The weekend at Motegi kicks off with the riders of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team both directly into Q2 respectively in P9 and P10 after the afternoon Practice
Motegi (Japan), October 4th 2024 - Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi immediately in the slipstream of the strongest guys at the Japanese GP that takes place this weekend at Motegi. The riders of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team close today's session on the limit of the Top10 and gain the direct access to tomorrow's Q2 (11.15 am local time).
Good feelings on the Ducati Desmosedici GP for Fabio who, thanks to a good step forward between the sessions, signs a best lap time of 1.44.082, a crono that means the ninth place with a delay of six tenths from the leader of the day (Binder, 1.43.436).
Seven tenths of gap instead for Marco, excellent sixth this morning and tenth right under the checkered flag with a flying lap of 1.44.209. Growing feeling and ready to recover for tomorrow's Sprint (03.00 pm local time).
Marco Bezzecchi - 72
From the start, also considering the rain, I had a great feeling. I'm happy even if we have struggled a bit with the time attack. I got into Q2 by a breath, but we knew it because there's more grip here than in Mandalika and these conditions are complicated for us. In any case, we'll continue to work and understand the weather for tomorrow.
Fabio Di Giannantonio - 49
A positive day in the end, we got into Q2 and I'm happy. We didn't start very well this morning, for the first time I tried to go out on the track without taking painkillers, I'm not ready yet, some of my back muscles hurt a lot. I suffered, but in the afternoon session we made a good step forward, maybe I could have done a little bit more in terms of lap time, but I was a bit unlucky in the end. I'm sure I can make a step forward tomorrow for the Sprint.