2024 Official Misano MotoGP Test – 12:45pm (End of Session 1) RiderNatTeamTimeLap1Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP24)1:31.124s29/322Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*+0.041s29/293Franco MorbidelliITAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.356s8/194Marc MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.390s18/185Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.458s18/196Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.484s26/267Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.495s20/208Alex MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.749s11/169Marco BezzecchiITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)+0.803s25/2810Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.816s36/3811Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)+0.872s31/3812Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.931s24/3513Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+61.046s14/2714Miguel OliveiraPORTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)+61.058s24/2915Daniel PedrosaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+61.173s26/3016Augusto FernandezSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)+61.368s32/3317Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+1.400s12/2018Johann ZarcoFRALCR Honda (RC213V)+1.545s27/3019Luca MariniITARepsol Honda (RC213V)+1.690s30/3020Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)+1.808s24/3121Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+2.198s17/2622Lorenzo SavadoriITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+2.972s14/2223Stefan BradlGERHRC Test Team (RC213V)+3.466s12/28 Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)No Time- Fabio Di GiannantonioITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)No Time-Official Misano MotoGP Records:Best…

Johann Zarco ‘s first weekend in Misano ended with a decent 12th place preceded by 13th place obtained in the Sprint Race. Despite finishing in the points zone, however, the LCR team rider did not hide his disappointment at a situation that shows no sign of changing and continues to relegate the Hondas to the bottom of the standings with no chance of improvement. “We knew it could rain, so I was expecting a few drops and maybe some twists and turns. Iwas right,” his analysis, ” I was surprised to see someone come into the pits, but that gained…

Where Jorge Martin’s eyes were bigger than his stomach, Marc Marquez’s were locked on to the riders who could provide him the answer to the only question worth asking: to pit, or not to pit?As two Spaniards racing a cluster of fast Italian rivals towards the front of Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix when rain started to fall, Martin and Marquez were always going to be at a loss when it came to knowing the climate and track conditions at the Misano circuit.Every MotoGP qualifying, practice and race LIVE and ad-break free from lights out to the chequered flag. New…

Jack Miller knew it would be a tough task to hold off Marc Marquez during Saturday’s San Marino MotoGP Sprint race.Marquez was starting an out-of-sync ninth after crashing in qualifying, with Miller leapfrogging ahead of the Aragon winner as he shot from 12th to 7th on the opening lap.The Australian then kept Marquez at bay for half of the 13-lap race, until the KTM rider suffered an unusual electronic glitch.MotoGP machines are programmed with different engine settings for each corner of a race track and Miller suspects his RC16 ‘got lost’ during the braking zone into Turn 8.“Just as I…

Miguel Oliveira’s experience of new factory-satellite MotoGP partnerships at Tech3 KTM and then RNF/Trackhouse Aprilia means “I know exactly what I will encounter” at Pramac Yamaha next season.Oliveira joined MotoGP with Tech3 in 2019, the debut year for a KTM satellite team.After winning races for Tech3 in 2020 and later the factory Red Bull squad, history repeated itself for Oliveira as he signed up for Aprilia’s new satellite project, with RNF in 2023. RNF turned into Trackhouse this season.Meanwhile, Yamaha is enduring one of its toughest years in the MotoGP era, with no podiums and former world champion Fabio Quartararo…

Niccolo Canepa will retire from racing this month.He will call time on his career after the Bol d’Or on September 12-15, the season finale of the FIM Endurance World Championship.Canepa is aiming to retire with a second consecutive EWC under his belt.Niccolo Canepa’s unique successHis 20-year career spans MotoGP, WorldSBK, Moto2, WorldSSP, and MotoE.But it has been his most recent years in endurance racing where Canepa has found his niche.He has become the most successful Italian rider in the EWC.After stints in the Italian championship and the European Superstock 600 Championship, Canepa got his big break with MotoGP in 2009.Representing Pramac…

Alex Marquez yesterday expressed his views on the incident that involved him in Aragon with Pecco Bagnaia. The two expressed opposite points of view in front of reporters, but Alex did not digest Pecco’s words, which held him not only responsible for what happened, but also the author of an episode that was the result of a pure desire to end his race. Marc’s brother posted on his social channels this statement in this regard: “After reading some statements I want to explain the following: I would never cause an accident to another rider and I will never accept being…

Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez claimed a first MotoGP sprint win at the Aragon Grand Prix on Saturday he insisted that his MotorLand feat is not quite the dawn of a second ‘Marquez era’. First in every session and with complete control from the first corner until the last of a hot 11-lap sprint at the MotorLand circuit as a prelude to round 12 of 20 in 2024 on Sunday, Marquez finally regained P1 status after 1042 days and since ending what was a career-long premier class association with Honda. It was also the 31-year-old’s maiden trophy on the Ducati…

Session for ARA RookiesCup QP More, from a press release issued by Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Carpe is the man – Another Rookies Pole in Aragon When points leader Alvaro Carpe completed Free Practice 2 half a second quicker than anyone else, the 25 other KTM riders in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup knew what they were up against. The 17-year-old who scored the double two weeks ago in Austria worked on his own in Qualifying. He was still 0.238 seconds quicker than 16-year-old Brian Uriarte in P2 with Màximo Quiles, also 16, completing the…

TOKYO, Japan, August 29, 2024 – Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) has agreed to a multi-year MotoGP development rider contract beginning in 2025 with Takaaki Nakagami (Chiba, Japan, age 32), who is competing in the FIM*1 Grand Prix World Championship MotoGP class with IDEMITSU Honda LCR.*1 FIM: Fédération Internationale de MotocyclismeNakagami will be responsible for enhancing testing in Japan from 2025, as well as acting as a bridge between the test teams in Japan and Europe, sharing test results with both teams in order to allow HRC to develop its racing bikes more rapidly, and improve its competitiveness in MotoGP.Nakagami first…