Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Focus on Finding Progress After Misano Friday

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins got their Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera campaign underway on Friday at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The teammates completed the Practice session in P16 and P18 respectively and will both take part in Q1 on Saturday.

GRAND PRIX OF SAN MARINO

PRACTICE

Misano Adriatico (Italy), 11th September 2026

16th

F. Quartararo
1'31.178 / 26 LAPS

18th

Á. Rins
1'31.281 / 21 LAPS

Today, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team kicked off their home-from-home round at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins finished the Practice in 16th and 18th place respectively which puts them on tomorrow's Q1 entry list.

Quartararo started the weekend with a P9 result in FP1, setting a best lap of 1'31.870s. The Frenchman continued to work on his pace in the afternoon and improved his morning benchmark by 0.692s. His best lap, a 1'31.178s set on lap 26/26, saw him finish the Practice session in 16th place, 1.034s from the top.

Rins completed 11 laps in the morning session and ended FP1 in P21 with a fastest time of 1'33.322s. The Spaniard made a significant step forward in the afternoon, lowering his best lap to a 1'31.281s on lap 20/21. The improvement secured him 18th position in the Practice classification, 1.137s from first place.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team will be back in action tomorrow for the Saturday MotoGP sessions. FP2 will be held from 10:10-10:40 (GMT+2), followed by qualifying from 10:50-11:30. The 13-lap Sprint is scheduled to start at 15:00.

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FABIO QUARTARARO
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

"There's a lot of grip on track, which did improve my feeling but not the position. Especially today, from my side, I was struggling to make the soft work on the right side, like last year. With the medium, everything was smoother. Last year, we were able to figure out why, so if we can do that again, we can hopefully gain a few positions in Q1."

ÁLEX RINS
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

"It was quite hard to get the right feeling today, because we were pushing quite a lot, and it never came. We are trying to find an improvement on last year In terms of lap times. Let's see what we can do tomorrow."

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PRACTICE RESULTS

11/09/2026

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