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.

Reigning world champion Bagnaia posted a stunning best lap time, 0.214sec ahead of Martin who has a seven-point advantage on his Italian rival in the championship.

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set another stunning lap record at Misano as he recorded his second MotoGP pole position at the

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

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.

Italy's double MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia will start Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Misano in pole position after the Ducati factory team rider clocked the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday.

MotoGP™ delivered further drama on Friday afternoon as Bagnaia claimed top honours ahead of Martin and Marc Marquez

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