10:08
Huge disappointment for Jack Miller, who will start an equal season-worst 19th on his KTM. Wonder how much that soft front tyre choice worked against him?
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Live text coverage of qualifying and the sprint for the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Jorge Martin looks to extend a seven-point lead in the MotoGP standings with back-to-back Misano sprint victories on Saturday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Pramac rider led every lap of the San Marino GP sprint despite starting from fourth on the grid, but will have his work cut out for him this time around after Francesco Bagnaia dominated to take pole earlier on Saturday at the Emilia Romagna GP.
The factory Ducati team rider the strongest on long run pace on Friday - though Martin was very closely matched as a duel between the pair this weekend is brewing.
Marc Marquez has the momentum of back-to-back grand prix wins coming into the Emilia Romagna GP and is looking to slash a 53-point championship deficit, but a crash in qualifying has left him with work to do from seventh.
The sprint begins at 2pm BST.
21 Sep 2024
10:07
missing out in q1
Out of qualifying is:
- Di Giannantonio
- R.Fernandez
- Marini
- Mir
- Zarco
- A.Fernandez
- Miller
- Nakagami
- A.Marquez
- Rins
10:06
Chequered flag - q1
Binder holds onto top spot ahead of Oliveira to advance into Q2.
10:05
Di Giannantonio has rolled out of his final lap, so 13th is the best he can hope for.
10:04
Di Giannantonio jumps up to third but he's still 0.139s outside of a Q2 place.
10:04
Incident
A.Fernandez has crashed at Turn 3. He's ok.
10:03
But Binder has now gone top with a 1m31.070s!
10:02
Oliveira improves to a 1m31.146s, while team-mate R.Fernandez is second.
10:02
Good to see Di Giannantonio back on track this morning after his heavy crash on Friday. He's currently fourth in this session.
10:01
Miller and Nakagami have gone out on the soft front for this run. A few riders noted on Friday that they felt that tyre was too soft. Be interesting to see how that works out for the pair.
10:00
If Mir can hold onto a top two spot in Q1, it will be his best qualifying by some margin all year.
His best in 2024 is 17th, while his best qualifying with Honda was when he was fifth last year in India.
09:58
Alex Marquez has made it back to his Gresini garage.
09:58
Oliveira has a 0.112s gap in hand over Mir and a pretty big 0.381s advantage over A.Fernandez in third.
09:57
Your order after the first runs is:
- Oliveira
- Mir
- A.Fernandez
- Di Giannantonio
- R.Fernandez
- Zarco
- Miller
- Marini
- Binder
- Nakagami
- A.Marquez
09:56
Incident
Alex Marquez has crashed at Turn 1 again with nine minutes left in Q1.
09:55
Big improvements for Oliveira and Mir at the top of the order. 1m31.341s from Oliveira and 1m31.453s from Mir, who is shadowing the Trackhouse rider on this run.
09:54
First laps on the board and Oliveira leads with a 1m31.920s, with Mir second.
09:53
Rins out
Alex Rins will sit out this Q1 session. Seems like his physical condition isn't great.
09:50
green light - q1
Pitlane is open for the first 15-minute segment of qualifying!
09:49
Obviously, conditions are different compared to two weeks ago.
But, for reference, the top two lap times in Q1 at the San Marino GP were 1m30.903s and 1m30.908s.
09:46
q1 group
Ahead of the first segment of qualifying, this is who will be fighting for a place in Q2:
- Miller
- Zarco
- Di Giannantonio
- A.Marquez
- Binder
- Oliveira
- R.Fernandez
- Marini
- Mir
- A.Fernandez
- Nakagami
- Rins
09:41
Chequered flag
Pedro Acosta has just taken over top spot with a 1m31.451s, and is running the 'Batman' wings on the rear of his KTM.
09:38
Doesn't look like Marquez has done too much damage to that bike and there is a bit of time for his Gresini team to get it fixed for Q2.
09:37
Incident
Marc Marquez has crashed in the closing moments of FP2. He's down at Turn 14 but is ok.
