10:31
Jorge Martin's pole charge is over. He ran on at Turn 1 just seconds before the chequered flag. He'll start fourth at best.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha, 2024 San Marino GP
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2024 San Marino MotoGP at Misano: Sprint as it happened
Updates from the sprint for the 2024 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix as it happened
Francesco Bagnaia starts on pole for Saturday's sprint race at the 2024 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix.
The factory Ducati rider, who is not riding at full fitness following a crash at the Aragon GP, set a new lap record to take pole and head the field for this weekend's racing at Misano.
He will be joined by fellow VR46 Academy members Franco Morbidelli and Marco Bezzecchi on the front row.
Championship leader Jorge Martin, who is looking to extend his advantage of 23 points, endured a scrappy qualifying and will go from fourth on the grid.
Marc Marquez crashed out late on in Q2 and will start from ninth.
The sprint begins at 2pm UK time.
07 Sep 2024
10:33
Q2 standings
With Bagnaia on pole, the rest of the top 12 looks like this:
- Bagnaia
- Morbidelli
- Bezzecchi
- Martin
- Acosta
- Binder
- A.Marquez
- Bastianini
- M.Marquez
- Quartararo
- Vinales
- Miller
10:32
Bagnaia takes San Marino GP pole
Reigning world champion Bagnaia dominates qualifying at Misano by 0.285s to claim pole for the first time since Assen.
10:30
Q2 Chequered flag
The chequered flag is out and Bagnaia is holding onto pole currently.
10:28
Bezzecchi has jumped up to third, which would be his first front row since the Spanish GP if he can hold onto it.
10:28
Marc Marquez is looking at a best of ninth. That could prove to be a costly crash for his San Marino GP weekend.
10:27
Incident
Marc Marquez has crashed!
The Gresini rider went down at Turn 15. He is walking away but looks in a bit of discomfort.
10:27
Morbidelli jumps up to second, but is 0.285s behind Bagnaia. Meanwhile, Pramac team-mate Jorge Martin suffered a big moment on his previous lap.
10:26
Bagnaia puts in another stunning lap to cement top spot with an all-time lap record of 1m30.304s!
10:23
Bagnaia is back on track and will have some nice clear air to get on with defending his provisional pole.
10:23
Q2 order at the halfway stage
The first runs in Q2 are done. The order looks like this:
- Bagnaia
- Martin
- Acosta
- Bastianini
- M.Marquez
- A.Marquez
- Quartararo
- Bezzecchi
- Binder
- Miller
- Vinales
- Morbidelli
10:21
Marc Marquez comes into pitlane, so there will be no improvement for now. He's been shuffled back to fifth as Bastianini goes fourth.
10:21
Marc Marquez is fastest through sector two on this current lap, so this could put him up to the front row.
10:20
Morbidelli has had a lap cancelled which drops him to 12th.
10:20
Bagnaia makes a big improvement to a 1m30.581s on his second flying lap, though Martin jumps up to second and is just 0.064s behind him.
10:19
Martin has had his first flying lap cancelled due to exceeding track limits. But he's now on a lap that threatens top spot.
10:18
Bagnaia sets the early pace at 1m30.928s to go top of the order, with Pedro Acosta his nearest challenger - 0.365s behind.
10:17
On this first lap, Bagnaia has Alex Marquez and Jack Miller following him.
10:15
The fight for Misano pole begins
The green flag is waving and the fight for pole at the San Marino GP is go!
10:12
Q2 riders
The fight for pole will be an exciting one at Misano. Here is the top 12 looking to claim top spot:
- Bagnaia
- Vinales
- Quartararo
- Morbidelli
- Bastianini
- Acosta
- Binder
- Miller
- Bezzecchi
- A.Marquez
- Martin
- M.Marquez
10:10
chequered flag - Marquez and Binder to Q2
Alex Marquez and Brad Binder have made it through the Q1 jungle and will take part in Q2. The grid from 13th down looks like this:
- A.Espargaro
- Di Giannantonio
- P.Espargaro
- Zarco
- A.Fernandez
- Oliveira
- R.Fernandez
- Rins
- Marini
- Nakagami
- Bradl
10:04
P.Espargaro trudges away after sliding off at Turn 8.
10:02
Incident
Pol Espargaro has crashed for a second time today. He's ok, but that's his Q2 hopes over.
Yellow flags will affect other riders' laps too.
10:01
Di Giannantonio has been told he is being followed by Alex Marquez and backed off at Turn 8. But that's just led to a handful of riders also slowing up.
09:59
The field begins to trickle back out with just under six minutes left in Q1.
