MotoGP San Marino GP 2024
MotoGP San Marino GP 2024
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San Marino MotoGP at Misano: Friday practice as it happened

Updates from Friday practice at the 2024 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix as it happened

Jorge Martin comes into round 13 of the 2024 MotoGP season leading the championship by 23 points. 

The Pramac Ducati rider dominated last year's San Marino GP, winning both the sprint and the grand prix, and topped Friday morning's session at Misano.

Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia comes to his home race not at 100% fitness after colliding with Alex Marquez in a controversial incident last week at Aragon. 

Marc Marquez returns to the scene of his last MotoGP win with Honda in 2021 looking to add to his tally with Gresini Ducati, having scored a first victory on the Desmosedici last week at Aragon.

Honda and Yamaha recently tested at Misano and will both be hoping to have stronger weekends as a result.

Practice is scheduled for 2pm BST.

06 Sep 2024
13:30

30-Minute Warning

Good afternoon and welcome back to our live text coverage of the 2024 San Marino Grand Prix!

MotoGP's hour-long Practice session is set to get under way in 30 minutes time at 2pm UK. 

10:51

We'll take a break from the action for now, but join us again this afternoon for more live coverage from the 2024 San Marino MotoGP round. 

Practice is due to get under way at 2pm UK time.

10:50

2024 San Marino MotoGP FP1 report

Read the full report from the 2024 MotoGP San Marino GP FP1 session below.

10:32

Full FP1 standings

With FP1 drawing to a close, here is the full order:

  1. Martin
  2. M.Marquez
  3. P.Espargaro
  4. Morbidelli
  5. Quartararo
  6. A.Espargaro
  7. Binder
  8. Bagnaia
  9. Vinales
  10. Acosta
  11. Miller
  12. A.Fernandez
  13. Bastianini
  14. Zarco
  15. Bezzecchi
  16. A.Marquez
  17. Rins
  18. Marini
  19. Di Giannantonio
  20. Nakagami
  21. R.Fernandez
  22. Oliveira
  23. Bradl
10:30

FP1 - Chequered Flag

The chequered flag is out at the end of FP1 and Jorge Martin ends the morning fastest of all with a 1m31.707s. 

 

10:26

Binder had a small moment on the front end of his KTM on the way into Turn 4. No harm done, though. 

10:25

Five minutes to go in FP1

There are just five minutes to go in FP1 at Misano. Martin leads Marc Marquez by 0.037s currently.

10:21

Just as we send that update, Pedro Acosta jumps up to eighth on his Tech3 GASGAS.

10:20

Standings with 10 minutes to go

With 10 minutes to go in FP1, the top 10 looks like this:

  1. Martin
  2. M.Marquez
  3. P.Espargaro
  4. Morbidelli
  5. Quartararo
  6. Bagnaia
  7. Binder
  8. Bastianini
  9. Vinales
  10. A.Marquez
10:16

Very early, of course, but Martin isn't doing much to shake that favourite tag placed on him pre-weekend. 

10:14

Martin further cements his place at the top of the order with a 1m31.707s.

10:13

Martin fires in another session-best lap, dipping into the 1m31s for the first time today with a 1m31.779s.

10:11

Martin returns to the top of the standings with a 1m32.030s. 

10:10

Standings with 20 minutes to go

With 20 minutes remaining, the top 10 looks like this:

  1. M. Marquez
  2. Quartararo
  3. Martin
  4. P.Espargaro
  5. Morbidelli
  6. Miller
  7. Binder
  8. Vinales
  9. Rins
  10. A.Espargaro
10:08

A bit further down the order, Enea Bastianini - who won at Misano in 2022 - is currently 17th while Takaaki Nakagami is leading the Honda charge in 15th. 

10:04

Quartararo's strong morning continues. He's moved up to second on the Yamaha with a 1m32.164s. 

10:03

While it's early days, don't be too surprised by Bagnaia's seemingly steady start to FP1. 

He admitted on Thursday he's not 100% fit after his Aragon crash, so don't expect him to come out the blocks swinging in FP1.

10:01

The track has largely emptied after that frantic start to the session. 

10:00

Standings with 30 minutes to go

After the first 15 minutes of running, the top 10 looks like this:

  1. M. Marquez
  2. Martin
  3. P.Espargaro
  4. Morbidelli
  5. Quartararo
  6. Miller
  7. Binder
  8. Vinales
  9. A.Espargaro
  10. Bagnaia
09:59

Martin briefly went back to the top of the order, but Aragon winner Marc Marquez has deposed him with a 1m32.077s. 

09:58

Good start to the morning for Yamaha duo Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins in second and 10th currently. 

Both riders tested at Misano recently, as did Honda's race riders. 

Quartararo said on Thursday that his race pace was good in that test, but his time attack was a disaster. 

09:56

It's worth remembering that Dani Pedrosa put in a stunning weekend for KTM as a wildcard last year at Misano, finishing fourth in both races. 

Espargaro hasn't had any recent test time at Misano, but did take part in the Austrian GP a few weeks ago. So, he's not too rusty.

09:55

Pol Espargaro returns to the top of the order with a 1m32.364s. Strong start early on for the KTM wildcard so far.

09:54

Championship leader Martin posts a 1m32.642s to go fastest of all inside the first 10 minutes of the session.

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