Because of the difficulties dealing with the Japanese producers in MotoGP this season and the knock-on impact this has had on the rider market, with Marquez and Fabio Quartararo’s futures unsure, Monday’s Misano check has been seen as a vital outing.
The principle tales from Monday revolved round Honda’s 2024 prototype and the brand new elements examined by Yamaha with a view to subsequent yr.
Marquez ended the day down in 14th, 0.973 seconds off the tempo, having been left less than impressed with the 2024 prototype he tested.
He instructed the media at lunchtime between the 2 check classes on Monday that the issues of rear grip of the present Honda remained on the 2024 prototype chassis he tried right this moment.
Having topped the morning session on his 2022-spec Ducati, VR46’s Luca Marini accomplished a clear sweep within the afternoon after going quickest of all with a 1m30.602s set within the remaining hour.
He was a part of a depleted Ducati steady for the check, with the injured Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi – each of whom have been on the rostrum on Sunday at Misano – sitting out, together with Gresini’s Fabio Di Giannantonio and Ducati check rider Michele Pirro.
Marini headed Maverick Vinales, who examined a brand new Aprilia chassis amongst different issues on Monday, with Brad Binder finishing the highest three with a 1m31.154s on KTM’s new carbon fibre chassis.
Brad Binder, Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing
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San Marino GP winner Jorge Martin was fourth regardless of a technical difficulty within the morning as he carried out the manufacturing unit testing for Ducati on his Pramac-run machine.
Jack Miller accomplished the highest 5 for KTM, whereas Quartararo was sixth general on his Yamaha.
Yamaha introduced quite a few new gadgets for 2024 to check, together with a brand new aerodynamic bundle, chassis and engine developed with Luca Marmorini – who was on-site at Misano within the Japanese producer’s storage right this moment.
Miguel Oliveira was seventh for RNF having tried the 2023-spec Aprilia for the primary time, whereas Franco Morbidelli was eighth for Yamaha forward of Gresini’s Alex Marquez and RNF’s Raul Fernandez.
Aleix Espargaro was eleventh after attempting Aprilia’s new body, which he mentioned was neither good nor unhealthy and felt it unlikely he would in the end race it this season.
Takaaki Nakagami additionally tried the 2024 Honda for LCR and was twelfth forward of Pramac’s Johann Zarco, Marc Marquez and Tech3’s Augusto Fernandez.
Joan Mir was sixteenth for Honda forward of Pol Espargaro, the Tech3 rider struggling a crash within the first session of the day after being struck by a brake failure.
Honda check rider Stefan Bradl was 18th and final on the finish of Monday’s testing.
That is the final official MotoGP check till the post-race outing in Valencia on the finish of November.