Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Valencia
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Valencia

Valencia MotoGP - The most important qualifying of the season as it happened

Jorge Martin in poꦍle position for the Valencia ♓MotoGP!

Fabio Quartararo must win Sunday's race ꦏand hope Francesco Bagnaia finishes P15 or lower to retain his title.

13:54
Three in a row for Martin

Jorge Martin will start🔯 the Valencia MotoGP on pole, his third in succession as Marquez and Miller join him on the front row. Quartararo will start fourth. 

13:51

Quartararo is off. The Yamaha rider has run wide at t🎃urn two.

13:50

Johann Zarco has also crashed.

13:49
Miller is out of contention

Jack Miller iꦦs o📖ut of qualifying after suffering a crash. 

13:48

What a stunning lap from Marc Marquez as 𒊎he goeౠs second.

13:47

Bagnaia moves up to seventh as Martin has gone ♏even faster in sector one...

13:47

Bagnaia is impo𝓡ving but it's not going to be enough for a front row at the mome🥃nt. 

13:46

That's a very good lap from Vinales as he🐠 goes P4. 

13:43

Fabio Quartararo is currently fo🍸urth - five tenths down on Martin's effort. Fellow title contender Bag🎃naia is only 11th. 

13:40

It's the ꦏfastest lap of the weekend so far as Martin goes two tenths clear of Miller. 

13:39

Martin is on a monster lap...

13:35

Q2 is go in Valencia. 

13:27

Vinales and Rins have advanced to Q2.

13:24

Bastianini ⛄is out in Q1. The Gresini rider had gone back into second before crashing at turn two - Rins has moved back ahead of him. 

13:23

Great lap from V༺inales as he goes fastest, narrowly missing out on a sub 1m🅺 30s lap. 

13:21
Espargaro crashes!

Pol Espargaro's qualifying is over after 🎃a fall at turn two. 

13:20

Rins 𝐆and Vinales are the two riders set to advance as it stands. The second and final ti﷽me attacks of Q1 are just getting started. 

13:19

Alex Marquez has pulled off track on his #1 bike with💫 an a🐠pparent technical issue. 

13:18

Bastianini, who w🎃as inside top two positions, has been bumped down to third by Rins who has going quickest whilst using a soft front tyre - a surprising choice as hard or medium has seemingly been the preffered fron tyre so far this weeeknd. 

13:14

Ra꧒ul Fernandez is back on track after missing FP4. 

13:13

Enea Bastianini is the big name who's currently in Q1, while෴ Rins, Oliveira, Vinales and Morbidelli𝓀 are some of the others looking to advance.

13:11

Q1 is underway in Valencia!