At the end of Practice for the Japanese MotoGP Grand Prix on the Motegi Twin Ring, the top seven are separated by only 0.318s, and if we add that Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) allowed the ‘South Africa to take first day honors in Japan, 0.033 sec from. Alex this weekend the month of September 10 to estimate this discerning wave in front of Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), this first atypical act alone is enough to justify the impatience that we have to discover the rest of the room…
A piece in which the Sprint specialist and championship leader, Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), is only 0.099 seconds behind in third place, but where the reigning champion (yet at the front until then) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) had to settle for seventh place, behind a brilliant Pedro Acosta
(Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) for his first visit to Motegi on a thoroughbred in the premier category, a Enea Bastianini
(Ducati Lenovo Team) falling at turn 13 just over 30 minutes from the end of the session before setting his best time, and a Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) very present on Friday.
Unfortunately, our representatives, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy
Yamaha MotoGP) 14e et Johann Zarco
(Castrol Honda LCR) 17th, do not appear in a top 10 completed by Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™),
Fabio di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) et Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team).
Like yesterday, it rained last night, but this time the Moto3s completed their entire session in the wet, while a few Moto2 riders tried the slicks a few minutes before the end of the Moto2 session, even if sector 3 remains wet. What will happen in MotoGP?
While waiting to discover more, as the 23 drivers prepare for this last 30-minute free practice session, under a still gray sky but with morning temperatures of 20° in the air and 23° on the ground , let’s enjoy these few live moments thanks to the official MotoGP.com website:
Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.
| MotoGP™ Japan, Motegi |
2023 |
2024 |
| FP1 | 1’45.192 Jorge Martin (See here) | 1’45.209 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) |
| Practice | 1’43.489 Brad Binder (See here) | 1’43.436 Brad Binder (See here) |
| FP2 | 1’44.622 Marco Bezzecchi (See here) | 1’44.569 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) |
| Q1 | 1’43.997 Marc Marquez (See here) | (See here) |
| Q2 | 1’43.198 Jorge Martin (See here) | (See here) |
| Sprint | Martin, Binder, Bagnaia (See here) | (See here) |
| Warm Up | 1’46.047 Jack Miller (See here) | (See here) |
| Course | Martin, Bagnaia, M.Marquez (See here) | (See here) |
| Record | 1’43.198 Jorge Martin (See here) |
When the red lights go out… Marco Bezzecchi
rushes first in front Franco Morbidelli and we immediately note that the drivers are on slicks.
Jorge Martin takes the lead at the end of the first flying lap, in 1’47.777 ahead Francesco Bagnaia, Maverick Vinales, Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir.
After this first reconnaissance round, everyone lights up sectors in red, and this time it is Jack
Miller who finds himself at the top of the table, in 1’46.317 ahead Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, Augusto Fernandez and Joan Mir.
In the following passage, the Australian who adores these conditions cannot however contain Francesco Bagnaia in 1’45.510 but regained his advantage on the 5th lap by achieving 1’45.414.
Francesco Bagnaia is the first to stop, visibly unhappy, although he currently occupies third position in this session.
During this time Pedro Acosta stands out by posting 1’45.255, but Marc Marquez steals the show in 1’45.230.
A little before mid-session, when most of the drivers have now returned to their boxes, Jorge Martin
takes charge again in 1’45.158.
At this moment, the hierarchy is composed of Jorge Martin, Marc Márquez, Pedro Acosta, Jack Miller, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia, Alex Márquez, Brad Binder, Aleix Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Johann Zarco, Fabio Quartararo, Augusto Fernandez, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Luca Marini, Takaaki Nakagami, Enea Bastianini, Aleix Rins, Raul Fernandez, Lorenzo Savadori, Maverick Vinales, Marco Bezzecchi and Remy Gardner.
When we resumed, the annoyance of Francesco Bagnaia
seems to have had its effect since the Turinese recorded 1’44.887 in his first flying lap.
He then improved to 1’44.826, then 1’44.586, with for the moment an advantage of 5/10 over Jorge Martin.
More Pedro AcostaThen Fabio Di Giannantonio come between the two contenders for the title, and in the next passage, it is numbers 1 and 31 who confront each other with sectors in red. Ultimately, neither will improve with three minutes remaining in the session.
Johann Zarco falls violently but without seriousness at turn #6, but is visibly upset.
On to the qualifications!
FP2 MotoGP standings for the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi:
Ranking credit: MotoGP.com
MotoGP Japan FP2
MotoGP Japan FP2
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