Marie Mahé, Media365, published on Saturday September 7, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.
This Saturday, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia, reigning world champion, took pole position for the MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino.
Francesco Bagnaia imposes his law. This Saturday morning, in the heat, the Italian, reigning world champion, set the best time in qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix, the thirteenth round of the MotoGP world championship. The current second in the world championship standings in the specialty also set the lap record on this Italian circuit of Misano, riding his powerful factory Ducati. The Italian will therefore start in pole position for the sprint race, which will also take place this Saturday afternoon, starting at 3:00 p.m.but also for the traditional Grand Prix scheduled for this Sunday afternoon, starting at 2:00 p.m. On the starting grid, Bagnaia will start ahead of two of his compatriots, namely Franco Morbidelli (Ducati-Pramac) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati-VR46).
Quartararo tenth, Zarco sixteenth
The current leader of the MotoGP world championship standings, Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), will start in fourth position, ahead of one of his compatriots, Pedro Acosta, in fifth. Star Marc Marquez, who won his first Grand Prix in three years in Aragon last weekend, will only start ninth. For his part, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) will start from tenth position, after achieving his best qualifying since the French Grand Prix last May. Finally, his compatriot Johann Zarco, riding his Honda-LCR, will start from sixteenth place.
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