For the fifth time this season Takaaki Nakagami ended a MotoGP warm-up session fastest, while favorite for today’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix Fraꦫncesco Bagnaia was second. 

With a damp but rapidly drying Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli track greeting riders, there was a mix of tyre choic༒e to begin warm-up as win💫ner last time out Marc Marquez went out on wet mediums, while Ducati riders Jorge Martin and Bagnaia were on slicks. 

💮Marquez then returned to pit lane without completing a flying lap, while pole sitter for today’s race Bagnaia was on a soft front and rear - same as much of the field. 

Iker Lecuona, who secured his best ever🐈 qualifying result in MotoGP on Saturday (eighth), was the early pace setter, before Takaaki Nakagami took over at the top.

𒅌Nakagami led by a commanding three seconds after his third lap around, however, Bagnaia reduced the LCR Honda rider’s advan🐲tage to 2.5 seconds with half the session gone. 

As we’ve seen on many occasions this ye🐽ar, Marquez decided to miss most of the session and instead keep strength in his right shoulder. 

The Spaniard will set off from seventh in today’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after suffering a 22nd fall of the season i☂n Q2 yesterday. 

The gap between Nakagami and Bag♔naia continued to🐭 come down, before the Italian eventually went quicker three minutes from the end.

But, Nakagami wasn’t to be denied as he r🐻egained t𒈔op spot before finishing first for the fifth warm-up session this year. Nakagami’s best time was also the weekend’s fastest lap thus far.

As was th🔯e case in qualifying, Franco Morbidelli was the top Yamaha in fourth, while Jack Miller was one place better off in third.

Lecuona f✨inished fifth ahead of Alex Marquez, Pol Espargaro, Johann Zarco, Marc Marquez and Joan Mir.