Aragon MotoGP Q1: Petrucci and Bradl pass

The ax fell in this Q1 which was an agreed affair between Ducati. Except that Aprilia decided to get involved.

Aragon MotoGP	2015	2016
FP1	1'48.249 Jorge Lorenzo	1'48.830 Marc Marquez
FP2	1'47.517 Jorge Lorenzo	1'48.429 Dani Pedrosa
FP3	1'47.380 Marc Marquez	1'47.810 Marc Marquez
FP4	1'48.058 Dani Pedrosa	1'48.060 Marc Marquez
Q1	1'47.853 Danilo Petrucci
Q2	1'46.635 Marc Marquez
WUP	1'48.181 Marc Marquez
Course	Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Rossi
All time lap record	1'46.635 Marc Marquez

 

The start of hostilities was first marked by a narrow collision between the two Marc VDS Racing drivers. Then the Ducatis launched the charge before encountering surprise resistance from compatriots and rivals Aprilia. Enough to bring comfort to the heart of the boss of the Piaggio group, impatient to see his motorcycles finally play the leading roles.

And he will be rewarded by seeing Stefan bradl suivre Petrucci in Q2. The German is the second RS-GP driver to enter the final after his teammate Bautista. But the latter had his place following the package of Iannone. Bradl, he had it on a regular basis.

Barbera is the first eliminated and ahead of the other Aprilia official. Suffering martyrdom, Loris Baz is last while within the Marc VDS team, Rabat kept the freelancer in check Hayden. Note that the session was marked by a fall at the end of the course Pirro.

Aragon MotoGP Q1: Chronos crash.net

1. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 48.596s [T 6/7] 332km/h  
2. Stefan bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 48.622s +0.026s [6/7] 322km/h

3. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 48.699s +0.103s [7/8] 327km/h
4. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 48.904s +0.308s [7/8] 327km/h
5. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 48.954s +0.358s [6/7] 328km/h
6. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 49.052s +0.456s [3/8] 332km/h
7. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 49.139s +0.543s [6/6] 331km/h
8. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 49.319s +0.723s [3/7] 328km/h
9. Nicky Hayden USA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 49.490s +0.894s [6/7] 328km/h
10. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 49.841s +1.245s [6/7] 322km/h
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