Barcelona 2024 MotoGP FP1 Results: Martin And Bagnaia Outside Top 3

Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia fought in the race for the world title and were knocked out of the top three of the 2024 Barcelona MotoGP FP 1 (Instagram/@motogp).

JAKARTA - Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia, two competitors for the 2024 MotoGP world title, were outside the top three in the Barcelona Grand Prix First Free Exercise (FP1) session.

The two names finished fifth and seventh respectively from the closing series of the season at the Catalunya Circuit, Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, November 15, 2024, evening WIB.

The front finish of this session is the Idemitsu Honda LCR rider, Takaaki Nakagami. The Japanese rider completed this session with a time of 1 minute 40.501 seconds.

In a row, two drivers who trailed in second and third positions to complete the top three were Pedro Acosta (Red Bull Gasgas) and Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing Team).

Jorge Martin, who finished fifth at +0.470 seconds from the front row. Meanwhile, Bagnaia, who is the defending champion from this event, trailed by +0.582 seconds.

Barcelona's race is a replacement series for Valencia that was canceled. Valencia's series is usually the end of the season, but this year it cannot hold races due to the impact of flash floods.

Currently Jorge Martin still dominates the drivers' standings with 485 points. He is 24 points ahead of Bagnaia who is trailing in second place.

With this advantage, Martin only needed to win the Sprint Race race on Saturday, November 16, 2024, to lock up the first title in his career.

2024 Barcelona MotoGP FP 1 Results