13:06
The battle for pole is underway.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Lusail 2023
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Raul Fernandez was fastest on day-one for the first time in a MotoGP session, ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Maverick Vinales.
Title contenders Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia made it safely through to Q2.
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12:57
Zarco and Alex Marquez advance to Q2.
12:54
Zarco is next to set a new all-time lap record as he pushes Quartararo outside of the top two.
12:52
Quartararo goes top by is quickly beaten by Alex Marquez who has set a new all-time lap record.
12:51
Quartararo is up by nearly two tenths in the first sector.
12:50
The final time attack runs of Q1 are underway.
12:47
Zarco is the current leader ahead of Morbidelli. Quartararo is last at the moment.
12:46
Takaaki Nakagami has suffered his first crash of the weekend.
12:42
Q1 is underway with Bastianini, Marc and Alex Marquez, Jack Miller being just some of the big names involved.
12:33
Quartararo finishes fastest ahead of Martin and Espargaro. Up next is qualifying.
12:29
Martin goes third fastest! Great lap from the Pramac Ducati rider.
12:28
Raul Fernandez, who is having another strong start to day-two has gone down at turn 16.
12:25
It's been another tough session for Martin who is only 11th with a few minutes remaining.
12:23
Di Giannantonio moves up to third and is less than a tenth off top spot as Espargaro continues to lead ahead of Quartararo.
12:19
Aleix Espargaro is the now atop the leaderboard but is under investigation for the incident with Morbidelli.
12:13
Its a factory Yamaha 1-2 as Quartararo leads Morbidelli.
12:10
Espargaro then slapped Morbidelli on the head which could and should lead to a penalty.
12:09
Bizarre moment as Aleix Espargaro rode into the side of Franco Morbidelli before showing huge frustrration for no obvious reason.
12:07
Early crash for Alex Marquez who has gone down at turn two.
12:05
The first flying laps are beginning to come in but Bagnaia is not one of those who is currently on circuit. The world champion has made a swift return to pit lane.
12:01
MotoGP FP2 is go at the Lusail International Circuit.
11:55
The final Moto2 practice is only just finishing so a small delay to the start of FP2 will follow.
11:46
Good morning and welcome to qualifying and sprint day in Lusail. Up first is the final MotoGP practice at 12:00pm UK time.