‘Pecco’ Bagnaia won his eleventh race of the year in the season finale, although he would miss out on the title as rival Jorge Martín did enough in Barcelona to secure the crown. The Spaniard was third in the race, behind Marc Márquez in second.

Bagnaia broke away from the opening corner, and could only be followed by M. Márquez. He would go on to best him, taking the win from pole position but losing out on the title.

Martín held firm with an intelligent ride in third, bringing his bike home on the podium to become MotoGP World Champion.

Álex Márquez, Aleix Espargaró, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini, Franco Morbidelli, Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta completed the Top 10.

Bittersweet end to the season for Repsol Honda

After a positive Saturday with Joan Mir’s 13th place in the sprint race, Sunday did not end in the same way for the Repsol Honda Team.

Mir made a great start and was up into 11th, leading the chasing group during the initial laps. However, he crashed on Lap 6 and was unable to rejoin the race.

Luca Marini‘s race saw steady improvement, as he lost positions at the start and then rose up the order. Renowned for having better second halves to races this season, he worked his way up from 19th to 16th, but was unable to overtake Maverick Viñales to place amongst the points.

Solidarity GP: Race Results (24 laps)

General Standings

Statements

Joan Mir

«I was pushing incredibly hard during the race after making a good start, I was feeling good and doing everything I could to close to the group in the top ten. Finally, I pushed too much, and I fell which is a big shame because we can see that there were good points on the table. Everyone is working hard to come back, and today I wanted to show that I am 100% committed to being fast and to fighting for everything possible. We now start to look to 2025 already, first with the test on Tuesday before some more outings before the end of the year. Our work does not stop, we keep on doing everything we can.»

Luca Marini

«The key point of today is to compare our performance from May to today, and I think when we do that, we can see that we have made a good step forward. Barcelona is always a tough circuit for us, so this limited our performance a bit today. This year has been all about making progress, both with the bike and with myself – there is still more to do but we are going in the correct direction. I am looking forward to this winter to keep working on the project that we have started and attacking again in 2025, to help Honda return to the top.»

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‘Pecco’ Bagnaia took his seventh sprint race victory of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, winning from pole position after pulling away from his rivals. He benefitted from an early crash involving Marc Márquez and Pedro Acosta that stretched the field, and laid down a consistent fast pace through to the chequered flag.

The fight for second place was decided on the last lap in favour of Enea Bastianini, leaving Jorge Martín to complete the podium positions. The results for the two title contenders mean that the 2024 World Champion will be crowned in Sunday’s race.

Top 15 for Repsol Honda at Montmeló

A 13th place for Joan Mir completed a sprint race in which he made steady progress at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He got off to a good start to climb up to 11th, a position in which he rode for much of the race. However, in the final stretch the group that he had been leading were able to find some extra pace, and Johann Zarco and Maverick Viñales overtook him.

Luca Marini also made a good start, but was unable to make up more than one position. He ended up completing the last sprint of the year by rounding off the Top 15.

On Sunday at 2:00 p.m. local time, the twentieth and final race of the 2024 MotoGP season will take place.

Solidarity GP: Sprint Race Results (12 laps)

General Standings

Statements

Joan Mir

«We have had a positive day today and that’s what we need to focus on more than anything, we made a step forward and in Qualifying we were really competitive. I made some small mistakes on the lap which cost us Q2, but honestly it was a big boost to be that competitive after some tough races in Asia. In the race I was able to make a great start, moving into the top ten on the first lap. Unfortunately, in the race we had the same vibrations that have been there throughout the year so we dropped back. But honestly, I am happy because this weekend I have been able to see where we have improved the bike over the course of the year. One more day, one more chance to end well!»

Luca Marini

«I was expecting a little more from the race today, especially at the start – I wasn’t able to make use of the extra grip of the tyre to attack at the start. After the first two laps my pace was ok, we need to find more rear traction to turn more. There is work to do, but we can see that there is space to do it and we will keep on trying until the final race of tomorrow. Coming back to Barcelona allows us to check the difference that we have made throughout the year which is very positive.»

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‘Pecco’ Bagnaia took a sixth pole position of the year in Barcelona, continuing his dominance from Friday. for who has shown that he is one step ahead of the rest, as he already showed during the Friday session. The Italian had to wait until the last moment to fend off second placed Aleix Espargaró, whilst Marc Márquez completed the front row.

After a tight FP2 and with up to twenty riders in less than a second, and another close Q1, in Q2 Bagnaia led the way early, with Marc Márquez and Martín behind him. After the pit stop and the subsequent tyre change, Bagnaia again lowered his time to secure pole position, ahead of the two home riders. The second row of the grid is made up of Jorge Martín, Franco Morbidelli and Pedro Acosta.

The rest of the riders who took part in Q2 were Maverick Viñales, Enea Bastianini, Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Quartararo, Álex Márquez and Johann Zarco.

28 thousandths of a second separates Joan Mir from Q2

Good qualifying session for the Repsol Honda team at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. On the one hand. Joan Mir was just a breath away from qualifying for Q2, his best qualifying of the season (P13). Luca Marini, on the other hand, was a tenth slower than his teammate and will start from P16 on the grid. Earlier, in FP2, both worked on their pace for the sprint race and finished in P19 and P20 respectively.

Mir took just two laps to lower his best time from Friday. The Spaniard, who had crashed at the end of Practice while trying to lower his 1:40.125 time, was able to put in a great lap after a pit stop in Q1, and was just 28 thousandths away from the Q2 cut-off. The Repsol Honda rider’s best time was 1:39:432, faster than that which he had set at the Catalan Grand Prix a few months ago.

Marini also took advantage of his first outing in Q1 to get into the fight for the Top 2. The Italian had been faster than his teammate initially, but after a tyre change was unable to make the same improvements, with his best lap -and quickest time of the weekend- a 1:39.619. He will be 16th on the grid.

The sprint race will take place at 3pm (CEST).

2024 Solidarity GP Qualifying Practice Results

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The first day of practice at the MotoGP Solidarity Grand Prix took place on Friday. Back in Europe after several rounds in Asia, the World Championship started the last round of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

After an uncertain start to the day in terms of conditions, the MotoGP class Free Practice 1 was much wetter and colder than a few months ago at the Catalan Grand Prix. However, the best times were also much slower, something that improved substantially throughout the afternoon Practice.

Dominant from the first moment of Practice, Marco Bezzecchi quickly established himself as the man to beat. Behind him, Alex Márquez, Pedro Acosta and the two title contenders wanted to ensure their presence in Q2. In the final part of the session, Pecco Bagnaia snatched the best overall time, with Bezzecchi and A. Espargaró also in the Top 3.

The rest of the riders who go directly into Q2 are: Zarco, Martín, Viñales, A. Márquez, M. Márquez, Acosta and Bastianini.

Marini and Mir faster than at Catalan GP

The Repsol Honda team riders, Luca Marini and Joan Mir, finished in 16h and 18th on Friday. Although neither claimed a place in Q2, both managed to improve the times they set at the Catalan GP, when the track conditions were more favourable.

Marini made progress throughout the first day of the season finale. The Italian, with a best time of 1:41.359, was able to round off the Top 10 in the morning session. In Practice, he steadily improved his time to take a 1:39.994, for 16th.

Mir also improved in the afternoon, having set a 1:41:717 in Free Practice. He quickly lowered his time by several tenths at the start of Practice to fight for the Top 10. When pushing late on, he suffered a small crash when on course to clock a new best time, and finally had to settle for a 1:40.125.

FP2 and the last Q1 of the season take place on Saturday before the Sprint Race.

2024 Solidarity GP Practice Results

Statements

Joan Mir

«I crashed with my second tyre in the ‘qualifying’ of today which certainly limited how competitive we were. Tonight, we need to check what happened and compare the second tyre, I was feeling strong with the first tyre and make a pretty good lap. The performance of the bike improved over the course of the day but we still have a bit of work to do with the rear grip. There’s margin to improve and I think we can make quite an interesting Qualifying tomorrow. It will be important to see how the temperature and grip changes from today to tomorrow.»

Luca Marini

«Overall we have been able to have a productive day and understand the situation of our weekend, good to start building the base. With the soft tyre the grip is unbelievable, especially in the first lap, where I have felt the track conditions a bit strange. I think it will keep improving as the weekend goes on. The performance of Zarco and also Taka [Nakagami] are very encouraging for us, it shows that there is speed and potential in our package and we just need to keep working to unlock it all.»

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