P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Rookie sensation Pedro Acosta finished top of the charts in MotoGP’s final practice session at Misano. The 20-year-old posted a lap time of 1.31.451s on his final run of the session to finish as fastest, demoting Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo to second. Quartararo previously posted back-to-back fastest laps in a massive turnaround in form for the […]
The 20-year-old set the fastest lap time of the session with a 1.31.451s on his final run, pushing Fabio Quartararo to second place. Quartararo had shown strong form earlier with back-to-back fastest laps, positioning himself as a contender for the upcoming race. Francesco Bagnaia made adjustments to his Ducati and finished with a competitive lap time in the closing minutes of the session, claiming third place overall. Marc Marquez’s performance on the year-old Ducati was notable, but a late crash at Turn 14 cost him a chance to improve and he settled for fourth position. Jorge Martin, Franco Morbidelli, and Maverick Vinales secured fifth, seventh, and sixth places respectively, in a tightly contested session. Enea Bastianini, Raul Fernandez, and Brad Binder ended the session in eighth, ninth, and tenth places, with Acosta setting the benchmark lap time. Aleix Espargaro moved up to 11th place, while Augusto Fernandez and Marco Bezzecchi followed closely behind. Johann Zarco and Miguel Oliveira finished in 14th and 15th positions, with Luca Marini and Joan Mir in 16th and 17th, respectively. Alex Marquez, Jack Miller, and Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the top 20 positions, with Takaaki Nakagami and Alex Rins bringing up the rear in Honda classification.
