By Ricardo Ferreira on 27 April 2024 19:57
After securing his first pole for Ducati this morning, Marc Márquez will lead the front row of the grid ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin. Martin, winner of the sprint race today, took advantage of Marquez’s fall when he was in the lead to climb to the top of the podium.
Brad Binder will start from fourth place after his incident with Bezzecchi and Francesco Bagnaia, considered a racing incident and therefore without consequences. In fifth and sixth are two other Ducati bikes, with Fabio Di Giannantonio ahead of Alex Márquez. Bagnaia, who was unable to finish the sprint after crashing at turn 1, will start seventh, ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Enea Bastianini. Although he finished third in the sprint race, Fabio Quartararo was subsequently penalized eight seconds for irregular tire pressure, dropping him to fifth place. Yamaha’s Frenchman will need one more miracle if he wants to come close to equaling this result – starting from 23rd. We say the same to Miguel Oliveira, who despite finishing the sprint inside the top ten, will start Sunday’s race in 19th place.
Updated Sprint race classification (with penalties):
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | 19m 52.682s |
| two | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +2,970s |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +7.102s |
| 4 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +8,481s |
| 5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +15,052s |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +18.131s |
| 7 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +18,278s |
| 8 | Miguel Oliveira | PER | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +18,418s |
| 9 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +18.553s |
| 10 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +21.136s |
| 11 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +21,948s |
| 12 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | +23,882s |
| 13 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +31,478s |
| 14 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +45,901s |
| 15 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +70,288s |
| 16 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) | +82,979s |
| Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | DNF | |
| Stefan Bradl | GER | Honda Test Rider (RC213V) | DNF | |
| Maverick Vinales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | DNF | |
| Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | DNF | |
| Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | DNF | |
| Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | DNF | |
| Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | DNF | |
| Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | DNF | |
| Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | DNF |
