Bagnaia leads Ducati 1-2-3 in Misano check, Acosta fourth on KTM

Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia set the tempo within the post-race Misano MotoGP check on Monday, main a 1-2-3 consequence for Ducati.

Manufacturing unit Ducati rider Bagnaia took the highest spot with two hours to go along with a time of 1m30.619s, which was simply over three tenths down from his Misano Grand Prix pole lap of 1m30.304s.

Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli sprung to second place within the last hour with a late effort of 1m30.780s, placing him simply 0.161s off Bagnaia’s chart-setting lap.

Morbidelli separated the works Ducati duo, with Bastianini ending up third after being the primary rider to breach the 1m31s barrier within the fifth hour of operating.

The eight-hour Misano bought off to a gradual begin attributable to an in a single day bathe, with no rider venturing out on a humid monitor till round 90 minutes had handed for the reason that inexperienced flag was waved.

KTM check rider Dani Pedrosa was first to finish an set up lap, with Tech3’s Pedro Acosta then occurring to set the primary lap time of the day on the GasGas-branded RC16.

It took till the tip of hour three earlier than the monitor situations improved sufficiently for riders to set aggressive lap instances, with Acosta main the way in which at that time on a 1m31.369s.

Pramac’s Jorge Martin went fractionally faster within the last hour of the session with a 1m31.124s, which grew to become the benchmark for the remaining riders to beat after the lunch break.

Bastianini was the primary rider to go faster than Martin’s greatest time from the morning session on a 1m31.116s, earlier than shaving one other two tenths off his time to enter the 1m30s bracket.

Pedro Acosta, Pink Bull GASGAS Tech3

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Bagnaia then went even faster within the penultimate hour with a 1m34.950s, earlier than securing his place on the entrance with a 1m30.619s flyer.

Solely Morbidelli was in a position to lap inside two tenths of that point because the session drew to a detailed, with the vast majority of the sphere struggling to interrupt the 1m31s barrier.

Ducati was testing new aero components on its manufacturing unit bikes at Misano, though Motorsport.com understands that the development of its 2025-spec GP25 is at a sophisticated stage.

In the meantime, Tech3 rider Acosta was the very best non-Ducati rider within the standings in fourth place, 0.433s down on Bagnaia for KTM/GasGas.

Yamaha had various bikes obtainable for testing at Misano, with 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo taking a prototype model of the M1 to fifth on the flag after clocking a time of 1m31.063s.

Championship chief Martin discovered marginal positive factors within the afternoon to finish up sixth, simply 0.019s forward of Gresini rival and San Marino winner Marc Marquez. The latter was one of many final riders to move out of the pitlane within the morning, finishing solely 19 laps within the first session earlier than including one other 29 to his complete within the second leg of the day.

Marco Bezzecchi was eighth for VR46 forward of the highest Aprilia of Maverick Vinales, who suffered a small crash within the morning at Flip 13.

The highest 10 was accomplished by Trackhouse Racing’s Raul Fernandez.

Like Yamaha, Honda additionally was aggressive with its improvement method at Misano because it concurrently examined a lot of bikes constructed to totally different specs. Manufacturing unit rider Joan Mir alone had three totally different bikes to run on his facet of the HRC storage.

Finally, LCR rider Johann Zarco was the quickest rider from the Japanese contingent in 18th place, 1.365s off the tempo, with team-mate Takaaki Nakagami ending simply behind him in nineteenth.

Each Luca Marini and 2020 champion Mir had been ready to participate within the check after lacking the Misano race attributable to damage, ending twenty first and twenty second respectively.

Honda reported that “each riders [were] feeling OK with their bodily situation after the primary runs” as they continued to gather information on their RC213Vs.

All riders had been briefly allowed to check a brand new entrance tyre development introduced by Michelin, earlier than relaying their suggestions to the French producer.