LIVE UPDATES from the Jerez MotoGP as Francesco Bagnaia wins!

LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami once again showed form in Warm-up as he finished three tenths clear of MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia. 

Francesco Bagnaia starts from pole for the first time in 2022 after setting a new all-time MotoGP lap record in Jerez.

Bagnaia had to fend off early pressure from reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo, but in the end the Yamaha rider was no match for the Ducati star. 

Before even completing a flying lap, pole hound Jorge Martin crashed at turn one, bringing the tally in qualifying to three after Marco Bezzecchi and Remy Gardner also fell. 

Although they had to wait an extra lap to really go for it following the yellow flags in sector one, Bagnaia began his tilt for pole with Marc Marquez right behind him.

While Bagnaia dragged Marquez round to third, the Ducati rider went top by a big margin over team-mate Jack Miller. However, provisional pole soon changed as Quartararo set the quickest lap of the weekend thus far. 

Looking to recover from his early crash, Martin went eighth with just over five minutes to go. 

Changing up his plan of attack, Marquez jumped onto the back of Quartararo to begin stint #2.

While Mir and Enea Bastianini suffered sessions-ending crashes, it was all change at the front as Bagnaia set a new all-time lap record. 

A time of 1:36.170s put the Italian over six tenths clear of Quartararo, who himself reduced the margin down to four tenths. Just like he did behind Bagnaia, Marquez gained time behind Quartararo and slotted into fourth. 

That then became fifth as Aleix Espargaro moved up to third ahead of Miller.  

Espargaro, Rins and Binder will start no higher than the fifth row after being eliminated in Q1.