MotoGP Misano Qualifying LIVE: Pole and record for Francesco Bagnaia, the VR46 duo Morbidelli and Bezzecchi at his side

 

Five Ducati Desmosedicis filled the top five positions in Practice for the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix at Misano, with Pecco Bagnaia leading the way. The double world champion responded to the controversy surrounding his incident with Alex Marquez in Aragon, setting the fastest time in 1'30.685.

Marc Marquez, very comfortable on the Ducati Desmosedici GP23 of Gresini Racing team, finished second just 0.185s behind Bagnaia. Championship leader, George Martin (Ducati Pramac), took third place after dominating the morning session.

Franco Morbidelli (Ducati Pramac) and Enea Bastianini (Ducati Factory) completed the top five, confirming Ducati's dominance. Pedro Acosta, rookie at KTM, broke this hegemony by taking sixth place despite a fall.

The VR46 Racing Team driver, Marco Bezzecchi, ranked seventh, followed by Maverick Vinales (Aprilia). fabio quartararo performed well with a ninth place, thus registering Yamaha as the only Japanese bike in the top 10, just ahead Jack Miller (KTM).

For Honda, it was a disaster: the best rider, Johann Zarco (LCR), only finished 15th. Takaaki Nakagami et Luca marini took 20th and 22th places. Joan mir, suffering from intestinal problems, also had a difficult day.

Pilots like Brad Binder, Aleix Espargaro, the wild card Pol Espargaro, a Fabio DiGiannantonio (who is still suffering from his injured shoulder) will have to go through Q1 to hope to enter Q2.

Ducati looks in excellent shape for this weekend's race, with bagnaia in the lead and an armada of Desmosedici ready to fight for the top spots. Will this trend be confirmed in qualifying? Before we know, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ San Marino, Misano	2023	2024
FP1	1'31.909 Michele Pirro (See here)	1'31.707s Jorge Martin
Practice	1'30.846 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'30.685 Francesco Bagnaia
FP2	1'31.803 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'31.237 Marco Bezzecchi
Q1	1'31.272 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'30.903 Aleix Marquez
Q2	1'30.390 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'30.304s Fancesco Bagnaia
Sprint	Martin, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia (See here)	(See here)
Warm Up	1'31.785 Pecco Bagnaia (See here)	(See here)
Course	Martin, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'30.390 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'30.304 Francesco Bagnaia

 

Now it's time to start the hunt for qualification: a Q1 session that will last 15 minutes.

Di Giannantonio sets the reference time in 1.31.574s. AMarquez is the 2nd fastest in 1.31.596s.

Binder accelerates and takes the best time in 1.31.148s. He is ahead of AMarquez who also improves in 1.31.243s.

The KTM rider did not give up and improved his own time again to 1.31.148s.

PEspargaro crashes in turn 8

2 minutes left and Binder and AMarquez would be the 2 drivers qualified for Q2 for the moment.

But AMarquez takes the lead in 1.30.903s. Binder, 2nd and last qualified. 

Q2 session

It's gone for 15min

Oh surprise…AMarquez in the saddle of Bagnaia….memories memories….

Bagnaia sets the best time in 1.30.928:5s. Acosta, AMarquez, Miller and Vinales complete this provisional top XNUMX

It's going fast...Bagnaia improves in 1.30.581s ahead of Martin ((1.30.645s), Acosta, Bastianini and MMarquez (1.30.929s), Quartararo 7th in 1.31.141s.

There are 5 minutes left in this qualifying session with a view to pole position...

Bagnaia is well on his way to winning it, he improves his time to 1.30.304s. He beats the track record.

MMarquez falls. 7th

Meanwhile, Morbidelli takes the 2nd best time in 1.30.589:5:1. Bezzecchi, Martin and Acosta complete this top XNUMX with XNUMX minute to go.

Martin misses, he won't do better than 4th

Bagnaia takes pole ahead of Morbidelli, Bezzecchi, Martin and Acosta

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