#AragonGP Moto2™FP3: Morbidelli, Pasini, Nakagami and Cortese united in less than a tenth

At the end of Saturday morning in Aragon, it was the Moto2's turn to take advantage of the sun finally returning and warming the track to 24°. Friday, we were treated to a duel between Pasini and Morbidelli forgetting the rest of the competition. Pasini emerged victorious while there were concerns about the fitness level of an anonymous Alex Marquez, who nevertheless loves this track. Lüthi, on the other hand, was well in the game. What would be the verdict of this FP3?

While waiting for the answer, here is a reminder of the facts in table…

 

#AragonGP Moto2™	2016	2017
FP1	1'53.767 Sam Lowes	2'09.869 Tom Lüthi
FP2	1'53.702 Takaaki Nakagami	1'54.439 Mattia Pasini
FP3	1'53.340 Alex Marquez
Qualification	1'53.207 Sam Lowes
Warm Up	1'54.163 Franco Morbidelli
Course	Lowes, Marquez, Morbidelli (see here)
All time lap record	1'52.232 Rabat 2015

 

From the first minutes, the two residents of the VR46 Academy resumed their arsouille, Morbidely taking the lead in 1'54.437, ahead Pasini but also Lüthi. Alex Marquez reassured everyone a little by finishing sixth. Quarterly began his work by signing the eleventh beat.

Nakagami then came between the two Italians at the top of the timesheet, reminding us that we would also have to count on him for this Grand Prix in Aragon. Morbidely carried the reference to 1'54.268, after a quarter of an hour of play. Virgin, 25th, resolved a brake problem on his Mistral 610 in his box.

Ten minutes from the goal, Pasini woke everyone up by slamming a 1'54.210 which put him in control of the session. Morbidely, Olive tree on the KTM, NAVARRO the beginner and Courses followed. Lüthi was ninth behind Alex Marquez. fabio quartararo was fourteenth.

Like the day before, Cortese burst into the leading trio in the final minutes. Syahrin, twenty fourth, fell at turn 1 and Nagashima, twenty third, at turn 4. In the last seconds, Morbidely was better by 10 thousandths while Nakagami took third place, 16 thousandths behind the Marc VDS driver. Cortese was fourth, 95 thousandths away and Olive tree closed the top 5 with his KTM. Alex Marquez was sixth, Lüthi ninth and Quarterly thirteenth.

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