FP2

The second free practice (FP2) started under sunny skies. It was the last session before qualifying, so all the riders went out on track right away. After just three minutes, we had a yellow flag in Sector 1 — Franco Morbidelli crashed. His mechanics quickly started working on his second bike.

Early lap times came in, and Francesco Bagnaia set the fastest time with 1:38.439. However, the session was soon stopped with a red flag because the air fence barriers were damaged. Marshalls worked quickly to repair them, and after a short break, the session restarted with 25 minutes left.

At that point, Bagnaia was leading, followed by Aleix Espargaró and Pedro Acosta. Some riders hadn’t set a good lap before the red flag. Then Marco Bezzecchi briefly took the lead, but Fermín Aldeguer quickly beat him. Bagnaia retook the top spot soon after. Brad Binder surprised everyone by moving into 4th place.

Another yellow flag appeared in Sector 3 after Álex Rins crashed. Luckily, he got back on his bike and continued. As the track improved, Marc Márquez took the lead with a time of 1:37.002, showing that lap times were going to get even faster.

Álex Márquez, who had dominated Friday, struggled at first but improved to 5th. Fabio Quartararo continued his strong pace, running in 4th.

With 15 minutes left, Quartararo pushed even harder and became the first rider to break into the 1:36 range, taking the lead. Then, Pedro Acosta crashed at Turn 13, bringing out another yellow flag. Most riders went back to the garage with 13 minutes left.

At the 10-minute mark, riders returned to the track. Bagnaia crashed at Turn 7, causing another yellow flag.

In the final 5 minutes, the session got intense as everyone tried to set their best laps before qualifying. Marc Márquez went fastest again, while Maverick Viñales moved up to 2nd. Binder, who was in the top 5, dropped to 11th.

The checkered flag came out. Bagnaia, after his crash, stayed in the garage but still qualified for Q2. Quartararo couldn’t improve on his last lap, finishing 3rd.

Q1

Q1 began and the riders on track were: Binder, Bezzecchi, Miller, Viñales, Rins, Raúl Fernández, Ogura, Marini, Bastianini, Augusto Fernández, Espargaró, Savadori, and Chantra.

Early times came in with Jack Miller fastest, followed by Binder and Bastianini. Maverick Viñales continued his good pace from FP2 and took the lead. Marco Bezzecchi moved up to second. Meanwhile, Rins and Espargaró had no recorded times yet.

Sadly, Rins had two crashes and had to go to the medical center, so it looked like he wouldn’t continue in Q1. Later, Savadori also crashed.

With just a few minutes left, Viñales still led, Bezzecchi was second, and Miller third. Binder improved to 3rd, pushing Miller down.

In the final attempts, Bezzecchi couldn’t improve much. Viñales kept pushing and extended his lead. In the end, it was Viñales and Bezzecchi who moved up to Q2.

Q2

Q2 started with riders pushing hard. With 13 minutes left, they began setting their fast laps.

Alex Márquez was one of the first to set a good time, going second behind his brother Marc Márquez, who took provisional pole with a new fastest time at the track. The Márquez brothers were the only riders in the 1:35 range at that point.

Fabio Quartararo set a strong lap to take second place, and Viñales moved into third. However, Alex Márquez fought back to second, and Morbidelli also entered the 1:35 range, taking third.

Bagnaia was running fifth, and Fabio Di Giannantonio was 12th.

Most riders made quick pit stops for fresh tires. With four minutes left, Bagnaia improved to second place, Aldeguer moved up to fifth, and Viñales dropped to 11th.

Then Quartararo put in an amazing lap and took pole position with just two minutes left, beating Marc Márquez and disrupting Ducati’s dominance.

The final results: Pole Position: Fabio Quartararo, 2nd: Marc Márquez, 3rd: Francesco Bagnaia

It was the first time this season that Marc Márquez wasn’t on pole — and also the first time Ducati didn’t take pole this year!