06:07
Great move from Marquez to get fifth back from Miller at Turn 7. That's fifth.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Team, Japanese GP 2024
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2024 Japanese MotoGP as it happened
Recap the 2024 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.
06 Oct 2024
06:07
lap 3/24
Bagnaia the fastest rider on track right now. Martin is hounding Binder for third as the top two are breaking away now.
06:06
A replay shows A.Marquez made contact with Mir and triggered that crash at Turn 12.
06:05
incident
Joan Mir and Alex Marquez has crashed out.
06:05
lap 2/24
Bagnaia leads onto lap two from Acosta, Binder, Martin and now Jack Miller, who fired his KTM up the inside of Marc Marquez at Turn 11 on the first lap.
06:04
Martin gets ahead of Marquez and Bastianini at Turn 10 to move up to fourth. The first lap he needed!
06:03
race start - lap 1/24
Bagnaia gets a great launch and gets the lead into Turn 1 from Acosta and Binder. Marquez is up to fifth, Martin sixth.
06:00
warm-up lap
Here we go then. The riders are off for the warm-up lap.
05:57
Five minutes till lights out.
05:57
There is definitely a few light spots of rain on the helicopter camera, with a bit of low cloud having over the track.
05:54
tyre choice
According to the timing screens, everyone is now on the medium rear apart from Nakagami on the soft.
Everyone is on the hard front tyre.
05:51
With tyre wear set to play a part in this grand prix, that should make Bastianini a big threat if he can make a good start from fourth on the grid.
05:46
After Bagnaia won the sprint, Martin's championship lead is down to 15 points ahead of the grand prix.
05:45
Just 15 minutes till lights out.
05:40
Most rider did their work on Friday on soft rubber, which Michelin said at the time was a good option for the grand prix.
However, most have gone to the grid on the medium rear. Tyre drop off was quite a bit bigger on the soft in the sprint than expected.
05:38
It's a very, very slow sighting lap. Motegi is ultra demanding on fuel.
Due to he conditions on Saturday, Bagnaia did the warm-up lap on a higher fuel map than normal to assess conditions, which meant he had to race with a slower engine map.
05:37
The field is heading out onto the Motegi circuit for the sighting lap to the grid.
The weather is dry for now, but it could well play a part in this grand prix.
05:34
starting grid
Row 1 - Acosta, Bagnaia, Vinales
Row 2 - Bastianini, Binder, Morbidelli
Row 3 - Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, M.Marquez
Row 4 - A.Marquez, Martin, Quartararo
Row 5 - R.Fernandez, Miller, A.Espargaro
Row 6 - Zarco, Mir, A.Fernandez
Row 7 - Rins, Marini, Nakagami
Row 8 - Savadori, Gardner
05:30
race build-up
Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the 2024 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.
There is just 30 minutes until lights out at Motegi.
