Marquez may be hurting his chances in the short term by going beyond the limit in qualifying, but he isn’t concerned by his recent run of crashes

Francesco Bagnaia of Team Ducati set a stunning time to claim pole position for the Gran Premio Pramac dell'Emi

MotoGP: "Pecco and Jorge seem to be doing better than me with so much grip, but I don't know if it depends on the GP24. They set the bar very high and the war between them is not good for me, because it raises the bar even higher.

Alex Marquez was sixth on the sister Gresini Ducati, with Acosta heading the KTM charge in seventh from Binder, while Quartararo on the Yamaha and Miller on the second of the factory team-run KTMs rounding out the top 10. Marini was the best of the Hondas in 17th, while Yamaha’s Alex Rins completed the least amount of laps of anyone with four.