As 🎉Q1 got underway at Lusail, big names such as Alex Marquez, Sepang race winner Enea Bastianini, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller were just some of the names invo🅷lved. 

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

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Franco Morbidelli then went quickest before Johann Zarc♐o put his Ducati on top with a time of 1:53.069s. 

Having a disastrous session, Quartararo ended the o🗹penin🐻g 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 before Alex Marquez usurped himꦺ. 

Zarco then set the third all-time lap record in quick succession, which relegated Quartararo outside▨ of the top two. 

The top two remained unchanged during the closing stages as Zarco and Marquez advan𒉰c💧ed to Q2. 

Q2 then got underway with one title contender in Francesco Bagna🍷ia being followeඣd by Marc Marquez, while Jorge Martin slotted in behind Aleix Espargaro. 

After making a mistake on his first flying lap, Martin then put a great banker lap in as he moved u🌊p 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-ever sub 1m 52s was set by Di Giannantonio as the Italian consolidated pole 🥃ahead of Alex Marquez who joined hi🐟s team-mate on the front row. 

Third fastest, Bagnaia was then pushed dow꧂n to fourth as Marini set a stunning time of 1:51.762s to take pole.