08:08
lap 4/13
Bagnaia's lead 0.6s over the line to start lap four. Martin is flying in 17th, but is 7.2s behind Bagnaia and points will be tough.
Acosta, Vinales, Martin, 2024 Indonesian MotoGP
2024 Indonesian MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Updates from Saturday’s qualifying sessions and Sprint race at the 2024 Indonesian MotoGP as they happened.
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s Emilia Romagna round, the ‘flyaway’ stage of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship kicks off with the Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika.
Despite Jorge Martin losing out on victory to Enea Bastianini on the last lap in Misano, Francesco Bagnaia’s seventh DNF of the season handed the Pramac rider a 24-point title lead over the reigning champion.
Bastianini begins the final six rounds holding third in the world championship, 59 points behind Martin but just one ahead of 2025 replacement Marc Marquez.
Martin won last year’s Mandalika Sprint race to briefly take the 2023 title lead, before a mistake while leading the grand prix handed the initiative back to Bagnaia.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo joined race winner Bagnaia on the 2023 Indonesian Grand Prix podium.
Martin starts on pole after smashing the lap record, while Bagnaia was fourth, Bastianini fifth and Marquez 12th after two crashes in Q2.
The 13-lap Sprint race beginning at 3pm (8am BST).
08:07
Bezzecchi has forced Acosta wide at Turn 10 and taken second, with Marquez moving into third. Bagnaia's lead almost eight tenths now.
08:06
incident
Joan Mir has crashed.
08:06
lap 3/13
Onto lap three and Bagnaia's lead is 0.4s. Marquez is the fastest rider with a 1m30.638s in fourth.
08:05
incident
Raul Fernandez has crashed at Turn 10 but has rejoined.
08:05
lap 2/13
Martin slid out of the lead at Turn 16, giving Bagnaia the lead onto lap two. Martin has rejoined in 21st. What a blunder from the Pramac rider!
08:04
incident
Martin has crashed at Turn 16!
08:03
start - lap 1/13
Martin has got the launch. He leads from Bagnaia and Acosta! Marquez has leaped up to fifth.
08:00
warm-up lap
The warm-up lap is underway.
07:58
tyre selection
Michelin has just confirmed that both Marquez brothers and Miller have made a late switch to the hard front.
Track temp a sweltering 48 degrees C.
07:56
Ducati's Davide Tardozzi has backed sixth-placed Fabio Quartararo to potentially challenge for a podium today. The Yamaha rider has been in great form all weekend so far.
07:55
Martin was dominant in qualifying and showed strong race pace yesterday. There is a real danger of him breaking away here in the sprint.
07:54
Just five minutes to go till lights out!
07:49
tyre selection
Michelin has sent through the tyre sheet and everyone is on the soft rear.
However, there is a bit of a split on the front. Most have gone with the hard, though Rins, Quartararo, Bezzecchi, Di Giannantonio, M.Marquez, A.Marquez, Morbidelli, Marini and Miller have gone to the grid on the soft.
07:45
Pitlane is open for the field to take their sighting lap to the grid.
07:44
Championship standings
Ahead of this 13-lap sprint race, Jorge Martin leads the championship by 24 points over Francesco Bagnaia, with Enea Bastianini 59 away and Marc Marquez 60 back.
If Martin wins the sprint this afternoon, he will leave Indonesia leading the championship no matter what happens on Sunday.
07:40
starting grid
Row 1 - Martin, Bezzecchi, Acosta
Row 2 - Bagnaia, Bastianini, Quartararo
Row 3 - Zarco, Di Giannantonio, Morbidelli
Row 4 - Vinales, R.Fernandez, M.Marquez
Row 5 - Espargaro, A.Marquez, Rins
Row 6 - Miller, Marini, Nakagami
Row 7 - Binder, Mir, A.Fernandez
07:38
If you missed qualifying earlier today, catch up with all the action with our report.
07:37
sprint build-up
Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of Saturday at the Indonesian Grand Prix.
We're just 20 minutes away from the sprint!
04:38
Jorge Martin takes pole position for the Indonesian MotoGP by 0.535s from Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta!
04:31
Marco Bezzecchi is another faller.... but then rejoins and takes second place on his last lap!
04:29
Meanwhile, GASGAS rookie Pedro Acosta has snatched second place - half-a-second behind Martin - with Bagnaia and Bastianini 3rd and 4th.
04:28
Marquez unsuccessfully tries to bump start his bike in the asphalt run off... but topples over. Bad to worse for Marquez who looks to the sky in frustration as he walks away.
Marquez will start 12th.
04:27
Marc Marquez crashes again!
This time at Turn 10, the scene of his big Friday save.
The Gresini rider must hope he can rejoin or he will start 12th.
