Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Sepang 2023
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati MotoGP Sepang 2023

Qatar MotoGP: LIVE UPDATES from Friday Practice at Losail

Francesco Bagnaia heads into the Qatar MotoGP weekend with a 14-point advantage over Jorge Martin.

Both riders will be looking to make a good start during Friday's double practice session, while winner last time out Enea Bastianini will be hoping to replicate that performance at the venue he took his first MotoGP win at last season. 

Stay tuned as Crash.net brings you all the latest from the Qatar MotoGP weekend. 

17 Nov 2023
13:17

Espargaro misses out by Di Giannantonio has put four tenths between himself and Bagnaia. 

13:17

Some fast laps are coming in as Di Giannantonio and Aleix Espargaro look set to go quickest...

13:13

Bagnaia still leads with under 20 minutes to go. 

12:58

We have the first 1m 57s lap as Bastianini goes fastest from Di Giannantonio. 

12:55

Alex Marquez is down at turn four. It was a very sudden front-ent washout for the Gresini rider.

12:52

Martin goes fastest by over half a second from Raul Fernandez. 

12:52

Aleix Espargaro has gone down at turn 14. That's the first MotoGP crash of the weekend. 

12:50

Martin has made his way past Morbidelli and Bastianini, and Bagnaia is attempting to do the same as he looks to latch onto the rear of Martin's Ducati. 

12:47

Free Practice 1 at Losail is underway!

12:21

Good afternoon and welcome to day-one of the Qatar MotoGP weekend. Coming up next is MotoGP FP1 at 12:45 UK time.