- 2024-06-02
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MotoGP Italian GP: Jorge Martin Takes Pole Position, Francesco Bagnaia Wins Sprint Race at Mugello
The Round 7 of MotoGP 2024, Gran Premio d'Italia Brembo took place at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero in Italy on June 1, 2024.
In Qualifying, Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) took his third pole position of the season, following Qatar GP and French GP.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) was 2nd and was just 0.043 seconds behind Jorge Martin. But he had a three-place grid penalty after obstructing Alex Marquez on Friday and will strat 5th place on Sunday.
Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) was 3rd and will start Sunday's race from second place due to Francesco Bagnaia's penalty.
Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati) crashed at Turn 10 under three minutes to go in Q2 and finished in 4th place.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) was 5th. But Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini will move up one place in the race, respectively.
Franco Morbidelli (Pramac Ducati) was 6th ahead of rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3).
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) was 8th, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) and Alex Rins (Monster Yamaha) rounded out the top 10.- In the Sprint Race, Francesco Bagnaia took his first victory of the season. This marks his first win since the 2023 Austrian GP.
He dominate the race, and led all 11 laps.
Marc Marquez finished in 2nd and took the third podium in row.
Pedro Acosta was 3rd after pole sitter Jorge Martin, who was running in 2nd, crashed out on lap 8.
Franco Morbidelli finished in 4th and marked the best result of 2024.
Maverick Vinales was 5th and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) was 6th ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati).
Alex Marquez and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) completed the top 9 and got points, respectively.
Enea Bastianini crashed out at Turn 1 after contact with Jorge Martin.
The incident between the two Ducati riders was investigated, but both were cleared of any wrongdoing.
- Jorge Martin said, “It was a difficult day overall from the morning. I could do this fast lap [for pole] but we are far away from the top pace. In the Sprint I had the podium under control but I just missed a lot of front grip, after three laps I felt like the tyre is really, really used. It's a really strange feeling, but it is what it is. We need to understand why [and] make for sure a big change on the front because if not tomorrow will be difficult. In the crash, I braked a bit earlier than the lap before. I was even slower trying to be calm on that corner because the lap before I went wide. And even then I crashed, so for sure something is not right and we need to solve it for tomorrow.”
Francesco Bagnaia said, “I'm very happy, we were close in the last one in Barcelona… we managed everything in a perfect way, The start - I started to push - I just trued to move a bit s the rear tyre drop was huge. I was not expecting to have this sort of drop from the front of the tyre, the last two laps were quite difficult to manage, to remain in a constant pace, but very happy. I saw that it was the same for everybody, it was the same situation. Tomorrow with double the laps will be tough, but happy for today. It was super scary, when I arrive at corner ten, that is the one... and also on corner twelve, luckily I managed to finish it. It really depends on the start and from the pace - it will be another story, but we are here to fight and we try to fight.”
Gran Premio d'Italia Brembo Qualifying Results- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / 1'44.504s
- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / +0.043s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +0.183s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +0.280s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +0.376s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +0.392s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +0.524s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +0.704s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +0.732s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +0.792s
- Miguel Oliveira / Trackhouse Aprilia / +0.873s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +0.954s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / 1'44.994s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / 1'45.007s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / 1'45.076s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / 1'45.218s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / 1'45.728s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / 1'45.813s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / 1'45.824s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / 1'45.893s
- Pol Espargaro / KTM Test Rider / 1'45.943s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / 1'46.2s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / 1'46.265s
- Luca Marini / Repsol Honda / 1'46.698s
Gran Premio d'Italia Brembo Sprint Race Results- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / 19m 30.251s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +1.469s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +4.147s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +5.421s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +7.693s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +8.271s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / +8.571s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +8.846s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +8.984s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +10.085s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / +10.199s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / +13.988s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +14.137s
- Pol Espargaro / Red Bull KTM / +18.259s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / +18.309s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / +19.374s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +23.060s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / +24.596s
- Luca Marini / Repsol Honda / +25.587s
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