2024 MotoGP World Championship to be held in Misano today

News from Honda and Yamaha for 2024 will be the two highlights this Monday at the Marco Simoncelli World Circuit in Misano. There, MotoGP activity will resume and important official post-race testing will take place with two Japanese brands taking part in the championship. The first prototype of 2024 will be presented to the respective world champions.

The test day will be divided into two sessions, from 9am to 12:45pm and from 2pm to 6pm, and all official drivers and testers from the championship’s five brands will be invited, including several He has already participated in the past at this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, as did KTM’s Dani Pedrosa, Honda’s Stefan Bradl and Ducati’s Michele Pirro. This Monday he will be joined by Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori and Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow.

nevertheless Marc Marquez He has already said he knows where he will ride in 2024, but still refuses to confirm it completely, and will be seen riding the same bike Stefan Bradl rode in competition this weekend. There are great expectations to see it. “I want to see the facts. Not just tomorrow’s test. PDFs are no longer valid. It will happen. It will happen. We have to look at the facts. In the project, Pilots must demand facts, not words,” Marc explained to DAZN.

“They’ve been promising for too long. Tomorrow we’re going to test the bike they’ve been developing for a year. I have my own timing and theory, but every time a rider has a birthday there’s only one left.” There will be fewer people,” he explained.

Fabio Quartararo He is in the same situation with Yamaha, but there has never been an attempt to not honor the contract that binds him until the end of 2024, as was the case with Marc Marquez and Honda.

“All I really want this year is the Misano test. I’m not going to give up on anything, even if it’s not what we wanted in terms of position. I’m not saying there’s no hope, but eventually “Even though we are fighting to find solutions for improvement,” said the devil.

joan milleStefan Bradl, who rode behind Honda to see Honda’s progress, is less optimistic. “Tomorrow I’m going to have the mindset to focus on 2024. I could see Bradl riding before I passed him and I didn’t see any progress.” He has a little more acceleration than me, but , not as much as other bikes. First impressions from the first drive are the most important.

“If you ride a bike that says it’s a completely different concept and you don’t notice it right away, that’s not a good sign. We don’t want small changes. We need big changes,” he added. .