Thailand GP Qualifying Results

‘Pecco’ Bagnaia will be the Poleman of the eighteenth round of MotoGP 2024. The reigning premier class world champion set the fastest time in Q2 and proved it by lowering the absolute track record in both starts on the Buriram track final session. Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martín completed the front row of the grid.

After FP2, once again led by Marc Márquez, the qualifying sessions took place at the Chang International Circuit. Before the hour of truth, Q1 made it clear that everything was going to be very close in Thailand, putting Fabio Quartararo and Fabio Di Giannantonio in the final fight by just a few thousandths of a second.

With the second and final qualifying session underway, the favourites quickly took the lead, with ‘Pecco’ leading the way and Martín, Bezzecchi and M. Márquez in hot pursuit. After the pit stop for the second run of Q2, both the current leader of the overall standings and the Cervera rider went to the floor -separately-, leaving Pole Position on a plate to ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia who, meanwhile, has once again smashed the track record in Buriram (1:28.700).

After the Top3, the second row is formed by Bezzecchi, M. Márquez and Quartararo. The rest of the riders in Q2: Acosta, Di Giannantonio, A. Márquez, Viñales, Morbidelli and Zarco.

Tight Q1 for Repsol Honda in Buriram

Intense and very competitive qualifying session for both Repsol Honda riders at the Chang International Circuit. With constant changes in the top two positions, both Joan Mir and Luca Marini managed to lower their times until almost the end, although it was not possible to get into the fight for Pole.

In Q1, Joan Mir was three tenths off his best time from Friday. Earlier, in FP2, the Spaniard had already shown that he had taken a step forward compared to yesterday, with a time that was close to the one set in the Practice Time Attack, which gave him P12. In Q1, Mir was slow to get a good lap in, but in his last two laps he improved consecutively to end up securing P19 on the grid with a time of 1:30.045.

Luca Marini worked on his race pace in FP2, so he had to settle for P19. In Q1, the Italian set what would have been his best lap in his first outing, but he was unable to improve on the final straight, setting a time of 1:30.137 for 21st on the grid.

The sprint race at the Buriram track will take place at 10:00 (CEST).

2024 Thailand GP Qualifying Results