2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test results - Day 2
Final lap times during Tuesday’s second and last day of the 2024 Qatar MotoGP test.
2024 MotoGP pre-season testing concluded with reigning double champion Francesco Bagnaia fastest, courtesy of a new unofficial lap record at the Qatar test.
The Italian, who also topped the previous Sepang outing, led a factory Ducati one-two with team-mate Enea Bastianini 0.120s behind.
Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro was best of the rest, despite a fall in the final hour.
Marc Marquez was the top satellite rider in fourth place, having briefly topped this evening’s timesheet.
The new Gresini Ducati rider was also reported as crashing at Turn 4 in the closing stages, meaning it was his first fall from a Desmosedici after almost six full days on the bike.
Despite nursing fractures from his Sepang highside, Raul Fernandez bounced back strongly with fifth on the 2023-spec Trackhouse RS-GP.
Espargaro’s team-mate Maverick Vinales made it three Aprilias in the top six, followed by the Ducatis of Jorge Martin (Pramac) and last November's race winner Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46).
KTM's Brad Binder made a late rise to ninth, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi, with team-mate Jack Miller in eleventh. Miguel Oliveira appeared to make progress on his turning issues with the 2024 RS-GP for 12th.
Alex Marquez was the final rider within one second of Bagnaia, followed by the lead Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo in 14th. The Frenchman warned after day one that Yamaha is still a long way from solving its rear grip issues during a time attack.
A late lap from Johann Zarco saw the LCR rider again finish as the top Honda, albeit only 17th, with team-mate Takaaki Nakagami also leapfrogging ahead of the Repsol machines of Joan Mir and Luca Marini. Zarco and Mir both fell in the final minutes while trying to improve.
Bagnaia was also one of the fastest over a longer run on Tuesday - only Aleix Espargaro was quicker - although they both only did 7 laps. Binder was the quickest over a full 22-lap Grand Prix distance, with Vinales a close match for the KTM over a slightly shorter 17 laps.
Rookie Acosta was around half-a-second per lap slower than Binder over a full distance, once his slow laps (losing several seconds, presumably due to a mistake) were discounted.
Average lap time during longer runs, Qatar Test - Day 2
- Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) 1m 52.106s (7 laps)
- Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 1m 52.430s (7 laps)
- Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati) 1m 52.533s (11 laps)
- Enea Bastianini (Ducati) 1m 52.541s (10 laps)
- Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) 1m 52.951s (9 laps)
- Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) 1m 53.042s (10 laps)
- Brad Binder (KTM) 1m 53.224s (22 laps)
- Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) 1m 53.322s (17 laps)
- Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) 1m 53.544s (14 laps)
- Jack Miller (KTM) 1m 53.614s (8 laps)
- Alex Marquez (Ducati) 1m 53.693s (18 laps)
- Pedro Acosta (KTM) 1m 53.710s (18 laps*)
- Luca Marini (Honda) 1m 53.840s (14 laps)
- Johann Zarco (Honda) 1m 53.876s (10 laps)
- Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) 1m 54.005s (10 laps)
- Augusto Fernandez (KTM) 1m 54.076 (13 laps*)
*Slow laps removed
di Giannantonio’s race-winning average lap time at Qatar 2023: 1m 53.667s
Bagnaia topped the speed chart at 351.7km/h and had the highest (top 5) average of 346.7km/h.
However, the Yamahas were again impressive with Alex Rins setting the next best one-off speed of 348.3km/h and team-mate Quartararo the next best average of 346.3km/h.
Testing took place from 2-9pm but only got 'serious' once dusk arrived at around 6pm. The season-opening March 9 Sprint race will start at 7pm and the MotoGP race at 8pm the following day.
New Pramac Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli remained sidelined by last month’s Superbike training accident, but was present in the pits.
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (FINAL) | |||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | Max (km/h) | ||
| 1 | = | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 1:50.952s | 29/52 | 351.7 |
| 2 | = | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.120s | 29/49 | 346.1 |
| 3 | = | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.308s | 36/45 | 342.8 |
| 4 | = | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.383s | 39/42 | 345.0 |
| 5 | = | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +0.389s | 50/56 | 346.1 |
| 6 | = | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.435s | 33/60 | 342.8 |
| 7 | = | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.514s | 42/50 | 347.2 |
| 8 | = | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.537s | 34/60 | 350.6 |
| 9 | ^8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.631s | 53/55 | 346.1 |
| 10 | = | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.726s | 48/49 | 346.1 |
| 11 | ˅2 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.768s | 41/57 | 343.9 |
| 12 | ^9 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +0.884s | 52/65 | 347.2 |
| 13 | ˅2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.992s | 33/62 | 346.1 |
| 14 | ˅2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.013s | 43/57 | 349.5 |
| 15 | = | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.094s | 68/72 | 349.5 |
| 16 | ˅2 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.151s | 59/60 | 348.3 |
| 17 | ˅1 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.210s | 50/52 | 345.0 |
| 18 | ^1 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.432s | 52/53 | 340.6 |
| 19 | ˅6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.505s | 21/32 | 340.6 |
| 20 | = | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.725s | 54/60 | 343.9 |
| 21 | ^2 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +1.818s | 77/83 | 345.0 |
| 22 | ˅4 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.060s | 46/59 | 345.0 |
| 23 | ˅1 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +2.703s | 54/67 | 340.6 |
| 24 | = | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) | +10.448s | 7/12 | 338.5 |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (8pm) | ||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | ||
| 1 | ^4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 1:50.952s | 29/40 |
| 2 | ^2 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.120s | 29/34 |
| 3 | ^4 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.308s | 36/43 |
| 4 | ^6 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.383s | 39/40 |
| 5 | ^3 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +0.389s | 50/51 |
| 6 | ^7 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.435s | 33/41 |
| 7 | ˅1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.514s | 42/50 |
| 8 | ˅7 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.537s | 34/48 |
| 9 | ^9 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.768s | 41/42 |
| 10 | ˅8 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.806s | 29/43 |
| 11 | ˅8 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.992s | 33/40 |
| 12 | ^2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.013s | 43/45 |
| 13 | ^7 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.505s | 21/23 |
| 14 | ˅5 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.548s | 34/54 |
| 15 | ˅3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.596s | 58/58 |
| 16 | ˅5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.738s | 25/33 |
| 17 | ˅2 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.907s | 34/47 |
| 18 | ^3 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.060s | 46/51 |
| 19 | ˅3 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +2.166s | 23/33 |
| 20 | ˅3 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +2.328s | 22/44 |
| 21 | ˅2 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +2.380s | 44/45 |
| 22 | = | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +2.703s | 54/60 |
| 23 | = | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +2.909s | 30/70 |
| 24 | = | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) | +10.448s | 7/12 |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (7pm) | ||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | ||
| 1 | ^11 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | 1:51.569s | 31/32 |
| 2 | ^5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.189s | 29/34 |
| 3 | ^14 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.375s | 33/34 |
| 4 | ˅3 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.567s | 19/27 |
| 5 | ^1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.582s | 26/28 |
| 6 | ˅4 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.599s | 23/40 |
| 7 | ^2 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.655s | 24/31 |
| 8 | ˅5 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +0.914s | 20/40 |
| 9 | ˅5 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.931s | 34/45 |
| 10 | ˅5 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.947s | 18/34 |
| 11 | ^10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.121s | 25/27 |
| 12 | ˅4 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.234s | 27/55 |
| 13 | ˅3 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +1.258s | 16/27 |
| 14 | ˅3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.287s | 17/32 |
| 15 | ˅2 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.339s | 19/24 |
| 16 | ^6 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.549s | 23/28 |
| 17 | ˅3 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.711s | 22/28 |
| 18 | ˅3 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.776s | 27/29 |
| 19 | ˅3 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +1.893s | 25/41 |
| 20 | ^3 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +2.217s | 10/11 |
| 21 | ˅3 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.231s | 24/39 |
| 22 | ˅2 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +2.240s | 45/51 |
| 23 | ˅4 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +2.292s | 30/57 |
| 24 | = | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) | +9.831s | 7/12 |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (6pm) | ||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | ||
| 1 | ^4 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 1:52.136s | 19/19 |
| 2 | ^6 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.032s | 23/24 |
| 3 | ^3 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +0.347s | 20/26 |
| 4 | ^5 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.364s | 34/34 |
| 5 | ˅2 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.380s | 18/24 |
| 6 | ˅5 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.439s | 8/21 |
| 7 | = | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.565s | 22/23 |
| 8 | ^5 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +0.667s | 27/41 |
| 9 | ^9 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.677s | 15/20 |
| 10 | ˅8 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.691s | 16/18 |
| 11 | ^1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.720s | 17/24 |
| 12 | ˅8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.908s | 21/21 |
| 13 | ^2 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.090s | 13/17 |
| 14 | ^2 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.144s | 22/23 |
| 15 | ^6 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.294s | 15/16 |
| 16 | ˅6 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +1.326s | 25/35 |
| 17 | ˅6 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +1.518s | 5/22 |
| 18 | ^1 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +1.664s | 24/29 |
| 19 | ˅5 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +1.725s | 30/46 |
| 20 | ^2 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +1.731s | 37/38 |
| 21 | ˅1 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.732s | 16/17 |
| 22 | ˅5 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.892s | 14/19 |
| 23 | = | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +3.347s | 2/6 |
| 24 | NA | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) | +9.264s | 7/8 |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (5pm) | ||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 1:52.575s |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.349s |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.442s |
| 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.565s |
| 5 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.585s |
| 6 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +0.602s |
| 7 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.646s |
| 8 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.661s |
| 9 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.838s |
| 10 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +1.024s |
| 11 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +1.079s |
| 12 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.209s |
| 13 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.229s |
| 14 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +1.286s |
| 15 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.318s |
| 16 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.590s |
| 17 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.597s |
| 18 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +1.772s |
| 19 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.113s |
| 20 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +2.140s |
| 21 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +2.168s |
| 22 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +2.369s |
| 23 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +2.908s |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (4pm) | |||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | |
| 1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1:54.122s | 3/4 |
| 2 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +0.421s | 9/20 |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +0.430s | 5/10 |
| 4 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +0.665s | 7/13 |
| 5 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.738s | 6/14 |
| 6 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.856s | 4/5 |
| 7 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +0.969s | 9/11 |
| 8 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.361s | 2/5 |
| 9 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +1.751s | 2/2 |
| 10 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +1.817s | 13/15 |
| 11 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +4.750s | 2/2 |
| 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test - Day 2 (3pm) | |||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | |
| 1 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1:54.978s | 4/5 |
| 2 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +0.679s | 3/6 |
Fastest Day 1 Time:
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) 1m 52.040s
Official Qatar MotoGP records
Best lap: Luca Marini (VR46 Ducati) 1m 51.762s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) 1m 52.978s (2023)
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