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.

After missing Friday afternoon practice due to a high fever, Alex Rins was back on his M1 on Saturday morning at the Emilia Romagna MotoGP. But the Spaniard was “struggling to breathe”, left last on the timesheets and didn’t reappear for qualifying.

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.