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 pole position for the Valencia MotoGP!

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

05 Nov 2022
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 turn two.

13:50

Johann Zarco has also crashed.

13:49
Miller is out of contention

Jack Miller is out of qualifying after suffering a crash. 

13:48

What a stunning lap from Marc Marquez as he goes second.

13:47

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

13:47

Bagnaia is impoving but it's not going to be enough for a front row at the moment. 

13:46

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

13:43

Fabio Quartararo is currently fourth - five tenths down on Martin's effort. Fellow title contender Bagnaia is only 11th. 

13:40

It's the fastest 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 Vinales 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 and Vinales are the two riders set to advance as it stands. The second and final time attacks of Q1 are just getting started. 

13:19

Alex Marquez has pulled off track on his #1 bike with an apparent technical issue. 

13:18

Bastianini, who was 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

Raul 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 Morbidelli are some of the others looking to advance.

13:11

Q1 is underway in Valencia!