MotoGP, Warm-up: Di Giannantonio (VR46) sets fastest time – Marc Marquez 5th

On Saturday, the already small MotoGP starting grid in Qatar was further reduced. Fermin Aldeguer knocked Pecco Bagnaia out of the race rather roughly on the first lap of the sprint race. In the crash, the Ducati factory rider suffered two fractures to his right foot and several bruises all over his body. Bagnaia is now on his way home to Italy, where he is due to undergo surgery in the next few days.

The remaining 17 riders used the warm-up session at the Lusail International Circuit on Sunday afternoon to complete their final test laps on their bikes ahead of the Grand Prix that evening.

Most riders took to the track on time at 2.40 pm local time (12.40 pm CET). Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo) and Jorge Martin (Aprilia) held back initially. Three minutes later, they too took to the track in the Doha desert.

Schnell im Warm-up: KTM-Pilot Enea Bastianini (3.)

Foto: Gold and Goose

Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) set the first notable fastest time of 1:53.312. Behind him were three KTM riders: Bastianini, Binder and Acosta. One lap later, ‘La Bestia’ set a new fastest lap of 1:52.804. Fabio Di Giannantonio clocked the second-fastest time.

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Two minutes before the end, ‘Diggia’ set a new fastest lap of 1:52.558. Bezzecchi moved into second place. Shortly afterwards, Marc Marquez surged forward to fourth place.

Then Diogo Moreira’s Honda went up in smoke – he had to roll his bike to the side of the track, prompting the yellow flag to be waved. A few minutes earlier, HRC stand-in Jake Dixon’s RC213V had also been emitting smoke. Jorge Martin just managed to avoid a crash at Turn 5.

On his final lap, Di Giannantonio improved his best time to 1:52.281 mins. Bezzecchi and Bastianini rounded off the top three. Pedro Acosta and Marc Marquez finished the warm-up in fourth and fifth place. Jorge Martin came tenth.

Ducati-Lenovo team manager Davide Tardozzi expressed a glimmer of hope during the warm-up, in conversation with colleagues from motogp.com, that Pecco Bagnaia might be back on the starting grid in Portimão in two weeks’ time.