What went on in MotoGP's 'pre-qualifying' Qatar GP practice

Franco Morbidelli upstaged the leading riders in the MotoGP championship standings to head the second Friday practice session at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Key moments:

• Ducati 1-2-3-4-5
• Quartararo best of the rest
• Every manufacturer but Aprilia in top 10
• Martin 20th again

Either Marc Marquez or Pecco Bagnaia led for much of the 60-minute session, but a late improvement from Morbidelli - a 1m50.830s that wasn't far off being the new premier-class record lap at Lusail - put him clear of both and convincingly so.

Bagnaia ended up 0.145s back from Morbidelli, with Marquez another 0.02s off.

Morbidelli's VR46 team-mate Fabio Di Giannantonio and championship leader Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) completed an all-Ducati top five.

And sixth Ducati rider Fermin Aldeguer booked a Q2 spot, too, placing ninth.

The remaining spots directly in tomorrow's pole shoot-out went to KTM duo Pedro Acosta and Maverick Vinales, LCR Honda's Johann Zarco - whose last-second improvement thwarted Yamaha's Alex Rins - and Rins' Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo.

Quartararo's lap, without using a reference rider, was particularly impressive to take him to eventual sixth place - though it was still 0.463s the best of the Ducatis.

Advancing to Q2: Morbidelli, Bagnaia, M Marquez, Di Giannantonio, A Marquez, Quartararo, Acosta, Vinales, Aldeguer, Zarco

Contesting Q1: Rins, Marini, Mir, Binder, Ogura, Bastianini, Miller, R Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Martin, A Fernandez, Chantra

Pramac Yamaha rider Jack Miller was in the mix for a top-10 spot until his second crash of the day, at Turn 7 late on, his M1 getting shredded as it bounced through the gravel.

Yellow flags and that could prove costly for some!