Saturday track action at the 2021 season-opening ꩵQatar MotoGP begi🐻ns at 13:25 local time when the Moto3 class heads out on the Losail circuit for third practice.

M꧅oto2 FP1 will follow at 14:20, before the MotoGP class takes to the track to decide the top ten riders with direct access to Qualifying 2 at 15:15.

Friday practice finished with a Factory Ducati one-two, Jack Miller leading team-mate Francesꩵco Bagnaia, but just 0.289s covered the top seven riders with the top ten within half-a-secondꦺ.

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The brief pre-season testing schedule (at the same circuit) con༺cluded with Miller on top of the timesheets after edging out the Yamahas of Maverick Vinales, new Monster team-mate Fabio Quartararo and Petronas title runner♛-up Franco Morbidelli.

But t🍎he tables looked to be turned for average pace, with the M1 riders having the edge.

Aleix Espargaro impressed throu🎉ghout the four full days on the new Aprilia, finishing up sixth fastest, while world champion Joan Mir and team-mate Alex Rins held seventh and eighth for Suzuki - but again appeared more potent for race pace.

Pol Espargaro was the top Honda ride🍌r in tenth place after an encouraging debut on the RC213V. The Spaniard was classified just behind Johann Zarco, who set a new unofficial top speed record of 357.6km/h on his new Pramac Ducati.

The only manufacturer without a rider in the top 15 was surprisingly KTM. The Austrian manufacturer won three races last season but was left with a best of 16th ꧟place, for new factory rider Miguel Oliveira, in testing.

MotoGP did not compete in Qatar last season but wil♔l make up for lost time with two back-to-back ev𓂃ents in 2021, the Doha round being held next weekend.