MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia dominated qualify♏ing at the San Marino Grand Prix with a new lap record, while a crash for Marc Marquez left him ninth.

Factory Ducati racer Bagnaia is riding below full fitness foll🦂owing his big crash with Alex Marquez last Sunday at Aragon.

But, having topped Friday practice, Bagnaia didn’t let his injuries drag him down as he do💯minated❀ qualifying to take a first pole since the Dutch GP with a new lap record of 1m30.304s.

Bagnaia heads an all VR46 Academy front row, with Franco Morbidelli getting his best qualifying result since Jerez 2021, while 🔯Marco Bezzecchi was third.

Championship leader Jorge Martin had a scrappy Q2 session and could only manage fourth, 🥀while a late crash for Gresini’s Marc Marquez left the Aragon GP winner down in ninth.

Bag🐽naia was in top form from the off in the 15-minute pole shootout session, setting the initial benchmark pace at 1m30.928s.

The Ducati rider improved on his next lap to a 1m30.581s, though Martin put him under immense pressure by firing in an🦄 effort only 0.064s slower.

Electing to b꧙egin his second run early and get clear track, Bagnaia lit up the timing screens and produced a new lap record of 1m30.304s.

This came under no threat, especially with main rivals Martin and Mar🐲c Marquez struggling.

Bagnaia led qualifying by 0.285s ♓from Morbidelli, while Bezzecchi completed the front row for his best qualifying result since this year’s Spanish GP.

Martin heads row two after ending Q2 0.341s adrift of Bagnaia. The Pramac rider lost one lap late🏅 on in Q2 to a big moment on t✱he rear end of his Ducati.

This see💖med to🦋 affect him for the remainder of the session as Martin could do nothing to better fourth.

He heads Pedro Acosta on the Tech3 GASGAS machine, while Q1 graduate Brad Binder was sixth on his factory𒁃 KTM.

Al𒅌ex Marquez, who also came through Q1, was seventh on his Gresini Ducati ahead of factory counterpart Enea Bastianini.

A crash for Marc Marquez at Turn 15 left him in ninth ahead of Yamaha’s F💝abio Quartararo, while Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales and KTM’s Jack Miller completed the top 12.

Aprilia🔥’s Aleix Espargaro found h✤imself out in Q1 for the first time since the Portuguese GP, as he narrowly missed out on a Q2 place by just under a tenth of a second.

He will start 13th for the sprint and grand prix, with Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46) and KTM wildcard Pol Espargaro lining u🌸p alongside.

Johann Zarco was top Honda in 16th for LCR, with A𓂃ugusto Fernandez (Tech3) and Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse) trailing him.

Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse), Alex Rins (Yamaha), Luca Marini (Honda), Takaaki 🔴Nakagami (LCR) and Stefan Bradl (Honda) complete 🌳the field.

Illness has forced Honda’s Joan Mir to sit out the remainder of the San Marinoꦦ GP weekend. 

Full qualifying results for the 2024 MotoGP San Marino GP