MotoGP, Barcelona Practice LIVE: Best time for Francesco Bagnaia, Zarco 4th, goes to Q2!

Japanese rider Takaaki Nakagami, who retired this Sunday, achieved an unexpected performance by setting the best time in the first free practice session of the Barcelona Grand Prix, the final round of the 2024 MotoGP championship, on his Honda LCR.

Takaaki Nakagami set the fastest time in the first free practice session of the Motul Solidarity Barcelona Grand Prix, the final round of the 2024 MotoGP season. The Japanese rider, in his last race before taking up his new role as a tester for HRC, took advantage of the new soft front tyre to set a time of 1'40.501, putting the LCR team's Honda RC213V in the lead.

Behind Nakagami, Peter AcostaWith the KTM from Team GASGAS Tech3, finished 0.411s behind the leader, followed by Alex Marquez of Ducati Gresini Racing, and his future teammate Brad Binder just behind, 0.451s from the lead. George Martin, world championship leader, took fifth place, ahead of the Ducati ofEnea Bastianini et Pecco Bagnaia. The defending champion, bagnaia, will have to make up a 24-point deficit on Martin to retain his world title.

The Top Ten is completed by Maverick Vinales (Aprilia), Jack Miller (KTM), and Marc Marquez (Ducati Gresini Racing). Yamaha is represented by fabio quartararo in 11th position, preceding Luca marini with the Honda Repsol, Franco Morbidelli with the Ducati Pramac, and Aleix Espargaró, who is participating in his last race before becoming an HRC tester.

It should be noted that the financial year was marked by the falls of Michele Pirro, Peter Acosta, ofAugusto Fernandez, the two Tech3 team-mates clashing at the start of the session, and also Pecco Bagnaia at the end of the session after a misunderstanding with Maverick Vinales. The pilot of the Ducati #1 was visibly upset by the incident.

What will this Practice have in store for us, the outcome of which will establish the list of lucky ones directly selected for Q2 this Saturday? Before we know, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Barcelona, ​​Spain	5-2024	11-2024
FP1	1'39.579 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'40.501 Takaaki Nakagami
Practice	1'38.562 Aleix Espargaro (See here)	1'38.918 Francesco Bagnaia
FP2	1'39.294 Aleix Espargaro (See here)
Q1	1'38.208 Fabio Di Giannantonio (See here)
Q2	1'38.190 Aleix Espargaro (See here)
Sprint	Espargaro, Marc Marquez, Acosta (See here)
Warm Up	1'39.505 Enea Bastianini (See here)
Grand Prix	Bagnaia, Martin, Marc Marquez (See here)
All time lap record	1'38.190 Aleix Espargaro (See here)

The hostilities are about to begin, an important session in view of the qualifications...which will determine who will integrate the Q2 directly or who will have to make a quick trip to the Q1 to reach the last four...of the qualifications...There are 10 "places" to fill!! So let's go Guys!!!

It's gone for 60min

Bezzecchi takes the lead in 1.40.242s: Bagnaia, Martin, AMarquez and Morbidelli complete the top5

Oliveira makes comeback after wrist injury..

Morbidelli Falls.

AFernandez goes to the mat

With 45 minutes to go, the times are not getting too fast. Bezzecchi holds the line in 1.39.829s ahead of AMarquez, Acosta, Bagnaia, Vinales, Binder, Morbidelli, Zarco, AEspargaro and Martin

In the Marquez family.. I would like the youngest (2nd)…who for the moment is ahead of his eldest Marc (14th)…!!

At the moment, no one has managed to catch up with Bezzecchi..he is ahead of AMarquez, Acosta, Bagnaia, Martin, Vinales, Binder, Morbidelli, Zarco and AEspargaro.

Martin is lying in ambush…

Vinales goes on the offensive, he takes the 2nd best time in 1.39.958s.

With 15 minutes to go, the 10 "nominees" for Q2 would be: Bezzecchi, Vinales, AMarquez, Acosta, Martin, Bagnaia, Zarco, Binder, Morbidelli and AEspargaro

Martin enters the scene…he sets the best time in 1.39.214s. He is ahead of Vinales, AEsparagaro, Bagnaia and AMarquez

Here we go, the times are boiling…Zarco signs the best time in 1.39.197s!!! He is ahead of Martin, Vinales, Bagnaia and AMarquez

The 10 potential qualifiers with 5 minutes to go would be: Zarco, Martin, Vinales, Bagnaia, AMarquez, Acosta, MMarquez, ASespargaro, Bezzecchi and Bastianini

Bezzecchi comes back strong and takes back the lead in 1.38.998s..he is immediately overtaken by Bagnaia in 1.38.918s: there is 1 minute left before the end of the session.

Martin…a day to forget apparently… palpable tension…

Fall of Mir

The 10 drivers qualified for Q2 are: Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, AEspargaro, Zarco, Martin, Vinales, AMarquez, MMarquez, Acosta and Bastianini

Martin, 5th

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