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

22nd 1'32.388

“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.”

MotoGP 2024
Practice Round 13   San Marino

Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini - Friday Practice

Dry
Humidity
55%
Track Temp
40°C
Air Temp
28°C
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

www.misanocircuit.com

Records

Pole Position 1m30.031 (168.9 km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
Race Lap 1m30.877s (167.4km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
Race Time 41m14.653s (165.9 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2024)
2024 Sprint Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
2024 Race Winner Enea Bastianini (Ducati)