In a repeat of last week in Germany, Francesco Bagnaia pipped Fabio Quartararo to claim pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen.
Bale, 32, had been linked with a move to hometown club Cardiff.
Gareth Bale’s move to America appears imminent.
Andy Murray has reiterated that he would never play on a Saudi-run tennis tour, like golf's controversial defectors to the LIV golf series. Golf has been rocked in recent months by the £2 billion launch of the breakaway series and last week Telegraph Sport revealed that Saudi Arabia is also trying to entice a women’s tour event to their country. There have been previous examples of exhibition tennis events planned in the gulf state. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had been due to play a showdown