Marquez wins the Malaysian MotoGP sprint ahead of Martin and Bagnaia. Bastianini was fourth and Brad Binder fifth.
It's final lap time at Sepang. Marquez still leads by a full second.
Bagnaia is down to third. Martin has overtaken his title rival.
Marquez leads. He's through on Bagnaia with five laps remaining.
Marc Marquez has crashed at turn 14.
Marquez and Martin are battling very hard and are losing time to Bagnaia by doing so.
Bagnaia has A. Marquez all over the back of him. Martin is also with the two leaders.
Bagnaia leads but Martin has been pushed down to fourth place.
It's lights out for the sprint race in Malaysia.
The formation lap is underway at Sepang.
We're just five minutes away from lights out at for the Malaysian MotoGP sprint.
No is the answer!
Reigning champion and title leader Francesco Bagnaia snatches pole by just 0.058s on his final lap.
The world championship top two will thus start side-by-side in this weekend's races.
The chequered flag is out, Martin falls at Turn 4 while trying to improve on his provisional pole time. Will he keep P1?
Luca Marini falls at turn 9, which means more yellow flags and cancelled laps.
Meanwhile, fellow Qualifying 1 graduate Bastianini, who sat out the opening minutes, shots to second.
Fabio di Giannantonio falls at the final corner.
The final qualifying run begins.
Order at halfway stage: Martin, Marini, A.Marquez, Bagnaia, Binder, Vinales, Quartararo, Miller, Bezzecchi, di Giannantonio, Zarco, Bastianini.
Martin snatches the top spot from Marini by 0.238s on his second flyer, as riders then back off to head for their tyre change.
Marini's time is a new official lap record, but won't last for long...
The first flying lap finishes with Luca Marini on provisional pole from Martin and Alex Marquez.
Lots of riders waiting for a tow on their out-laps...