was then demoted to fourth behind Miguel Oliveira.

Miller was then relegated to fifth pos🅠ition Dan𒁏i Pedrosa went second aboard the third full factory KTM machine.

A big lap then came in from former KTM rider Oliv𒊎eira who went two tenths cle💟ar at the head of the leaderboard.

But the benchmark time was then moved forward by a considerable amount of time as Morbidelli went haꦏlf a second clear of Oliveira.

Binder, who was two tenths down coming through sector three, then gained a lot of time bacꦿk to c♔lose within +0.062s of Morbidelli’s top time.

There were further changes as Morbidel🍌li and Binder advanced to the second phase of qualifying.