The Practice times were all very close together, promising an exciting Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona race weekend to close out the 2024 season. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins ended the afternoon Practice session in 13th and 14th place respectively, which puts them on the entry list for tomorrow's Q1.
Quartararo concluded this morning's Free Practice 1 in eleventh place and got straight to business in the afternoon Practice session working on race pace until the last 10 minutes. The Frenchman was pushing on his final two runs. He clocked a best time of 1'39.791s on lap 24/26. With some rivals improving their times after the chequered flag had already come out, his fastest lap put El Diablo in 13th place in the classifications, 0.873s from the top.
Rins wrapped up an overcast FP1 in 17th place. He worked on bettering his feeling with the M1 around the Montmeló track in the more sunny afternoon session. Once the time attacks got underway, the number-42 rider found some improvement and set a 1'40.258s for 13th place. However, as the times dropped, he was relegated to 17th. Rins gave it one more try and responded with a 1'39.794s, set on lap 22/23, which ultimately put him in 14th place in the rankings, 0.876s from first.
MotoGP will be back in action for FP2, held tomorrow from 10:10-10:40 (GMT +1). The qualifying sessions will follow from 10:50-11:30, and the 12-lap Sprint will start at 15:00.
The Practice times were all very close together, promising an exciting Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona race weekend to close out the 2024 season. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins ended the afternoon Practice session in 13th and 14th place respectively, which puts them on the entry list for tomorrow's Q1.
Quartararo concluded this morning's Free Practice 1 in eleventh place and got straight to business in the afternoon Practice session working on race pace until the last 10 minutes. The Frenchman was pushing on his final two runs. He clocked a best time of 1'39.791s on lap 24/26. With some rivals improving their times after the chequered flag had already come out, his fastest lap put El Diablo in 13th place in the classifications, 0.873s from the top.
Rins wrapped up an overcast FP1 in 17th place. He worked on bettering his feeling with the M1 around the Montmeló track in the more sunny afternoon session. Once the time attacks got underway, the number-42 rider found some improvement and set a 1'40.258s for 13th place. However, as the times dropped, he was relegated to 17th. Rins gave it one more try and responded with a 1'39.794s, set on lap 22/23, which ultimately put him in 14th place in the rankings, 0.876s from first.
MotoGP will be back in action for FP2, held tomorrow from 10:10-10:40 (GMT +1). The qualifying sessions will follow from 10:50-11:30, and the 12-lap Sprint will start at 15:00.