New all-time lap records set with Pirelli tires in Moto2 and Moto3, as well as the best race lap records and faster races than last year.
On the occasion of the Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera, the Japanese driver Ai Ogura (MT Helmets-MSI/Boscoscuro) took his third victory of the season in Moto2™, while in Moto3™ the victory went to the Spaniard Angel Piqueras
(Leopard Racing/Honda).
Thanks in part to the contribution and performance of Pirelli tyres, new all-time lap records were set, as well as the best race lap records, and the races were faster than last year in the same weather conditions.
“This Grand Prix at the Misano circuit ended extremely positively for Pirelli. We are pleased with the performance demonstrated by all the tyres we brought and allocated. In Moto2™, the new soft development solution in D0640 specification, which, we must remember, made its debut here, was chosen by practically all the riders for the race – a fairly strong sign of popularity and confidence in our development efforts. As for Moto3™, we saw all the compounds in action for the race with performances in line with each other, as demonstrated by the three riders on the podium who used different compound combinations. In this case, once again, it is an extremely positive feedback, because it means that the allocation we had chosen for this weekend was in line with the objectives and that all the options were valid alternatives. As with most of the Grands Prix held this year, here in Misano we have once again contributed to breaking all track records in the respective categories, as well as improving race times compared to last year. In light of these rather encouraging results, for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which will be held in two weeks here in Misano, we will rely on the same allocation in order to see the new Moto2™ rear in action again and to further validate the exceptional performances already seen this weekend. I will conclude by congratulating Álvaro Carpe for winning the 2024 FIM MotoGP Rookies Cup.”
Moto2 ™
– The choice was almost unanimous among the teams and drivers for the rear tire used in the race. At the front, everyone opted for the SC1 soft, while at the rear, the only rider not to choose the new SC0 D0640 development tire was Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team/Kalex), who preferred the standard SC0 soft.
– Starting from third on the grid, Ai Ogura (MT Helmets-MSI/Boscoscuro) won his third race of the season, but Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) set the new race lap record on his eighth lap with a time of 1'36.003, beating Celestino Vietti's record from 2023 by almost two tenths.
– The race was 3,5 seconds faster than last year, with an average improvement in lap times of more than 1,5 tenths of a second.
Moto3 ™
– Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) won, also setting the new race lap record of 1'40.856 on his seventh lap, improving the 2023 by more than 4 tenths set by Celestino Vietti (1'41.297). In total, five drivers fell below the previous race lap record.
– Contested over a distance of 20 laps on asphalt at 35°C, all the compounds in the Pirelli allocation were protagonists. At the rear, the most popular choice was the SC1 soft, with the only ones opting for the SC2 medium being KTM riders Iván Ortolá, Joel Kelso and David Muñoz, and Ángel Piqueras on Honda. The choices at the front were a little more balanced, with 15 riders using the SC2 medium and the other 12 opting for the SC1 soft. In general, the combination of SC1 soft at the rear and SC2 medium at the front was the most popular.
– The three drivers who finished on the podium used different combinations of rubber. The winner used a soft SC1 on the front and a medium SC2 on the rear, second-placed Daniel Holgado did exactly the opposite, betting on a medium front and a soft rear, and third-placed Iván Ortolá used medium tyres on both axles.
– This year's race, which was run in 34'02.766, was almost two seconds faster than the 2023 race (34'04.490), which was run in similar weather conditions and asphalt temperatures.
