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2024 Qatar MotoGP, Lusail Warm-up Results

2024 Qatar MotoGP Lusail Warmup Results
Warm-up results from the Qatar MotoGP at Lusail, round 1 (of 21) in the 2024 world championship.
Qatar MotoGP, Lusail - Warm-up Results
Pos Rider Nat Team Time/Diff Lap Max
1 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) 1'52.66s 6/6 348k
2 Marco Bezzecchi ITA VR46 Ducati (GP23) +0.071s 6/6 355k
3 Raul Fernandez SPA Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) +0.089s 5/5 347k
4 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP23) +0.093s 5/6 348k
5 Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* +0.182s 3/5 355k
6 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA VR46 Ducati (GP23) +0.213s 5/6 346k
7 Marc Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP23) +0.263s 5/5 353k
8 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP24) +0.351s 5/5 356k
9 Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP24) +0.580s 5/5 355k
10 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.636s 6/6 355k
11 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.861s 3/5 359k
12 Alex Rins SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.884s 3/6 355k
13 Franco Morbidelli ITA Pramac Ducati (GP24) +0.910s 4/5 351k
14 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.912s 6/6 354k
15 Augusto Fernandez SPA Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) +1.027s 5/5 354k
16 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) +1.142s 4/5 347k
17 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP24) +1.178s 5/5 353k
18 Joan Mir SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.240s 5/5 351k
19 Johann Zarco FRA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.342s 4/6 351k
20 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.659s 4/5 345k
21 Luca Marini ITA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.783s 6/6 354k
22 Miguel Oliveira POR Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) +2.338s 4/5 353k

*Rookie.

Official Lusail MotoGP records   Best lap: Jorge Martin 1m 50.789s (2024)   Fastest race lap: Enea Bastianini 1m 52.978s (2023)

Maverick Vinales surprises by leading the Lusail timesheets during the daylight warm-up for the 2024 Qatar MotoGP season opener.

The factory Aprilia rider, ninth in the Sprint and mystified by the lack of grip relative to the test, set a 1m 52.660s on his sixth and final lap of warm-up to edge out VR46 Ducati's Marco Bezzecchi by 0.071s.

Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse) and Alex Marquez also featured on top of the timesheets on their way to third and fourth. 

The Gresini rider was a subdued seventh in the Sprint but set a peerless pace over the second half of the 11 laps, with only his final lap outside of the 1m 52s.

Rookie Pedro Acosta, eighth in the Sprint, was the only rider to run the soft (rather than medium) rear tyre this afternoon on his way to fifth.

Fabio di Giannantonio, the only faller in Saturday's race, was back on track for sixth ahead of Marc Marquez, who finished fifth on his Gresini race debut in the Sprint.

Sprint winner Jorge Martin put a hard pass on Miguel Oliveira through the final corner early in the warm-up, the Trackhouse rider making his displeasure clear at turn 1. 

Martin was 17th in warm-up, just behind fellow Sprint podium finisher Aleix Espargaro, with Oliveira in last place.

Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia and team-mate Enea Bastianini were eighth and ninth.

Yamaha, seeking a last-minute solution for severe tyre degradation issues in the Sprint, were 10th and 12th with Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins.

Joan Mir, 15th on Saturday, was again the to Honda this afternoon, in 18th.

The day and night difference between warm-up and the race means the 15-minute session was seen as being of less value than usual ahead of tonight's 22-lap grand prix.

Franco Morbidelli is riding for the first time since Valencia last November. The new Pramac Ducati rider missed both pre-season tests as a precaution after being knocked unconscious in a January training accident.

Miguel Oliveira will have a long lap penalty to serve on Sunday, carried over from last November’s Qatar event, the Portuguese having missed the 2023 Valencia finale due to injury.

Revised tyre pressure rules for 2024 mean riders must now stay above a lower front minimum of 1.8 bar (instead of 1.88) for 60% (instead of 50%) of a Grand Prix distance, or 30% of a Sprint.

The penalty for failing to meet this minimum in a Grand Prix will be a 16-second post-race time penalty, or an 8-second penalty for a Sprint/short race.

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