Romagna MotoGP on Saturday to cut championship rival Jorge Martin's lead at the top of the riders' standings.Reigning champion Bagnaia is four points behind Pramac rider Martin ahead of Sunday's main event Grand Prix,

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.

Italy’s Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) grabbed pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) by 0.214 seconds.

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.

Francesco Bagnaia beat MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin by 0.214s to claim pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia trailed Pramac rival Martin by over three tenths of a second after the first runs as the Spaniard broke the circuit lap record with a 1m30.