Valencia MotoGP

[Yorick]

Will Pecco stay cool and win?

Will Jakey hang on to 3rd in the Moto2 lot?

To me the biggest question is how well MM93 will do in Monday's test? That will set the mouths drooling for 2024

[Skub]

George Martin will be balls out and Pecco will do just enough to win the championship. That'll be the rather disappointing climax after Tyregate.

I dunno about Jakey boi so far,Sam Lowes gave it a better crack in his time,but maybe Dixon needs another year or so.

MM will fly on the Ducati,I fully expect him to be the man to beat in 2024.

[KungFooBob]

I'm sure they'll only mention it a few dozen times...

[Pirahna]

It's only an hour and a half up the road. Sold out about a month ago, I'm regretting not buying a ticket now.

[weeksy]

1 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP23) 1'30.191s 19/19 334k
2 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP22) +0.187s 12/17 326k
3 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP23) +0.259s 20/22 334k
4 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.299s 13/19 331k
5 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) +0.343s 11/19 332k
6 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.365s 20/20 327k
7 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.373s 10/20 326k
8 Augusto Fernandez SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* +0.376s 20/20 327k
9 Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23) +0.620s 11/18 329k
10 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP22) +0.666s 16/17 327k
11 Pol Espargaro SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) +0.683s 19/20 332k
12 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.710s 11/19 327k
13 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23) +0.778s 10/18 332k
14 Raul Fernandez SPA RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) +0.855s 13/22 326k
15 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.921s 19/20 329k
16 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.061s 11/23 331k
17 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +1.106s 19/20 332k
18 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.252s 5/15 324k
19 Alex Rins SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.297s 16/20 329k
20 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) +1.323s 14/15 329k
21 Joan Mir SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.362s 5/5 326k
22 Lorenzo Savadori ITA RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) +1.806s 19/19

[weeksy]

1 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Factory (RS-GP23)
2 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP23)
3 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP23)
4 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP22)
5 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)
6 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16)
7 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V)
8 Raul Fernandez SPA RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)
9 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16)
10 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Factory (RS-GP23)
11 Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23)
12 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP22)
13 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)
14 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)
15 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23)
16 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)
17 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)
18 Augusto Fernandez SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)*
19 Alex Rins SPA LCR Honda (RC213V)
20 Lorenzo Savadori ITA RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)
21 Pol Espargaro SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)

[ChrisW]

That was one of the more entertaining practice sessions I can recall

Should make for an interesting qualifying, too.

[ChrisW]

[mangocrazy]

Pecco and his team had one job to do in FP2 - to avoid Q1 and go straight to Q2.

They failed.

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[Pirahna]

If the racing is as good as Q2 it should be a good weekend.

[Skub]

Fun and games. Gollum,the Ducati big boss is there,Martin has no chance now!

[Bigyin]

Just stumbled across the sprint race showing live on ITV3 ....riders currently on the grid

the moto£ race live tomorrow on ITV4 as well.....bonus

[Bigyin]

In fact the MotoGP main race and Moto2 on live on ITV1 for the finale of the championship

[Yorick]

Did you see the rubber on JM's shoulder ?
MM laughed as it from his front wheel.

[ChrisW]

Excellent sprint race - don't think I could have reasonably expected it to be any closer for tomorrow without Bagnaia having crashed out.

Cool that Honda get a podium as a goodbye present, too.

[ChrisW]

[Skub]

There was a right few salaried Ducati riders queued race long behind Pecco.

[Yorick]

There was a right few salaried Ducati riders queued race long behind Pecco.

Yeah. Bezz is a best mate and fellow VR46 lad.
But Digi wanted to pass to get a ride next year.

[mangocrazy]

Pecco was riding just hard enough that if Diggia wanted to get past he'd have had to 'make it fit' and I don't think he was willing to do that. Just imagine the fallout if he'd pushed Pecco wide on to the dirty part of the track and he'd binned it. Good chance of the VR46 ride going up in smoke...

[Skub]

Pecco was riding just hard enough that if Diggia wanted to get past he'd have had to 'make it fit' and I don't think he was willing to do that. Just imagine the fallout if he'd pushed Pecco wide on to the dirty part of the track and he'd binned it. Good chance of the VR46 ride going up in smoke...

Digi's dash had a message saying,"remember Iannone?"