This weekend will still have the feel of a summer vacation with a San Marino Grand Prix which will take place on a Misano track located on the banks of the Adriatic. But for Italy, it will rather be a real passing exam with the promoter Dorna who did not appreciate the popular failure of the last visit to the peninsula on the Mugello side. Depending on the attendance that this meeting will be able to produce, we will be able to measure the impact of the departure of Valentino Rossi and Carmelo Ezpeleta will have enough to decide, with his troops, the place to reserve in the next calendars for this nation... In the competing championships, there will also be high stakes, particularly in MotoGP where Ducati, which now has its ranks organized for the next two years, will be in a position to develop group strategies, at home...
The goal will of course be to hamper the championship leader's journey as much as possible. fabio quartararo who continues to put up resistance with his frail Yamaha . The Frenchman bends but does not break in the face of a Pecco Bagnaia who thought he would strike a bigger blow during the last meeting in Austria. HAS Misano, we will also be on the lands ofAprilia who will not let himself be counted, like a Aleix Espargaró still second in the provisional general classification who can be sure of the support of the fast teammate Maverick Vinales.
The latter saw his series of podiums with the RS-GP come to an end on the Red Bull Ring, and he will be keen to demonstrate that it was only an error in the choice of tires by returning to the top of the classification of this San Marino Grand Prix. Last year, bagnaia had materialized in front of the World Champion MotoGP in title and the one who is now assured of being a rider in the Ducati factory team, Enea Bastianini.
In Misano, there will be challenges at all levels
In the Moto2 category, everything has recently been turned upside down again. Ai Ogura won at the Red Bull Ring and, with this achievement, the Japanese also took the lead in the championship. As the Misano meeting approaches, he is one point ahead of Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and 17 points on Celestine Vietti, which led until the Silverstone race.
The lead in the Moto3 World Championship is still under the control of the GASGAS riders. Sergio Garcia leads by five points ahead of his teammate Izan Guevara. Dennis Foggia is in third place. The Honda driver would like to catch up during his home race. He is 49 points short of reaching first place.
What will this fourteenth round of the championship have in store for us? With all these issues, it will be not to be missed. Here is the detailed program.
Gran Premio Gryfyn di San Marino and the Riviera di Rimini
Friday 2 September:
08:25 a.m. – 08:45 p.m.: MotoE, FP1
09:00 – 09:40: Moto3, FP1
09:55 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: MotoGP, FP1
10:55 – 11:35: Moto2, FP1
12:35 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.: MotoE, FP2
13:15 p.m. – 13:55 p.m.: Moto3 FP2
14:10 p.m. – 14:55 p.m.: MotoGP FP2
15-10 – 15:50 p.m.: Moto2 FP2
16:50 p.m. – 17:00 p.m.: MotoE, Qualifying 1
17:10 p.m. – 17:20 p.m.: MotoE, Qualifying 2
Saturday 3 September:
09:00 – 09:40: Moto3 FP3
09:55 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: MotoGP, FP3
10:55 – 11:35: Moto2, FP3
12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 1
13:00 p.m. – 13:15 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 2
13:30 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.: MotoGP FP4
14:10 p.m. – 14:25 p.m. MotoGP Q1
14:35 p.m. – 14:50 p.m.: MotoGP, Q2
15:10 p.m. – 15:25 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 1
15:35 p.m. – 15:50 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 2
16:15 p.m.: MotoE, Race 1 (8 laps)
Sunday 4 September:
09:00 – 09:10: Moto3, Warm-up
09:20 – 09:30: Moto2, Warm-up
09:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: MotoGP, Warm-up
11:00 a.m.: Moto3, Race (23 laps)
12:20 a.m.: Moto2, Race (25 laps)
14:00 p.m.: MotoGP, race (27 laps)
15:30 p.m.: MotoE, race 2 (8 laps)
