14:06
Bagnaia's lap two would have put him seventh on the grid in qualifying! He's got Martin's lead down to half a second midway through lap three.
Maverick Vinales, Aprilia Racing Team, Emilia Romagna MotoGP 2024
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Emilia Romagna MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Text coverage of qualifying and the sprint for the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as it happened.
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
14:06
lap 3/13
Onto lap three and Martin's lead is 0.615s, with Bagnaia setting a new fastest lap of 1m30.838s.
Bastianini, Marquez, Acosta, Binder, Quartararo, Bezzecchi and Morbidelli are your top nine.
14:05
Acosta takes fifth from KTM stablemate Binder at Turn 10 with a nice move.
14:05
lap 2/13
Martin leads Bagnaia by 0.541s at the start of lap two, with Bastianini and Marquez in tow.
14:04
Bagnaia and Bastianini have now taken positions back from Binder, while Marquez gets past at Turn 12.
14:03
race start - lap 1/13
It's lights out and Martin takes the lead as Binder overtakes Bagnaia into Turn 1. Bagnaia has a big moment on the gas at Turn 3.
Marc Marquez is up to fifth.
14:00
warm-up lap
The field sets off for their final sighting lap ahead of the race start.
13:58
Confirmation from Michelin that everyone is on the soft rear, medium front apart from Alex Marquez on the medium rear.
13:56
Five minutes till lights out!
13:52
Everyone has gone to the grid on the medium front, soft rear. However, Alex Marquez at the back of the grid has gone for the medium rear.
A good excuse for the Gresini rider to do some more prep for the grand prix given his starting spot.
13:46
Pitlane is open and the field is heading to the grid.
13:45
Conditions are lovely this afternoon. Ambient temperature is 23 degrees C, while track temps are up to 36 degrees C.
13:41
championship standings
It's tight at the top of the standings ahead of this 13-lap sprint.
- Martin - 312
- Bagnaia - 305
- Marquez - 259
- Bastianini - 250
- Binder - 161
- Acosta - 152
- Vinales - 139
- Di Giannantonio - 119
- Espargaro - 119
- A.Marquez - 114
13:35
Rins out
Unfortunately, Alex Rins has had to withdraw from the remainder of the Emilia Romagna GP due to illness.
He took part in FP2 this morning, but did not participate in qualifying.
13:34
sprint grid
This is how the field will line up for this afternoon's sprint race.
Row 1 - Bagnaia, Martin, Bastianini
Row 2 - Binder, Acosta, Bezzecchi
Row 3 - M.Marquez, Vinales, Quartararo
Row 4 - Morbidelli, Espargaro, Oliveira
Row 5 - Di Giannantonio, R.Fernandez, Marini
Row 6 - Mir, Zarco, A.Fernandez
Row 7 - Miller, Nakagami, A.Marquez
13:31
30 minutes till sprint
Good afternoon and welcome back to our live coverage of the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
We have just half an hour to wait until our first race of the weekend with the sprint.
10:50
That's all from us for now.
Join us again this afternoon for live coverage of the sprint from Misano.
Sprint begins at 2pm BST.
10:49
Qualifying report
Read the full qualifying report from the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1056019/1/emilia-romagna-motogp-bagnaia-beats-martin-pole-marquez-seventh-after-crash
10:31
Chequered flag
Bagnaia does confirm pole with a new lap record of 1m30.031s! He beats Jorge Martin by 0.214s, while Bastianini completes the front row.
Marquez can do no more than seventh after his crash.
10:30
It's session over for the top two, so Bagnaia looks like he has pole!
10:29
Martin doesn't improve!
10:29
Bagnaia goes top with a 1m30.031s!
10:29
Binder has his lap time that put him seventh cancelled and drops him down to 12th.
10:28
Bagnaia improves in second to a 1m30.342s to cut Martin's advantage to 0.097s.
