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#1 Current champion Marc Marquez takes pole
Marc Marquez, with a blistering pace in the second free practice session, showed everyone why he is the current MotoGP world champion. Fresh from surgery, the Spanish rider showed no signs of backing down during the free practice sessions on Friday.
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The prolific Spaniard finished FP1 in third place with a gap of less than 0.2 seconds behind Valentino Rossi. Marquez's perfect FP2 saw him in the first place with 1'53.380, close to a half a second faster than the second-placed Maverick Vinales.
Marc Marquez narrowly missed out on the pole position at the Losail International Circuit during the 2018 season, but he would be hoping to better that and secure a pole to get his season started on a perfect note.
Jorge Lorenzo, his teammate, on the other hand, endured mixed results, finishing second in FP1 and eleventh in FP2.
