MotoGP Jerez Spain Warm Up LIVE: Alex Marquez in a session cut short by Pedro Acosta's big fall

For George Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), the Grand Prix Sprint MotoGP of Spain was a “quiet day at the office in Jerez” which increasingly places the Pramac driver in the position of favorite for the title. But behind the #89, chaos reigned at Jerez, no less than 15 riders having fallen on patches of humidity, fortunately all unhurt and most, or many, having immediately returned to the track.

The beginner Peter Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) evaded all the traps that tripped up his experienced opponents before taking second place and making his first visit to the Sprint podium in front of an enthusiastic crowd. fabio quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) celebrated initially too, gaining an unreal number of positions, 20 as his number, before a tire pressure penalty demoted him to fifth place. What promoted Dani Pedrosa, MotoGP™ legend and wildcard for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, in third place.

The poleman Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) fell out of the lead but came back and then attacked, taking no prisoners to finish 6th. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) slipped in three separate but perfectly synchronized incidents. Francis Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), for its part, paid the price for a sandwich between Binder and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), considered a racing incident, the other two having continued on their way. The winner of COTA, Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing), also fell, and the list didn't stop there, as a largely dry, but not yet perfectly dry, track surprised some big names.

Here is the list of falls and the ranking of this Sprint, to say the least, full of twists and turns…

 

 

 

Weather-wise, the forecasts were not wrong, with a sunny Friday morning and Sunday but a very humid Saturday...

As the 25 pilots prepare to compete under a new Andalusian sky, with cool temperatures of 14° in the air and 22° on the ground for this 10-minute warm-up, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Jerez, Spain	2023	2024
FP1	1'36.770 Dani Pedrosa (See here)	1'36.630 Alex Marquez (See here)
Practice	1'36.708 Aleix Espargaró (See here)	1'36.025 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP2	1'37.229 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'48.183 Marc Marquez (See here)
Q1	1'36.493 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'47.887 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Q2	1'37.216 Aleix Espargaró (See here)	1'46.773 Marc Marquez (See here)
Sprint	Binder, Bagnaia, Miller (See here)	Martin, Acosta, Pedrosa (See here)
Warm Up	1'37.261 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'37.943 Alex Marquez (See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Binder, Miller (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'36.170 Francesco Bagnaia 2022 (See here)	1'36.025 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)

When the red lights go out... Francesco Bagnaia et Peter Acosta set off first so as not to waste a second of this very brief session.

Despite the bright sun, patches of humidity seem to persist on the track. Everyone is in soft front/medium rear, except Stefan bradl which has a tender at the back.

At the end of the first round, Francesco Bagnaia enters the reference of the day in 1'39.647 in front Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin, Alex Rins and Fabio Quartararo.

In the next passage, it is Raul fernandez who takes the advantage 1'38.13831 ahead Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini, Fabio and Alex Marquez.

One more round and Alex Marquez seizes the leadership in 137943 in front Enea Bastianini, Jack Miller, Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin.

Peter Acosta then suffered a very big fall at turn 7 and ended up in the Airfence. Fortunately, the Tech3 driver gets up immediately.

In the process, it is the turn of Fabio Di Giannantonio to make a mistake at the next corner and the session is interrupted with a red flag, 53 seconds before its deadline, in order to replace the pierced Airfence. She won't leave.

Results of the warm up of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com