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Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Qualifying position: Pole – Tissot Sprint: Win
For his 100th MotoGP start, Bagnaia has qualified on pole position for the third time so far this year along with Assen and San Marino, setting a new all-time lap record in Misano. This is his fourth pole at Misano in MotoGP. He took his fourth Sprint win of 2024, and he will now be aiming to take his fourth double (Sprint and GP wins) of 2024 as well as his eighth GP win of the year to make it his best MotoGP season regarding wins. He will be the first rider with eight (or more) wins in a single MotoGP™️ season since Marc Marquez in 2019 (12), and would join Marquez, Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo as the only riders to have won eight or more Grand Prix races in a single MotoGP™️ season. He is second in the Championship, four points behind Jorge Martin.
100 for Ducati ?
If Ducati win, it will be the 100th win for the Bologna factory in the premier class, their 13th in 2024, their seventh at Misano and fourth in a row at the track. This will be their 11th MotoGP win in a row, equalling their personal record from the 2023 San Marino GP to the 2024 Portuguese GP, a streak broken by Maverick Viñales and Aprilia at COTA.
Ducati
Ducati could clinch the title for the sixth time in the premier class if they end the Grand Prix with an advantage of 222 or more points.
Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing)
Qualifying position: 2 – Tissot Sprint: 2
Martin has qualified second, making it the ninth time so far this year he qualifies the top three (and the first time since Austria). He finished P2 in the Sprint, for his 12th Sprint podium of 2024. After scoring one point last time out and losing 19 points to Bagnaia in his flag-to-flag gamble, he will aim to take his eighth MotoGP™️win overall, and third of the season. He is still leading the Championship with 4-point advantage over Bagnaia.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Qualifying position: 3 – Tissot Sprint: 3
Fourth in the Championship, Bastianini has qualified third for his first top three in qualifying since Silverstone when he also qualified P3 on his way to doing the double (Sprint and GP wins). He took his second Sprint podium of the year (after his maiden Sprint win in Silverstone), finishing P3. Victory on Sunday would be his seventh MotoGP™️ win to equal Martin and Loris Capirossi in fourth on the list of most successful Ducati riders in the class. It would also be his fifth podium in five visits to the track in MotoGP.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)
Qualifying position: 4 – Tissot Sprint: 6
Via Q1, Binder has qualified fourth, equalling his best qualifying result so far this season from Lusail, Jerez and Catalunya. He finished P6 in the Sprint, and he will now be aiming to stand on the podium for the second time so far this year along with Qatar (P2), or to win for the first time since Austria in 2021.
Firsts at Misano?
Aprilia and KTM/GASGAS riders will be aiming to give their manufacturer(s) their first win at Misano. So far, their best result here is P3.
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3)
Qualifying position: 5 – Tissot Sprint: 5
Rookie Acosta qualified P5 for his fifth top six in qualifying this year. He finished P5 in the Sprint and aged 20 years 120 days old on Sunday, will aim to become the second-youngest premier class winner after Marc Marquez (20 years and 63 days old in Austin in 2013).
Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team)
Qualifying position: 6 – Tissot Sprint: 8
Bezzecchi has qualified sixth, which is his fifth top six in qualifying so far this year. He finished P8 in the Sprint and will be aiming to take his first win since India last year and to stand on the podium for the second time so far this season along with Jerez when he was P3.
Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP)
Qualifying position: 7 – Tissot Sprint: 4
Winner of the last two MotoGP GP races and third in the Championship, Marquez has qualified seventh after crashing in both FP2 and Q2. He finished P4 in the Sprint and will now be aiming to take three wins in a row for the first time since 2019, when he took five successive wins from San Marino to Australia. It would be his sixth MotoGP win at Misano, extending his lead as the rider with most wins at this track.
Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing)
Qualifying position: 8 – Tissot Sprint: 10
Viñales has qualified eighth and finished P10 in the Sprint, both times as the top Aprilia rider. He would be aiming to take his 11th MotoGP™️ GP win and his second with Aprilia along with Austin this season.
Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
Qualifying position: 9 – Tissot Sprint: 7
From his first back-to-back Q2 of the season, Quartararo has qualified ninth equalling his second-best qualifying so far this season from Portugal, after France when he qualified eighth. He finished P7 in the Sprint and will now be aiming to take his first podium since Indonesia last year (P3). He also will be aiming to score his and Yamaha’s best result of the year so far if he can beat his P7 taken here last time out and in Portugal.
Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing)
Qualifying position: 10 – Tissot Sprint: 9
On the front row here last time out, Morbidelli has qualified 10th for his worst qualifying result since he qualified 13th earlier this year at Silverstone. After taking his first Sprint podium here two weeks ago, he scored one point in the Sprint, finishing P9. He will be aiming to take his first GP podium since he finished P3 in Jerez in 2021.