2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test results - Day 1

After a Shakedown and Official test in Sepang, 2024 MotoGP pre-season testing concludes with two days in Qatar, where track action at the same Lusail venue as the March 8-10 season-opener takes place from 2pm to 9pm on Monday and Tuesday.

Raul Fernandez will be returning to action after missing days two and three at Sepang due to injuries from a highside. However new Pramac Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli will again be absent after last month’s Superbike training accident.

Reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia was fastest with a new all-time lap record at the Sepang test, as Ducati riders filled the top four places.

Aleix Espargaro was the lead Aprilia in fifth, with Brad Binder the top KTM in seventh, Joan Mir the lead Honda in tenth and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo eleventh.

However, in terms of Sprint race simulations, it was new VR46 Ducati rider Fabio di Giannantonio who was quickest of all.

Marc Marquez was sixth for Gresini Ducati, but closer on race pace, with GASGAS rookie Pedro Acosta impressive in both the Shakedown and Official test.

Since the Qatar test starts in daylight, with dusk at around 6pm, a slow start to each day is expected, with dusty and windy conditions meaning only Ducati test rider Michele Pirro (replacing Morbidelli) and Acosta set a lap time in the opening hour.

But serious testing began in the second hour, when Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales set the first 1m 54s. The Spaniard remained on top after further improvements, before team-mate Espargaro took over P1 at around 6:30pm.

As of 7pm, it is the injured Raul Fernandez on top on the 2023-spec Trackhouse Aprilia, followed by the KTM of Brad Binder (but shortly after 7pm it became an Aprilia one-two-three courtesy of Vinales, Fernandez and Espargaro).

The most important testing hours are 7-9pm, which covers the start of the MotoGP Sprint on March 9 and the end of Sunday’s main race on March 10…

2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test – Day 1 (7pm)
		Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	^17	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23)	1m 52.814s	25/28
2	^3	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+0.167s	32/32
3	^9	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.255s	31/33
4	^4	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	+0.274s	29/33
5	^4	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+0.344s	34/36
6	˅4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+0.450s	22/24
7	˅6	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	+0.462s	25/33
8	^2	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+0.543s	37/37
9	˅5	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+0.788s	25/26
10	˅3	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.825s	24/30
11	^10	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.855s	27/33
12	^2	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.907s	25/26
13	˅7	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+0.924s	35/36
14	˅11	Marc Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+0.964s	25/36
15	^4	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)	+1.035s	38/41
16	˅3	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.110s	36/37
17	^3	Johann Zarco	FRA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.117s	25/28
18	˅1	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.283s	33/34
19	˅8	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*	+1.595s	45/46
20	˅5	Luca Marini	ITA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.736s	32/33
21	˅5	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)	+1.830s	31/36
22	=	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+1.878s	35/36
23	=	Michele Pirro	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+62.769s	33/35

2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test – Day 1 (6pm)
		Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	=	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	1m 53.472s	24/24
2	^15	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+0.260s	15/16
3	^5	Marc Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+0.306s	25/26
4	^16	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+0.557s	20/21
5	^18	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+0.564s	19/21
6	^3	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+0.589s	22/23
7	^8	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.621s	20/21
8	^13	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	+0.686s	20/21
9	˅5	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+0.811s	16/26
10	˅8	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+0.828s	26/28
11	˅8	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*	+0.937s	45/46
12	˅6	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.987s	22/25
13	^1	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.008s	30/31
14	˅1	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.154s	15/16
15	˅3	Luca Marini	ITA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.166s	27/28
16	˅9	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)	+1.260s	25/27
17	^2	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.452s	22/23
18	˅2	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23)	+1.473s	12/14
19	˅14	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)	+1.559s	33/35
20	˅10	Johann Zarco	FRA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.675s	17/18
21	˅10	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.680s	23/24
22	˅4	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+2.427s	26/27
23	˅1	Michele Pirro	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+63.024s	23/24

2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test – Day 1 (5pm)
	Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	1m 54.067s	11/14
2	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+0.525s	15/15
3	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*	+0.847s	23/29
4	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+1.074s	3/7
5	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)	+1.289s	22/23
6	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.358s	15/15
7	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)	+1.407s	15/16
8	Marc Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+1.460s	15/16
9	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+1.546s	14/17
10	Johann Zarco	FRA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.645s	5/6
11	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.736s	14/15
12	Luca Marini	ITA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.863s	17/18
13	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.874s	4/5
14	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.969s	4/19
15	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.977s	8/15
16	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23)	+2.181s	7/7
17	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+2.263s	9/10
18	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+2.323s	21/22
19	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+2.803s	11/12
20	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+3.208s	5/10
21	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	+3.221s	3/11
22	Michele Pirro	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+3.668s	15/17
23	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+7.015s	4/11

2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test – Day 1 (4pm)
	Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	1m 54.883s	3/5
2	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+0.258s	3/7
3	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.153s	4/6
4	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)	+1.438s	5/6
5	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+1.632s	4/5
6	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.819s	4/5
7	Marc Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+2.062s	3/6
8	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+2.321s	4/5
9	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*	+2.353s	16/16
10	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)	+2.371s	12/13
11	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+2.392s	5/6
12	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24)	+2.405s	3/5
13	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+2.633s	9/10
14	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP23)	+2.647s	4/5
15	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP23)	+2.926s	3/7
16	Luca Marini	ITA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+3.416s	4/5
17	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+4.928s	3/3
18	Michele Pirro	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+5.485s	4/6
19	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP24)	+6.199s	4/6
20	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+6.661s	7/10

2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test – Day 1 (3pm)
	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*	1m 58.141s
2	Michele Pirro	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP24)	+2.227s

Official Qatar MotoGP records

Best lap: Luca Marini (VR46 Ducati) 1m 51.762s (2023)

Fastest race lap: Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) 1m 52.978s (2023)

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