Free Practice 1 got underway with title contenders Jorge🎃 Martin and Francesco Bagnaia on circuit together🃏.

Bagnaia, who holds a 14-point advantage over the ✃Pramac Ducati rider, was following the Spaniard who was also behind Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli.

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After a five-c𒁏rash weekend at Sepang, Aleix Espargaro’s start to the Qatar round was no better ಞas he crashed at turn 14.

At the top of the leaderboard, Martin wen✨t fastest after clearing Morbidelli and Bastianini.

The Spaniard went half a second clear of RNF Aprilia rider Raul F꧂ernandez, while fellow Ducati rider Alex Marquez fell at turn four. 

After losing top spot to Fabio Di Giannantonio, Martin was then pushed down to third as Bꦯastianini set the fir꧙st 1m 57s lap of the weekend. 

Bastianini was quickly demoted to second however𝕴, as reign❀ing world champion Bagnaia joined him with a high 1m 57s time. 

Marco Bezzecchi had a ♔scare at turn two as he picked up the bike and ran off circuit.&nb❀sp;

At the front, Bagnaia was still the leader from Bastianini until 15 minutes to go as Di Gia🍎nnantonio went top by just over a tenth. 

Di Giannantonio then♊ set a very impressive lap to go even faster and four tenths clear of Bagnaia.

Espargaro looked set to challenge Di Giannantonio before slotting into four꧟th place. 

Fighting for his MotoGP future, Di Giannantonio was in no mood to hang around as he set a new fastest time for tꦕhe third consecutive lap.

Di Giannantonio went six tenths quicker than his previous best🐠 which was♛ enough to take him clear of Bagnaia by 1.1 seconds.

After narrowly missing out on top spot, Martin then went quickeꦕst by four t🐼enths as Augusto Fernandez, who was also on a very fast lap crashed in sector four.