Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Team, Indonesian GP 2024
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Team, Indonesian GP 2024
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2024 Indonesian MotoGP as it happened

Recap the 2024 MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix.

29 Sep 2024
08:07

lap 4/27

Martin leads by 1.2s.

08:07

Acosta has overtaken Bastianini at Turn 16 to take second. 

08:06

Bastianini is coming under threat from Acosta now. Marquez has lost out to Di Giannantonio at Turn 10, but the pair swap back with a hard move from Marquez. 

08:06

lap 3/27

Strong early pace from Martin whose lead over Bastianini is up to 0.8s.

08:05

Miller triggered that pile-up. He lost the front into Turn 3 and acted as a bit of a bowling ball.

08:04

lap 2/27

Yellow flags still out at Turn 3. Martin leads Bastianini. Marquez is up to seventh from 12th.

08:04

Bagnaia has been passed by Bezzecchi and Morbidelli at Turn 16. He's down to sixth.

08:03

incident 

Big pile-up at Turn 3 involving Alex Marquez, Miller and Espargaro and Marini. 

08:03

race start - lap 1/27

Martin has nailed the start. Bagnaia's had a bad one as juddered off the grid. He's fourth. Bastianini is up to second ahead of Acosta.

07:59

warm-up lap

The warm-up lap is underway. Almost time to go racing!

07:58

Very late change from Michelin has just come through: Di Giannantonio has gone for the soft rear tyre. 

That wasn't something Michelin felt was a good idea. But DiGia's physical condition necessitates him to try something different.

07:57

Confirmation from Michelin on the tyre choice for the race. Nobody has made any late changes from the earlier information we had.

07:57

Looks a bit windier today at Mandalika and the track temperature is a few degrees cooler than it was on Saturday. 

Some of the riders said yesterday that the track temperatures were some of the worst they'd ever ridden on.

07:52

Big chants from the crowd for Marc Marquez. He made a blinding start in the sprint to go from 12th to fifth at the first corner. 

Repeating that today will be vital for his podium hopes.

07:50

Just 10 minutes to go until lights out!

07:47

Long run pace on Friday on the medium rear tyre saw Martin and Bastianini a step ahead of the rest. 

Bagnaia did not have a great Friday, but said yesterday that he'd made some steps that improve his feeling on the GP24. We'll find out soon if he has anything to more to give.

07:45

After the sprint, Martin's championship lead was cut from 24 points to 12 by Bagnaia. 

Bastianini is 50 points behind Martin now, while Marquez is 53. 

07:43

Tyre choice

After the sprint race, Michelin recommended that the soft rear tyre not be used for the grand prix today. 

Everyone has gone for the medium, based on initial selection. 

Most are on the hard front, with Bezzecchi, Di Giannantonio, Morbidelli, Espargaro, A.Marquez, Rins going for the soft. 

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 - A.Espargaro, A.Marquez, Rins

Row 6 - Miller, Marini, Nakagami

Row 7 - Binder, Mir, A.Fernandez

07:38

race build-up

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the 2024 MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix!

The field has just formed on the grid to begin final preparations ahead of the 27-lap race.

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