Francesco Bagnaia of Team Ducati set a stunning time to claim pole position for the Gran Premio Pramac dell'Emi

Francesco Bagnaia topped MotoGP World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Misano World Circuit - Marco Simoncelli, in San Marino.

Michelin will not introduce its new MotoGP front tyre until 2026, a year behind its original intention, the French company confirmed on Friday. There is a widespread acknowledgement that the current front profile needs to be revised in order to deal with the greater forces being placed on it in MotoGP’s new aerodynamic age.

MotoGP: "The crash in qualifying? Life is like that, you try and you fail. Even if I had started on the front row I would have finished the Sprint in 4th place anyway. I struggle with the new tires, I have to figure out why.

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.

Francesco Bagnaia claimed pole position at the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP on Saturday, giving himself a chance to further chop Jorge Martin’s slim lead in the riders’ championship.

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.

Marquez starts the second Misano race weekend on the front foot, but track conditions meant the times weren’t fully representative