Traffic was a major issues throughout the Q2 session in COTA, with Marc Marquez arguably losing out the most and finishing in 6th place.

Bezzecchi, who qualified in P2, will now be demoted to P4, which moves Acosta and Bagnaia up a position.

Further down the field, Honda's Luca Marini also recieved a 2-place drop for the same incident in which he appeared to slow on the racing line during a cooldown lap, while Marquez behind was on a flyer.

Marini has therefore been demoted to P11 which moves Aldeguer and Ogura up a position each.

Both penalities will be applied for Sunday's race but not for this evening's sprint.

Ogura and Bastianini were also involved with some close shaves, but no updates have been provided yet as to whether they will be penalized too.

Fabvio Di Giannantonio secured his second pole position in a row ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta.

The Ducati duo of Marc marquez and Pecco Bagnaia will be disappointed to start from the second row after facing trouble with traffic throughout the session. The incidents are currently under investigation involving several riders including Marco Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura.

Marquez managed to recover to a sixth place start after his scary crash in practice yesterday, but Bagnaia will be the happier of the pair in P4.

Read the full qualifying report including full results and Moto2/3 here.