Romagna MotoGP on Saturday to cut championship rival Jorge Martin's lead at the top of the riders' standings.Reigning champion Bagnaia is four points behind Pramac rider Martin ahead of Sunday's main event Grand Prix,

The Italian destroyed the lap record on Saturday morning and will start from pole position alongside Martin and Bastianini

Francesco Bagnaia beat MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin by 0.214s to claim pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia trailed Pramac rival Martin by over three tenths of a second after the first runs as the Spaniard broke the circuit lap record with a 1m30.

Marquez starts the second Misano race weekend on the front foot, but track conditions meant the times weren’t fully representative

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set a second successive Misano MotoGP pole at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after beating Jorge Martin with a new lap record, while Marc Marquez crashed. Bagnaia and Martin traded lap records in the Q2 session at Misano on Saturday morning, but it was the world champion who prevailed with a 1m30.031s.

Just three tenths separated Ducati trio Bagnaia, Martin and Marquez in the main practice session of the Misano weekend

Francesco Bagnaia beat MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin by 0.214s to claim pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia trailed Pramac rival Martin by over three tenths of a second after the first runs,

Francesco Bagnaia took pole position at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday, breaking his own lap record at the Misano circuit as Ducati bikes locked out the front row with Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini in the top three.