Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (4) Results
| Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (4) Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 1'46.614s | 3/5 | 351k |
| 2 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* | +0.433s | 3/8 | 345k |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.461s | 3/6 | 344k |
| 4 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.535s | 4/9 | 344k |
| 5 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | +0.535s | 4/6 | 346k |
| 6 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.613s | 3/8 | 348k |
| 7 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.629s | 4/7 | 346k |
| 8 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.733s | 4/7 | 341k |
| 9 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +0.745s | 5/6 | 345k |
| 10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +0.791s | 3/5 | 348k |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.825s | 4/5 | 345k |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +0.846s | 3/4 | 341k |
| 13 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.885s | 3/6 | 345k |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +0.960s | 5/8 | 343k |
| 15 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +1.009s | 4/8 | 351k |
| 16 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.101s | 4/5 | 348k |
| 17 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.221s | 3/6 | 344k |
| 18 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +1.315s | 4/4 | 339k |
| 19 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21)* | +1.364s | 4/7 | 347k |
| 20 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +1.569s | 4/4 | 344k |
| 21 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Aruba.it Racing (GP22) | +1.640s | 2/6 | 345k |
| 22 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21) | +1.651s | 3/3 | 348k |
| 23 | Darryn Binder | RSA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* | +1.673s | 3/6 | 346k |
| 24 | Remy Gardner | AUS | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | +2.353s | 2/8 | 336k |
| 25 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) | +2.997s | 3/7 | 338k |
| 26 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +9.039s | 4/4 | 341k |
* Rookie
Fastest Friday time:
Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 45.891s
Official Mugello MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 45.187s (2021)
Fastest race lap:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 46.810s (2021)
Francesco Bagnaia stays fastest during Free Practice 4 for the Italian MotoGP, with the best lap times all set before the forecast rain arrived at Mugello, 10-minutes into the half-hour session.
The light rain kept riders in the pits until 6mins to go, when Alex Rins became the first to try wet tyres.
Qualifying 1 - for those outside the top ten after third free practice, including Suzuki riders Joan Mir and Alex Rins plus Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez - will now get underway.
A furious Enea Bastianini fell for the second time today, again at the final corner, just before the FP4 shower.
Fabio Quartararo leads the MotoGP standings by just four points from Enea Bastianini after the Gresini Ducati rider’s third victory of the season at Le Mans, with Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro just eight points from the top.
Quartararo won last year’s Mugello race after Francesco Bagnaia crashed from the lead on lap 2, but can the Frenchman again compensate for his M1’s lack of speed along the fastest straight on the MotoGP calendar?
Local legend Valentino Rossi had his #46 officially retired from MotoGP on Saturday.
The official MotoGP top speed record of 362.4km/h (225.2mph), first set by Johann Zarco at Qatar 2021, was equalled by Brad Binder at Mugello last season.
Test riders Michele Pirro (Ducati) and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) are making their latest wild-card appearances this weekend.
Darryn Binder will need to serve a long lap penalty in the race for 'crashing while not respecting a yellow flag in FP3'.
2022 Italian Grand Prix – MotoGP schedule (UK Time):
Friday May 27
8.55am-9.40am - Free Practice 1
1.10pm-1.55pm - Free Practice 2
Saturday May 28
8.55am-9.40am - Free Practice 3
12.30pm-1pm - Free Practice 4
1.10pm-1.25pm - Qualifying 1
1.35pm-1.50pm - Qualifying 2
Sunday May 29
8.40am-9am - Warm-up
1pm - Race
| Le Mans: MotoGP World Championship standings | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Points | Diff. |
| 1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 102 | |
| 2 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | 98 | (-4) |
| 3 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21) | 94 | (-8) |
| 4 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 69 | (-33) |
| 5 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 62 | (-40) |
| 6 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 62 | (-40) |
| 7 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 56 | (-46) |
| 8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 56 | (-46) |
| 9 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 56 | (-46) |
| 10 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 54 | (-48) |
| 11 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 43 | (-59) |
| 12 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 40 | (-62) |
| 13 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | 33 | (-69) |
| 14 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 30 | (-72) |
| 15 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 28 | (-74) |
| 16 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 21 | (-81) |
| 17 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 19 | (-83) |
| 18 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* | 19 | (-83) |
| 19 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 18 | (-84) |
| 20 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) | 8 | (-94) |
| 21 | Darryn Binder | RSA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* | 6 | (-96) |
| 22 | Fabio di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21)* | 3 | (-99) |
| 23 | Remy Gardner | AUS | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 3 | (-99) |
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
