Ai Ogura takes his first pole position in MotoGP in Brno

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This 30-minute session was mostly used as a warm-up before the riders headed into qualifying. The lap times started in the 1:55s to 1:53s range. As always, the riders were improving their times with each lap. The lead of the session was changing quickly.

Five minutes into the session, the top 10 looked as follows: M. Márquez, Fernandez, Aldeguer, Ogura, A. Márquez, Di Giannantonio, Mir, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, Moreira.

The riders chose different tyre configurations, opting for combinations of medium and soft tyres or both medium tyres.

Raul Fernandez, who put in another incredible lap, was the first rider to break into the 1:52s range and move into the lead of the session. Shortly after him, Marc Márquez finished his attempt, and even though he joined Fernandez in the 1:52s range, it wasn't enough for him to move into the lead.

With the session halfway done, the riders made their way back to the pits. The top 10 looked as follows: Fernandez, M. Márquez, Aldeguer, Acosta, Ogura, Mir, A. Márquez, Di Giannantonio, Bastianini, Viñales.

With 7 minutes left, the riders returned to the track for late improvements. So far, Marco Bezzecchi found improvement as he moved to 4th place. Even Fabio Quartararo, who was mostly outside the top 10, used the time on the empty track to improve to 9th place. Marc Márquez put in an incredible attempt as he moved to the lead of the session. Shortly after him, Viñales found a late improvement and moved into 2nd place. However, Raul Fernandez, who had been in the lead for the majority of the session, was not giving up easily. Fernandez took the lead back with a time of 1:52.050.

With the chequered flag out, the top 10 finished as follows: Fernandez, M. Márquez, Viñales, Aldeguer, Ogura, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, Moreira, Mir.

Q1

The riders participating in this part of qualifying were: Martin, Viñales, Marini, Quartararo, A. Márquez, Bastianini, Moreira, Miller, Binder, Rins, Razgatlioglu, and Crutchlow.

As always, the fastest two riders would earn promotion to Q2. The lap times started in the 1:54s to 1:51s range. Jorge Martin didn't hold back, as he was the first rider to break into the 1:51s at the start of the session. Behind him was Morbidelli in the 1:52s range.

Five minutes into the session, the order looked as follows: Martin, Morbidelli, Viñales, A. Márquez, Marini, Bastianini, Quartararo, Miller, Razgatlioglu, Rins, Crutchlow, Binder.

The riders chose a strategy of two fast laps before returning to the pits. With 5 minutes left, the riders made their way back onto the track for late improvements. So far, Quartararo found improvement and moved into 5th place, behind A. Márquez.

Martin safely secured his entry into Q2 alongside Franco Morbidelli. The session ended in the following order: Martin, Morbidelli, Viñales, A. Márquez, Quartararo, Marini, Bastianini, Miller, Rins, Binder, Razgatlioglu, Crutchlow.

Q2

The riders participating in this part of qualifying were: Ogura, Bezzecchi, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia, M. Márquez, Acosta, Mir, Moreira, Aldeguer, Fernandez, Martin, and Morbidelli.

The first measured laps were in the 1:52s to 1:51s range. There were many riders in the 1:51s, and it was Di Giannantonio who broke the lap record and took provisional pole position. The order looked as follows: Di Giannantonio, Moreira, Ogura, Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Martin, Bagnaia, Acosta, Aldeguer, Mir, M. Márquez.

Marc Márquez had his lap time deleted, leaving him without a time. After a quick stop in the pits, the riders returned to the track. Many riders were attacking first place, including Bagnaia, Fernandez, and Marc Márquez. Bagnaia, who crossed the line first, took provisional pole position, while Fernandez was slower in Sector 3 and ended up in 5th place. Marc Márquez was just 0.053s slower than his teammate Bagnaia.

Ai Ogura, finishing another brilliant lap, took provisional pole position and broke the lap record once again. Shortly after him, Di Giannantonio completed a decent lap but was slower in Sectors 1 and 2, moving into 2nd place.

With the chequered flag out, the riders completed their final laps. There were no further improvements, and Ai Ogura safely secured pole position and the lap record. Behind him finished Di Giannantonio, with Bagnaia rounding out the top three.