To these 10 drivers were added Jorge Lorenzo and Johann Zarco, drafted during Q1.
The conditions at the Motorland Aragon circuit are still very good, with 24° in the air and 39° on the track.
Here are the references available before the start of this qualification:
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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 (see here) |
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Qualification 1 |
1'48.596 Danilo Petrucci (see here) |
1'48.171 Jorge Lorenzo (see here) |
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Qualification 2 |
1'47.117 Marc Marquez (see here) |
1'47.635 Maverick Vinales |
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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 |
When the track opens, the pressure is on Marc Márquez who, with his four pole positions in the last four editions, must be the fastest this afternoon.
5 minutes left!
Final flying lapses inbound, #MM93 we provisional pole!
Hold on tight… #AragonGP pic.twitter.com/WZfziVcvU4
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 23, 2017
Jorge Lorenzo, who has just achieved the best time in Q1, leaves his box a few moments after the other drivers.
All drivers are soft rear and medium front, with the exception of Johann zarco who chose a software for the front.
After the first flying lap, the provisional pole belongs to Jorge Lorenzo in 1'48.288.
Marc Márquez reacts to the next passage with a 1'47.963 while Johann zarco returns to his box after only two laps.
The third and fourth laps involve few modifications and the drivers then return to their box to fit a new soft rear tire.
At this moment, the grid looks like this: Marquez, Vinales, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Crutchlow, Kallio, Iannone, Aleix Espargaro, Bautista, Rossi, Dovizioso and Zarco.
The second and final run is reduced to its simplest expression, with only four minutes to snatch a good place on the grid…
Many of them light up the first sectors in red, Marc Márquez resulting Andrea Iannone in its wake while Dani Pedrosa does the same thing with Alvaro Bautista.
More Marc Márquez makes a mistake and will not score his 5th consecutive pole in Aragon, while Valentino Rossi climbs to first place in the ranking in 1'47.815.
#MM93 is OUT! He's crashed out while on an estimated pole lap!#AragonGP pic.twitter.com/R4OKhQOYM4
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 23, 2017
Maverick Vinales, who was the fastest during FP4, further improved this time in 1'47.635, followed by Lorenzo which comes between him and Red.
In the last minute, Mika Kallio et Alvaro Bautista fall without gravity.
#AragonGP MotoGP Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net:
