Jack Miller claims sensational Misano MotoGP pole, Fabio Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro only manage third row
With wet tyres the preferred choওice for most of the field, Miguel ಌOliveira instead went with a medium front and soft rear tyre.
Struggling for pace on wets, Quar🦩tararo was quickly overtaken by Bagnaia as riders soon headed back to pit lane for slick tyres.
Making the most of his early gamble, Oliveira was setting red sector after red sector as he went to the top of the timingsꦇheets.
As most of the field returned to pit lane, Bagnaia and Quartararo surprisingly stayed out for an extra lap before fin෴ally making the switch.
As Marco Bezzecchi moved Oliveira down to second place, an even better lap was coming𓆏 from Miller…
The factory Ducati rider gained almost 🌸five tenths in the final sector in order to go clear of the Italian by nearly eꦏight tenths.
As lap times continued to improve, Bastia💞nini, Bezzecchi, Miller and Bagnaia all spent time atop the leaderboard.
However, the rider with the most consistent pace was Bastianini who had a response every time he l🐷ost provisional pole.
Miller th🦩en set the first sub 1m 32s lap of the session which proved too much for the competition to be🍌at.
Bag✱naia got very close, as did Bastianini, however, both riders lost time in the final sect💃or to Miller.
A flurry𓂃 of fast laps from Bezzecchi, L🐬uca Marini and Vinales helped relegate Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro to the third row of the grid.
Mooney VR46 Ducati delight in Misano MotoGP Q1
With Ducati so far dominating the Misano MotoGP weekend, expectation was high for the likes of Luca Marini, Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin, all of whom needed to advance tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhrough Q1.
And following the opening flurry of hot laps all three riders were at the top🐽 of the leaderboard, with Mar𓂃tin fastest.
Alex Marquez suffered an early crash at turn three before huꦜrrying back to 𒀰pit lane.
Bezzecch🍸i then jumped ahead of Martin as Fabio Di Giannantonio and Brad Binder moved ahead of Marini for fourth (P14) and fifth (P15).
With just over six minutes remaining of Q1, rain flags were de⛦ployed around the Misano circuit.
Desp🅷ite the light rain Marini was setting personal best sectors before coming across the line to go second behind Bezzecchi.
As the rain intensified, Martin was seen showing 🐈frustration after narrowly missing the window to set a quick lap - the last two minutes were too wet for any rider to improve.
