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Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP To Give It Their All in 2024 Solidarity GP Season Finale

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team have travelled straight to Montmeló, Spain, to wrap up the 2024 MotoGP season with a poignant big finale. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins will be #RacingForValencia at the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona this weekend and helping to raise funds. Proceeds from MotoGP's initiatives this weekend will be donated to the Spanish Red Cross, who are working on the ground in the Community of Valencia, with the target of helping the towns closest to the circuit.
Montmeló (Catalunya), 13th November 2024
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins are ready to face the competition one last time this 2024 MotoGP season at the upcoming Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona held this weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The team and riders will also take part in MotoGP's #RacingForValencia fundraising efforts, donating items for the special auctions (one online and two auctions will take place on site on Friday and Saturday from 4pm to 6pm local time). All proceeds will go directly to the relief efforts for Valencia.

Quartararo showed promising pace in Malaysia a fortnight ago and is keen to give one final push at the last GP of 2024. He ranks 13th in the championship standings and aims to put on a good show in Barcelona to entertain the fans.

El Diablo has had his fair share of success at the Montmeló track. He secured a win there in 2018 in the Moto2 class, followed it up with a second place in the premier class in 2019, and added MotoGP wins in 2020 and 2022.

Rins used the final GPs of this season to work through various setting options. This weekend he plans to put his findings to the test. He is keen to get in strong results at what he considers his home track so he can move up from joint 18th in the overall rankings and end the season on a high.

Born in Barcelona, Rins is a local hero. He stood on the Catalan premier class rostrum in 2020 for a third place, his best MotoGP finish at this track. He also secured two second places in Moto2 in 2015 and 2016, and a Moto3 second place in 2013.

Work to create the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya began in 1989. Two years later the track was opened, and it soon became a crowd favourite after hosting its first MotoGP race in 1992. With an exciting 4.6km layout consisting of 14 corners (six left, eight right), the venue is known to produce thrilling races.

The Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona will be followed by a one-day IRTA test at the Montmeló track on Tuesday, which will be the first opportunity for teams and riders to try their 2025 set-up.
Massimo Meregalli

Massimo Meregalli

Team Director

We are happy that the organising bodies have found a way to make the last GP go ahead, and of course we are happy to contribute to the Solidarity GP as a token of our support to all those affected by the horrible floods in Valencia. For sure, the conditions will be totally different from what they were when we raced here at the end of May, and this might affect the performance, but riding in Barcelona for a second time, six months after the first GP here, will be a good testing environment. We will try to finish the 2024 season continuing the positive trend that we've seen in the last few races, confirming the improvements we've made. Montmeló will also host the first test of 2025 on the Tuesday after the race weekend, when we will start testing the new material for next year.
Fabio Quartararo

Fabio Quartararo

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

Seeing the floods in Valencia was horrible, and the aftermath is devastating for so many. In the paddock alone we know many people who live in that area, and we of course also race there annually, so this disaster hits close to home. Of course, our thoughts have been with all those affected over the last few weeks, but it's even better that we now get the chance to actively help through this Solidarity GP. #RacingForValencia is a great initiative by MotoGP. We aim to entertain the fans, raise funds for the people affected by the floods, and end the 2024 season in the right way so all MotoGP fans can have that sense of closure before we start the 2025 testing in Barcelona on Tuesday.
Álex Rins

Álex Rins

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

Ready for the final GP of the season, which will be very special. We’ll race at our home circuit with Valencia in our hearts. The MotoGP paddock is a close-knit community, many of whom are from the most devastated zones. It feels only right that, as a paddock, we do our share and try to relieve some of the burden through racing and solidarity. As for us, the 2024 season has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but we want to end it in the right way in Montmeló, and on Tuesday we'll already start working for 2025.