There was drama at the beginning of Q2 as six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez sꦫuffered a very fast fall at the final corner.

Following Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller, Marquez was set to go quicker than the two riders ahead of him before losing theℱ front.

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Brad Binder wa🎃s next to go ꦍdown as another major contender for pole lost the front-end of his machine.

At the top of the leaderboard, Francesco Bagnaia set the first sub 1m 38s lap of the weekend to ༺take provisional pole.

After returning to pit lane and making a helmet change, Mar꧑c Marquez was ready to go out for his second and final run.

With the shootout for p🐼ole in full flow, En🐭ea Bastianini went quickest ahead of Jorge Martin.

Marc Marquez managed to improve on his final lap but it w💝asn’t enough to trouble the front two rows.

A big mover late on was Maverick Vinales as the Aprilia rider split Bastianini and Martin✱ with second on ♚the grid, moving Bagnaia down to fourth.

Qualifying 1 sees two Spaniards advance!

As Q1 got underway, Al༺ex Marquez was the rider with the pace as he set a 1:38.422s, however, the Gresini rider was quickly bumped down to se🍌cond by rookie Pedro Acosta.

Just 0.019s separated Acosta and Marquez before the latter pumped in a 1:38.340s to move back atop the lea📖derboard.

Not to be denied, Acosta lost time in the final se🐲ctor but it wasn’t enough to stop him from going back into top spot by 0.012s.

The first rider set to miss out, Aleix Espargaro was third as ൲the second and final runs began.

Despite the best efforts of Esp💯argaro, Miguel Oliveira and Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marquez and Acosta finished 1-2 as they advanced to Q2.

Following his personal best time, Acosta had a small mom♍ent as he ran off circuit and through the gravel.