MotoGP, Italy Sprint LIVE: Francesco Bagnaia is the boss of Mugello! Marc Marquez and Acosta on the podium, Martin out

Jorge Martin won pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, seventh round of MotoGP 2024, by setting a spectacular lap in 1'44.504 on the magnificent Mugello track. This new record for the Tuscan circuit places him just ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, just 43 thousandths of a second, closely followed by Maverick Viñales on his Aprilia, at 0,140 seconds.

However, bagnaia will have to serve a penalty of three positions on the grid tomorrow, for having obstructed Alex Marquez. Bagnaia had described ridiculous even the simple summons to the race director…

Marc Marquez, for his part, took fourth place and will find himself on the front row on Sunday due to the penalty of bagnaia. But the eight-time world champion could also face a penalty, after slowing down the rookie Peter Acosta at the beginning of meeting. Behind Marquez, we find Enea BastianiniFollowed by Franco Morbidelli and Peter Acosta.

Alex Marquez, with the Ducati GP23 of Gresini Racing, completed the Top Ten alongsideAleix Espargaro on the Aprilia RS-GP 24 andAlex Rins on Yamaha, the only rider with a Japanese bike in the top twelve. Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez on Trackhouse Aprilia closed Q2.

The drivers of the VR46 Racing Team, Fabio di Giannantonio et Marco Bezzecchi, failed to advance through Q1, finishing 14th and 16th respectively. fabio quartararo on Yamaha finished 15th, Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia tester) 22nd, and Luca marini (Repsol Honda) 24th.

For Martin, this is the 16th pole in MotoGP and the 37th of his career. The MotoGP Sprint Race is now to follow. What will she have in store for us? Before knowing it, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Italy, Mugello	2023	2024
FP1	1'46.121 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'46.140 Maverick Vinales (See here)
Practice	1'45.436 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'44.938 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP2	1'46.314 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'45.608 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Q1	1'45.231 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'44.726 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Q2	1'44.855 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'44.504 Jorge Martin (See here)
Sprint	Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, Martin (See here)	Bagnaia, Marc Marquez, Acosta (See here)
Warm Up	1'46.286 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Martin, Zarco (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'44.855 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'44.504 Jorge Martin (See here)

The time has come to meet up for the first race of the weekend: it is sunny above the Mugello track: 1° in the air and 23° on the track.

Take a seat, we’ll take you on board!!

Rossi is not far away…

Just like… Agostini!!!

Made in Italy!!!!

11 laps will be completed by the 24 drivers

Martin ready to fight!!

Warm-up lap!!

It's off and it's Bagnaia who takes the hand in front of Martin. Bastianini goes 2nd, Binder, MMarquez complete the top5. Acosta is 6th

Quartararo 14th, Zarco 21st.

Martin attacks Bastianini and takes 2nd position: the 2 drivers lightly touch each other.

Fall of Oliveira and Quartararo.

Bastianini also goes to the mat. The pilot is hit by Martin…

The top10 is as follows: Bagnaia, Martin, MMarquez, Acosta, Binder, Morbidelli, Vinales, Di Giannantonio, AEspargaro and AMarquez

There are 6 laps left... and MMarquez passes Martin: the objective is clear!! Victory in sight!!

In front of Bagnaia...He has a 1s lead.

Abandonment for Mir

5 more rounds...

and it's a disaster for Martin who falls!!! which is good for Acosta who climbs onto the podium in 3rd position…

MMarquez is only 0.869s behind the race leader, Bagnaia...Behind Acosta, Morbidelli and Binder complete this provisional top5.

No investigation opened following the slight collision between Bastianini and Martin… racing…

Bagnaia reacts to the return of MMarquez...he now has a 1s lead and he attacks on the last lap...

Victory for Bagnaia ahead of MMarquez and Acosta 

Great race from Marc Marquez!!

and Pedro Acosta!!!

MotoGP, Italy Sprint: classification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit classification motogp.com