Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Valencia MotoGP 23 November
Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Valencia MotoGP 23 November

2023 Valencia MotoGP: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES

The final round of the 2023 MotoGP season is here as Valencia plays host to the title-decider.

Francesco Bagnaia leads Jorge Martin by 21 points, with 37 still available across the weekend.

Stay tuned as Crash.net brings you all the latest updates from the season-finale.

24 Nov 2023
15:07

Yellow flags are out and that's it. Bagnaia won't be able to improve his position. 

15:06

Martin goes second but Bagnaia is only 14th. This is a disaster for the Italian. 

15:02

Mind games are taking place as Martin is following Bagnaia again. 

14:59

Bagnaia is down in 13th and still struggling to put a good lap together. 

14:58

Luca Marini has gone down at turn one. Another comes unstuck at the left-hand corner.

14:53

We're back underway in Valencia. 

14:52

It looks like debris was on the circuit.

14:52

There's a red flag due to 'track conditions'.

14:49

Jack Miller has gone down at turn three.

14:42

Maverick Vinales sets a new all-time lap record. It's a time of 1:29.392s.

14:40

Martin moves into second spot as threatening the all-time lap record.

14:39

The time attacks are coming in early as Marc Marquez goes fastest.

14:34

Finally some serious pace from KTM as Brad Binder has moved into second place. 

14:28

Di Giannantonio finds even more time to increase his lead. The Italian has just set a time of 1;29.805s.

14:27

And he's done it. Bagnaia goes P8. 

14:26

Bagnaia has made another slow start but he's on course to move up the order...

14:18

Di Giannantonio is into the 1m 29s barier and leads Fabio Qaurtararo.

14:14

It gets worse as Alex Rins is next to go down at turn one. It's been a crashfest early on in Valencia. 

14:12

Make it three falls in quick succession as Augusto Fernandez has crashed at turn 14.

14:11

Marco Bezzecchi has done the same at turn eight. Big crash for the Italian. 

14:11

Aleix Espargaro has gone down at turn one. 

14:05

We're underway with Practice 2 in Valencia. 

14:03

Joan Mir has been ruled out of Friday's second practice, but it's not yet weekend over for the Spaniard who will undergo checks before tomorrow's FP2. 

13:51

Good afternoon and welcome back to day-one of the 2023 MotoGP season-finale. Coming up at 2pm UK time is Practice 2.