MotoGP Misano 2 Race Sprint LIVE: Show of strength for Francesco Bagnaia, Martin, Bastianini on the podium

Pecco Bagnaia put in a sensational performance in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, round 14 of the 2024 MotoGP, taking pole position with a new track record at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The Ducati Desmosedici GP 24 Factory rider came close to 1'29, stopping at 1'30.031, a stratospheric time that becomes the fastest ever recorded at this track. It is the 21st pole in MotoGP for the double world champion and the 28th of his career.

The leader of the championship, George Martin, could not compete with the infernal pace of bagnaia, but he still placed second, 0,214 seconds behind his rival. Enea Bastianini, riding the second Ducati Desmosedici GP 24 Factory, completed the front row, finishing 0,533 seconds behind the reference time of bagnaia.

Brad Binder, author of the best time in Q1, opens the second line with the KTM the best placed. The South African will be accompanied by his teammate and rookie Pedro Acosta, who continues to impress with Team GASGAS Tech3. Marco Bezzecchi, on the Ducati of the VR46 team, occupies sixth place and completes this starting line.

Marc Marquez, despite a good overall performance, had to settle for seventh place after a crash in the decisive moment of Q2, his second fall of the day after the one in FP2. The eight-time world champion lost the front of his Ducati Desmosedici GP 23 on Gresini Racing team in both cases, compromising his chances of aiming for a better position.

He will therefore start in the third line, preceding Maverick Vinales, Aprilia's best representative, and Fabio Quartararo, the first rider on a Japanese motorcycle with his Yamaha YZR-M1.

Franco Morbidelli, on the Ducati Desmosedici GP 24 of Pramac Racing, took tenth place, ahead of the Aprilias ofAleix Espargaró (11th) and Miguel Oliveira (12th), respectively Team Factory and TrackHouse drivers.

Fabio DiGiannantonio, on the VR46 Racing Team Ducati, will start from 13th position, followed by Raul Fernandez (Aprilia TrackHouse) and Luca Marini (Repsol Honda), which completes a disappointing top 15 for the Japanese manufacturer. Joan mir, 16th, and Johann zarco, 17th, failed to get out of Q1 and will have to fight from the back of the pack.

alex rins, who has been ill since Thursday, was unable to record a timed lap and will not have fully participated in qualifying. His weekend ends there.

As for Alex Marquez, he will start from 21st position, far from his expectations, after a catastrophic qualifying session.

With this new pole position accompanied by a record, Pecco Bagnaia is ideally placed for Sunday's Grand Prix. George Martin, still leading the championship, and Enea Bastianini will try to challenge the Italian's supremacy on this circuit that he particularly likes. The Sprint race promises to be thrilling with a front row composed exclusively of Ducati, and many drivers ready to fight for the places of honor. While waiting for his departure, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Emilia-Romagna, Misano	2024 - 1	2024 - 2
FP1	1'31.707s Jorge Martin (See here)	1'32.082s Marc Marquez
Practice	1'30.685 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'30.286s Francesco Bagnaia
FP2	1'31.237 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'31.451s Pedro Acosta
Q1	1'30.903 Aleix Marquez (See here)	1'31.070s Binder, 1'31.146s Oliveira
Q2	1'30.304 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'30.031s Francesco Bagnaia
Sprint	Martin, Bagnaia, Morbidelli (See here)	Bagnaia, Martin, Bastianini
aWarm Up	1'31.687 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	(See here)
Course	Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Bastianini (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'30.304 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'30.031s Francesco Bagnaia

We are live from the Misano track

13 laps will be completed

It's up to you to play and make your predictions for this GP

A great show awaits us!!

Martin must not miss this afternoon...

The afternoon troublemakers…who could come and thwart the plans of the championship leaders!!!

Warm-up lap!!

Here we go and it's Martin who takes the lead ahead of Binder and Bagnaia. Bastianini and MMarquez close the top 5. Quartararo 7th

Bagnaia very aggressive, recovers 2nd position, Bastainini takes advantage, he is 3rd. MMarquez inserts himself to the detriment of Binder, he is 4th. Acosta does the same and finds himself 5th

With 10 laps to go, the top 10 is made up of: Martin, Bagnaia, Bastainini, MMarquez, Acosta, Binder, Quartararo, Bezzecchi, Morbidelli and Vinales. Zarco 19th

Martin is unable to get away from Bagnaia who is hot on his heels, he only has a lead of 0.333s over his pursuer. Bagnaia still has 8 laps to achieve his goal.

The fight is on….the 2 leaders are in orbit, they are riding so hard!! the Ducati rider is in the saddle of the Pramac rider..for the moment Martin is holding on, but until when, as the pressure from Bagnaia is strong behind!!! 0.213s separate them!

Martin widens!! Bagnaia passes!

Immediately, the Ducati rider takes off, he puts 1/2s behind him…

Behind, the rest of the troop consists of: Bastianini, MMarquez, Acosta, Binder, Quartararo, Bezzecchi, Morbidelli and Vinales

Long lap to Mir, runway limits exceeded.

Long lap for RFernandez

Last round !

Victory for Bagnaia ahead of Martin and Bastianini

 

MotoGP Misano 2 Sprint Race: Results