As Q1 got underway at Lusail, big names such as Alex Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Quartar♛aro and Jack Miller we🐓re just some of the names involved. 

Miller was first to set a very competitive lap time as he went top ahead of Ale🃏x Marquez, while Quartararo had to abandon his latest lap due to a mistake under braking.

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

Having a disastrous session, Quartararo ended the oꦇpening 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 a new lap record befo🍷re 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 r♑emained🍃 unchanged during the closing 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 mak🐲ing 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-ಌever sub 1m 52s was s🍸et by Di Giannantonio as the Italian consolidated pole ahead of Alex Marquez who joined his team-mate on the front row. 

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