Bastianini boasts top honours in Warm Up

The Italian will launch from the front row later as he leads Zarco and Aleix Espargaro in the 20-minute stint

Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) will start from his first MotoGP™ front row later on at the Grand Prix of Qatar and the Italian began his day by topping Warm Up. Bastianini’s 1:54.519 was just under a tenth quicker than second place Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing), with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) claiming P3.

Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) rounded out the top five, as the latter gets set to start from P11 at the beginning of his title defence.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) crashed unhurt at Turn 10, the eight-time World Champion will start from P3 later today, rookie Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) tucked the front at Turn 4 – rider ok.

Now, it’s time to go racing in Qatar. The first premier class encounter of the season gets underway at 18:00 local time (GMT+3) – don’t miss it!

Top 10:
1. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) – 1:54.519
2. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 0.096
3. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 0.236
4. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.247
5. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.262
6. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.363
7. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) + 0.378
8. Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.409
9. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.421
10. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.473

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