2024 Official Misano MotoGP Test - Results

Official Misano MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 30.304s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez 1m 31.564s (2024)

World champion Francesco Bagnaia leads an all-Ducati top three at the end of the Misano MotoGP Test.

Sunday's runner-up set a best time of 1m 30.619s on the 20th of his 26 afternoon laps, putting him 0.161s clear of Pramac's Franco Morbidelli, who crashed out of third when a rain shower arrived in the race.

Bagnaia's factory team-mate Enea Bastianini was 0.366s adrift, with rookie Pedro Acosta best of the non-Ducatis, in fourth for GASGAS Tech3, after his debut on the prototype RC16.

Fabio Quartararo was an encouraging fifth for Yamaha, as he tried a revised engine as well as the new chassis from the race weekend.

Pramac title leader Jorge Martin, fastest in the morning, was sixth in the afternoon, just ahead of the GP23s of Sunday's winner Marc Marquez (Gresini) and front-row qualifier Marco Bezzecchi (VR46). Marquez did not appear to have anything new to try.

Maverick Vinales was the lead Aprilia in ninth as he worked to solve engine braking issues from the grand prix weekend.

LCR's Johann Zarco was fastest of the RCVs in 18th (+1.360s). 

The Honda riders tried some heavily revised aero, plus chassis parts - but, in the words of Joan Mir, "I expected more".  Repsol team-mates Mir and Luca Marini rode throughout the day, after being sidelined by sickness during the race weekend.

After a weekend off, MotoGP will be back at Misano from September 20-22 for the ‘Emilia Romagna’ round, added to the schedule in place of the cancelled Indian/Kazakhstan events.

Official Misano MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 30.304s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez 1m 31.564s (2024)

Following Sunday’s San Marino MotoGP, teams and riders returned to Misano for the third and final official in-season test of the 2024 season.

Joan Mir and Luca Marini are back on track to try the range of new Honda updates. Mir missed the entire San Marino weekend due to 'intense gastroenteritis' with Marini also withdrawing from Sunday's race due to illness.

KTM riders are due to make their debuts on Pol Espargaro's prototype RC16, while Michelin plans to provide its 2025 front tyre.

VR46's Fabio di Giannantonio is not testing in order to rest his shoulder injury while Jack Miller, leaving KTM at the end of this season is only expected to ride for part of the day.

After a damp start, GASGAS Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta was fastest for most of the opening session, despite a crash.

Jorge Martin, whose title lead has been slashed to seven points by a costly pit-stop decision in Sunday's race, then moved 0.041s ahead just before the lunch break.

Martin's Pramac team-mate Franco Morbidelli, who fell in the Sunday shower, Gresini race winner Marc Marquez and Ducati's reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia completed the top five.

Session 2 will start at 2:35pm local time and finish at 6pm.