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| 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP, Misano – Free Practice (1) Results | |||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) |
| 2 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) |
| 3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) |
| 5 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP24) |
| 6 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) |
| 7 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) |
| 8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) |
| 9 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 10 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) |
| 11 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) |
| 12 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) |
| 13 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP24) |
| 14 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) |
| 15 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) |
| 16 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) |
| 17 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) |
| 18 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) |
| 19 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) |
| 20 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) |
| 21 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) |
| 22 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
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Official Misano MotoGP Records:
Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 30.304s (2024)
Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez 1m 31.564s (2024)
Marc Marquez picks up where he left off at the end of the San Marino MotoGP weekend by leading opening practice for the Emilia Romagna event, the second of the Misano rounds.
A damp track, not to mention data from the previous race weekend and post-race test, meant only a handful of riders set a lap time by the halfway stage of the 45 minutes.
‘Misano 1’ winner Marquez, who set a new lap record of 1m 31.564s in the closing stages of the grand prix, topped opening practice with a time of 1m 32.082s (on a soft front and medium rear tyre) on his tenth and final lap.
That put the Gresini rider 0.063s ahead of Jorge Martin, whose points advantage over Francesco Bagnaia has been slashed to 7 after a pit stop gamble backfired in the San Marino Grand Prix.
Bagnaia was fourth fastest this morning, just behind Martin’s Pramac team-mate and San Marino Sprint podium finisher Franco Morbidelli.
The Emilia Romagna GP is the second of two consecutive Misano rounds, having been added to the calendar in place of the cancelled India/Kazakhstan events.
Repsol Honda’s Joan Mir missed the entire San Marino GP due to “intense gastroenteritis” with team-mate Joan Mir withdrawing from the Sunday race due to sickness.