The starting grid
1st Row: Marc Marquez (Ducati Gresini), Bezzecchi (Ducati VR46), Martin (Ducati Pramac)
2nd Row: Binder (KTM), Di Giannantonio (Ducati VR46), Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini)
3rd Row: Bagnaia (Ducati), Morbidelli (Ducati Pramac), Bastianini (Ducati)
4th Row: Acosta (KTM GasGas), Vinales (Aprilia), Espargarò (Aprilia)
5th Row: Zarco (Honda LCR), Oliveira (Aprilia Trackhouse), Miller (KTM)
6th Row: Pedrosa (KTM), Raul Fernandez (Aprilia Trackhouse), Augusto Fernandez (KTM GasGas)
7th Row: Bradl (Honda), Mir (Honda), Savadori (Aprilia)
8th Row: Marini (Honda), Quartararo (Yamaha), Nakagami (Honda LCR)
9th Row: Rins (Yamaha).
The top 10 in the world rankings
1. Martin 92
2. Acosta 63
3. Bastianini 59
4. Viñales 56
5. Bagnaia 50
6. Binder 49
7. Marc Marquez 40
8. Espargarò 39
9. By Giannantonio 25
10. Quartararo 24.
09.55 – Pedro Acosta (KTM) is fine and has returned to the pits. The fall was really heavy and underlines once again the importance of air fences to cushion impacts. Only a small bruise on the jaw for the Spaniard.
The Warm Up will not resume, this is the ranking:
Red flag – Session suspended 53 seconds from the end due to damage caused by the air fences at Turn 7.
09.48 – Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini, SM) is the new leader in 1'37.943, second is Bastianini (Ducati, SM), third Jack Miller (KTM, SM). Bad fall for Pedro Acosta (KTM, SM) in Turn 7: bike and rider against the air fences. Fortunately, the Spaniard got up again.
Di Giannantonio (Ducati VR46) also fell a little further ahead, in Turn 8.
09.45 – The second timed lap ends for everyone, Raul Fernandez (Aprilia Trackhouse, SM) in 1'38.131, followed by Martin (Ducati Pramac, SM) at one tenth and Bastianini (Ducati, SM) at two tenths.
09.42 – Bagnaia (Ducati, SM) leader in 1'39.647, then Raul Fernandez (Aprilia Trackhouse, SM) and Jorge Martin (Ducati Pramac, SM).
09.40 – Green light for the Jerez Warm Up – Ten minutes of warm-up for the 25 riders of the premier class, for the last updates before the afternoon race.
09.35 – It's sunny in Jerez de la Frontera, getting ready for a nice day on the track. The air temperature is 13°, the asphalt temperature is 21°.
MotoGP in Jerez: it's race day
Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and enjoy reading the textual chronicle of Warm Up and the Spanish Grand Prix of Jerez de la Frontera of the MotoGP classfourth race of the 2024 world championship. The last stage of the premier class format is the traditional Sunday race, which will start at 2:00 pm.
A few hours before the classic ten minute Warm Up, scheduled for 09:40.
The 12 laps of the Sprint on Saturday saw Jorge Martin (Ducati Pramac) win, ahead of Pedro Acosta (KTM GasGas) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
Some useful links:
– The weekend hours: https://www.formulapassion.it/motogp/motogp-orari/gp-spagna-2024-jerez-orari-sky-tv8-programma-televisione-diretta-differita-dove-vederla-marquez-pedro-acosta
– le forecast: https://www.formulapassion.it/motogp/motogp-meteo/gp-spagna-2024-che-tempo-fara
– la guide to MotoGP 2024: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/guide/guida-motogp-2024-calendario-orari-tv-sky-tv8-piloti-team.
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