Qualifying report

MotoGP San Marino GP: Bagnaia surges to pole with record lap as Marquez crashes

The world champion blasts the all-time lap record at Misano for second pole of 2024

Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia stormed to pole with a lap record at Misano in qualifying for MotoGP's San Marino Grand Prix as Marc Marquez crashed out.

Italian Bagnaia, who has two wins in the last three years at the venue, controlled the session from the first circulation, heading an all-Ducati top three and a clean sweep of the front row for Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Academy as Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli took second, just 0.2s from his countryman, and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi clinched third.

Gresini rider Marquez, who secured a first win on Ducati machinery last weekend, crashed at Turn 15 during Q2 and ended up ninth.

“The pace is super-good and my feeling on the bike is fantastic,” said Bagnaia. “I’m not 100% physically but luckily when I am riding I feel OK, so this is good,”

World championship leader Jorge Martin was fourth ahead of the first non-Ducati rider, Tech 3 GasGas's Pedro Acosta and KTM’s Brad Binder, who entered the session through Q1.

In seventh and topping the third row was Gresini’s Alex Marquez, who also came through Q1. He was quicker than factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini, who suffered an engine problem in FP2. Just behind Marc Marquez was Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo in 10th, only 0.7s from the pace-setting Ducati.

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Aprilia’s Maverick Viñales appeared to have a technical issue deep into Q2 but was still the best qualifier for the Italian brand in 11th. KTM’s Jack Miller ranked 12th as the last runner in the period.

Red Bull KTM’s Pol Espargaro crashed on the entry to the long left-hander at Turn 8 during Q1 and did not make the cut, while Honda’s Joan Mir was still not fit enough to compete having been struck down with a stomach virus on Wednesday and was forced to withdraw from the weekend.

MotoGP San Marino GP - Qualifying results

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Speed Trap
1	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	1	Ducati	7	1'30.304		168.550	298
2	F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing	21	Ducati	9	+0.285 1'30.589	0.285	168.020	297
3	M. Bezzecchi Team VR46	72	Ducati	9	+0.305 1'30.609	0.020	167.983	297
4	J. Martin Pramac Racing	89	Ducati	9	+0.341 1'30.645	0.036	167.916	303
5	P. Acosta Tech 3	31	KTM	9	+0.352 1'30.656	0.011	167.896	300
6	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	9	+0.444 1'30.748	0.092	167.726	298
7	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	9	+0.574 1'30.878	0.130	167.486	297
8	E. Bastianini Ducati Team	23	Ducati	9	+0.596 1'30.900	0.022	167.445	299
9	M. Marquez Gresini Racing	93	Ducati	5	+0.625 1'30.929	0.029	167.392	296
10	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	9	+0.750 1'31.054	0.125	167.162	294
11	M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team	12	Aprilia	6	+0.851 1'31.155	0.101	166.977	295
12	J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	43	KTM	9	+0.898 1'31.202	0.047	166.891	297
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