Marini works alone while Mir recovers in San Marino
Luca Marini was the lone Repsol Honda Team rider on Friday as Joan Mir battled illness, the home hero doing his best to prepare for the weekend.
Improving his best lap time by half a second between the sessions, Luca Marini was the author to a busy opening day at his home race but was left wanting more. Working on a two pronged approach, the Italian and his side of the garage began to run through items ahead of the Monday Test while looking for improvements to increase their pace this weekend.
Setting a best lap of 1’32.388 late in the afternoon, the #10 was a second shy of the top ten as 1.7 seconds split the majority of the field and Marini ultimately finished in 22nd overall. The objective overnight is to improve one lap pace.
Joan Mir spent Friday continuing his recovery from a bout of illness, he and the Repsol Honda Team are aiming to be back out on track from Saturday.
Luca Marini
“I expected more from Friday here and we struggled a bit more than what I had hoped. The test we did here before was not to prepare for this race, so we are not starting with some sort of big advantage. The condition of the circuit is very good, it’s very fast but we need to check the data on our side to make some improvements. Our distance on race pace is not far but we still need to find some time on the time attack. I hope Mir is feeling better tomorrow.”
Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini - Friday Practice
| Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bagnaia Francesco | 1 | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1'30.685 |
| 2 | Marquez Marc | 93 | SPA | Team Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 0.185 |
| 3 | Martin Jorge | 89 | SPA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.281 |
| 4 | Morbidelli Franco | 21 | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.282 |
| 5 | Bastianini Enea | 23 | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 0.382 |
| 6 | Acosta Pedro | 31 | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 | KTM | 0.518 |
| 7 | Bezzecchi Marco | 72 | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 0.544 |
| 8 | Vinales Maverick | 12 | SPA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 0.616 |
| 9 | Quartararo Fabio | 20 | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.628 |
| 10 | Miller Jack | 43 | AUS | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.635 |
| 11 | Binder Brad | 33 | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.737 |
| 12 | Espargaro Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 0.748 |
| 13 | Espargaro Pol | 44 | SPA | KTM Test Team | KTM | 0.749 |
| 14 | Oliveira Miguel | 88 | POR | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia | 1.039 |
| 15 | Zarco Johann | 5 | FRA | LCR Honda | Honda | 1.050 |
| 16 | Di Giannantonio Fabio | 49 | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 1.094 |
| 17 | Rins Alex | 42 | SPA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1.201 |
| 18 | Marquez Alex | 73 | SPA | Team Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 1.223 |
| 19 | Fernandez Augusto | 37 | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 | KTM | 1.276 |
| 20 | Nakagami Takaaki | 30 | JPN | LCR Honda | Honda | 1.523 |
| 21 | Fernandez Raul | 25 | SPA | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia | 1.542 |
| 22 | Marini Luca | 10 | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1.703 |
| 23 | Bradl Stefan | 6 | GER | HRC Test Team | Honda | 3.131 |
Location Information
Close to the city of Rimini, the Misano Adriático circuit was constructed in 1972 and has since undergone an array of modifications. A regular scene for Italian Grands Prix throughout the 80s and early 90s, Misano returned to the MotoGP calendar in 2007.With updated facilities, track and grandstands, the Misano… read more.
| Length | 4.226 kilometres / 2.626 miles |
| Width | 14 metres |
| Left corners | 6 |
| Right corners | 10 |
| Longest straight | 0.565 kilometres / 0.351 miles |
| Constructed | 1969 |
| Modified | 2008 |
Misano World Circuit "Marco Simoncelli", Via Daijiro Kato, Misano Adriatico, Rimini, Italy - View in Google Maps
Records
| Pole Position | 1m30.304s (168.4 km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) |
| Race Lap | 1m31.564s (166.1km/h) Marc Marquez (Ducati, 2024) |
| Race Time | 41m33.421s (164.7 km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2023) |
| 2024 Sprint Winner | Jorge Martin (Ducati) |
| 2024 Race Winner | Marc Marquez (Ducati) |
