At least three questions arise before qualifying for this Aragon Grand Prix:
- Marc Márquez will he achieve the fifth consecutive pole position there?
- Mika Kallio will he confirm his sensational start to the weekend?
– How far will we progress? Valentino Rossi for his early return after breaking his leg three weeks ago?
To get an idea before the qualifying session itself, this FP4 will be interesting, just as it should enlighten us on everyone's race pace...
With bright sunshine, 23° in the air and 36° on the ground, conditions are now ideal.
Here are the references available before the start of this session:
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#AragonGP MotoGP™ |
2016 |
2017 |
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FP1 |
1'48.830 Marc Marquez (see here) |
2'01.243 Marc Marquez (see here) |
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FP2 |
1'48.429 Dani Pedrosa (see here) |
1'59.858 Dani Pedrosa (see here) |
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FP3 |
1'47.810 Marc Marquez (see here) |
1'48.252 Marc Marquez (see here) |
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FP4 |
1'48.060 Marc Marquez (see here) |
1'48.709 Maverick Vinales |
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Qualification 1 |
1'48.596 Danilo Petrucci (see here) |
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Qualification 2 |
1'47.117 Marc Marquez (see here) |
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Warm Up |
1'48.928 Marc Marquez (see here) |
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Course |
Marquez, Lorenzo, Rossi (see here) |
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All time lap record |
1'46.635 Marquez 2015 |
All drivers take the start including Jonas Folger who slightly injured his neck during his morning fall and spent a short time at the Alcaniz hospital.
As soon as the track opens, Jorge Lorenzo sets the tempo in 1'50.329 before Alvaro Bautista minor fall at turn #15 after touching the rear tire of Marc Marquez.
Oops! @ 19Bautista has gone down while chasing Pedrosa#RiderOK #AragonGP pic.twitter.com/efGaQGvMea
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 23, 2017
Valentino Rossi (medium/medium) is the first to pass in 1'49.888 while Crutchlow et Márquez make a mistake, the first at turn #1, the second at turn #3.
He tried to save it, but wasn't quite possible this time!#MM93 goes down, as does Crutchlow (separately) – both OK#AragonGP pic.twitter.com/Y93U4DI4Zk
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 23, 2017
Midway through the session, Jonas Folger appears in third position, which reassures both his physical condition and his level of performance.
A few minutes later, Dani Pedrosa and Alex Espargaro took command, the Aprilia rider achieving 1'49.422.
A quarter of an hour from the end of the session, Dani Pedrosa takes the reins again in 1'49.260.
Before the last run, the hierarchy looks like this: Pedrosa, Aleix Espargaro, Lorenzo, Rossi, Pol Espargaro, Folger, Crutchlow, Redding and Dovizioso.
Marc Márquez is then 11th, Mika Kallio 12th, Johann zarco 15th, Andrea Iannone 18th, Loris Baz 19th and Maverick Vinales, which runs without the evolution of the fairing, 21st!
Upon resumption, Andrea Iannone is in third place, half a second behind Dani Pedrosa.
Jorge Lorenzo (medium/soft) and Johann zarco also enter the top 5 but the surprise comes from Espargaro Pol who achieves the second provisional time only 2/100 behind Dani Pedrosa.
The final packaging sees everything first Dani Pedrosa improve his best time in 1'48.996, followed immediately by the effort of Marc Márquez (medium/hard) which propels him from 15th to second place.
We are witnessing a new fall for Sam Lowes before, in the last minute, Maverick Vinales rises to an unexpected but welcome first position of the session.
#MotoGP FP4 gets the green light!
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- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 23, 2017
Johann zarco is 11th, and last driver less than a second behind the poleman, Valentino Rossi 16th at 1,1 seconds.
#AragonGP MotoGP FP4 Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net:
