Saturday’s Spanish Grand Prix action started under overcast skies. The MotoGP riders went out on a wet track in FP2, where Marc Márquez (Ducati) led the way.
Following the only free practice on Saturday, Q1 began, where Franco Morbidelli (Ducati) and Brad Binder (KTM) managed to make the cut for Q2. Finally, and after an intense qualifying session, Marc Márquez (Ducati) claimed pole, with Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) and Jorge Martín (Ducati) closing out the front row.
Brad Binder, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Álex Márquez, Pecco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli, Enea Bastianini and Pedro Acosta rounded off the Top 10.
The Spanish Grand Prix sprint race will take place on Saturday at 3pm (CEST).
Difficult morning for Repsol Honda Team
After a Friday of hard work for Joan Mir and Luca Marini, the Repsol Honda Team riders took to the track in difficult conditions to tune up their RC213V for qualifying. In FP2, Mir finished in 21st place, whilst Marini was 25th.
In Q1, Joan Mir encountered an equally tricky session, in which he was unable to improve on his time attack. The Repsol Honda Team rider will start from the seventh row of the grid, in 20th place.
Marini was also forced to go through Q1, and for both the sprint race and start and the main race on Sunday, will take off from 22nd.
2024 Spanish GP Qualifying Results
RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
1. Marc Márquez | DUCATI | 1:46.773 |
2. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | +0.271 |
3. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | +0.608 |
4. Brad Binder | KTM | +0.957 |
5. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | +1.005 |
6. Álex Márquez | DUCATI | +1.067 |
7. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | +1.189 |
8. Franco Morbidelli | DUCATI | +1.343 |
9. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | +1.589 |
10. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | +1.755 |
11. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | +1.822 |
12. Aleix Espargaró | APRILIA | +2.644 |
13. Johann Zarco | HONDA | +0.062* |
14. Miguel Oliveira | APRILIA | +0.215* |
15. Jack Miller | KTM | +0.531* |
16. Dani Pedrosa | KTM | +0.785* |
17. Raúl Fernández | APRILIA | +0.812* |
18. Augusto Fernández | GASGAS | +1.342* |
19. Stefan Bradl | HONDA | +1.772* |
20. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | +1.878* |
22. Luca Marini | REPSOL HONDA | +2.091* |
23. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | +2.213* |
24. Takaaki Nakagami | HONDA | +2.358* |
25. Álex Rins | YAMAHA | +2.415* |