09:58
Conditions clearly can't be too bad as Binder slides the KTM into Turn 8!
Marco Bezzecchi
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Emilia Romagna MotoGP: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES!
Follow live updates from Friday practice at the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
The 2024 MotoGP season continues with the 14th round of the campaign and a second visit to Misano.
Due to the cancellation of the Kazakhstan GP, MotoGP returns to Misano two weeks after the San Marino GP for the first Emilia Romagna GP since 2021.
Jorge Martin holds a slender lead in the championship of seven points over Francesco Bagnaia, after a decision to box during a brief spell of rain in the San Marino GP backfired on the Pramac rider.
Marc Marquez comes into the second Misano round seeking a third successive grand prix victory to further reduce his 53-point deficit in the standings to Martin.
Marquez was the last winner of the Emilia Romagna GP in 2021, which marked his final victory with Honda and began a 1043-day win drought.
A test on the Monday after the San Marino GP should mean the field begins the Emilia Romagna GP much tighter than it was two weeks ago.
FP1 starts at 9:45am BST, with Practice at 2pm BST.
20 Sep 2024
09:59
Another gain for Binder on his seventh flying lap of the session with a 1m34.349s.
09:57
Binder continues his run at the top of the order with a 1m34.673s.
09:56
Binder improves to a 1m35.411s.
09:56
Still only three lap times on the board so far. Given we've already had a race weekend at Misano and a test in the last two weeks, the riders won't be missing out on too much right now.
09:54
Binder continues to improve his lap time. He's now put in a 1m37.287s with just over 10 minutes of the session gone.
09:54
The earlier rain appears to have left quite a lot of dirt off the racing line, which the riders will have to be careful of.
09:53
Binder is now down to a 1m38.177s, so the confidence is building on those slicks.
09:52
Binder improves to a 1m42.959s.
09:51
Acosta boxes after two flying laps on the wet tyres. I think everyone who comes out next will be on slicks.
09:50
Marco Bezzecchi has now joined the action on the VR46 Ducati. He appears to be on slicks too.
09:49
Binder, on slicks, immediately beats Acosta's time with a 1m45.279s.
09:49
Acosta puts the first lap time on the board and it's a 1m46.177s. Just the 16s slower than the San Marino GP pole time.
09:46
Marini and Acosta are on wet tyres, while Binder has gone straight for the slicks.
09:46
Brad Binder on the factory KTM has also headed out.
09:45
green flag
Pitlane has opened and FP1 is underway. Pedro Acosta and Luca Marini are the first riders out on track to have a look at conditions.
09:44
For the first time since 2021, we're racing at a circuit for the second time this weekend.
We took a look at previous repeat races to see just what we can expect from the Emilia Romagna GP: https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/1055674/1/what-clues-previous-repeat-motogp-races-offer-about-2024-emilia-romagna-gp
09:37
The big news coming into this weekend's Emilia Romagna GP is Yamaha confirming Jack Miller at Pramac for 2025.
That announcement means we now have our full 2025 grid cemented.
Check out the full 2025 grid here: https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/1046664/1/2025-motogp-rider-line-who-confirmed-and-rumoured-2025-grid
09:32
A few riders in the first Moto2 session of the weekend have had a look at slick tyres at the end, so the track is definitely improving ahead of MotoGP FP1.
09:26
The heavy rain that has soaked Misano over the last couple of days has thankfully disappeared ahead of Friday practice.
However, the Misano circuit will be damp for the start of FP1, which means we might not see a lot of running to begin with.
09:24
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Begins!
Good morning and welcome to live text coverage of the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from Misano!
It's Friday morning, which means we have FP1 coming up in just 20 minutes' time.
