Sepang(Malaysia), Oct. 25 -- Casting his Indonesia and Australia woes to one side, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) did it the hard way to grab pole at the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, coming through Q1 to the top of the pile. Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) misses out on pole by 0.016s, whilst Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) makes it a Ducati front row lockout just one week on from the factory's 98-race front row streak coming to an end. Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), meanwhile, failed to make it out of Q1 and starts P14.
The three most-recent winners found themselves in Q1 as Bagnaia, Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) all looked to lock in t...