The Championship moved again in Misano: following the fall of Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín regained first place by eight points. The ranking is therefore tighter than ever with six races remaining, and could still be shaken up at the end of this weekend in Aragon. We are thus moving towards a final duel, with Fabio Di Giannantonio in ambush. Indeed, with his twenty-nine points behind, he is not as close to his rivals, but is not completely out of the game, and a race could allow him to come back. Behind, Arón Canet and Enea Bastianini are starting to be a little far behind, with forty-eight and forty-nine points behind, but anything is always possible, and they will nonetheless remain formidable opponents.
Who will have the upper hand this weekend? Response from 9 a.m. with the first free practice session.
Here are the results compared on the Aragon circuit in Moto3 between 2017 and 2018:
|
Aragon Moto3™ |
2017 |
2018 |
| FP1 |
1'59.114 Aron Canet |
1'59.206 Jakub Kornfeil |
| FP2 |
1'59.586 Joan Mir |
|
| FP3 |
1'57.833 Jorge Martin |
|
| Qualification |
1'58.067 Jorge Martin |
|
| Warm Up |
1'59.173 Jorge Martin |
|
| Course |
Mir, Di Giannantonio, Bastianini |
|
| All time lap record |
1'57.755 Enea Bastianini 2015 |
Buenos days from MotorLand Aragon ??# Moto3 FP1 kicks-off the #AragonGP weekend ✊ pic.twitter.com/jbxiPXbtHq
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 21, 2018
It is 22 degrees in the air and 23 degrees on the track when Philipp Oettl (Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing) leaves the pit lane first. For the first round launched, it is Marco Bezzecchi (PruestlGP) which sets the reference time in 2'03.098, a far cry from last year's times. Meanwhile, the rookie Alonso lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) is the victim of a strange fall: he widens, goes high side passing near the protective tire barriers and ends up on top, a little dazed.
After ten minutes, Jorge Martín (Del Conca Gresini) took the lead in the standings ahead of Enea Bastianini (Leopard Racing), Marco Bezzecchi, Jakub Kornfeil (PruestlGP) and Tony Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers Team).
Halfway through the session, Enea Bastianini took over Marco Bezzecchi for a tenth. The two men are ahead Jakub Kornfeil, Jorge Martín and the rookie Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai). Behind, Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing), Tony Arbolino, Philipp Oettl, Andrea Migno (Ángel Nieto Team Moto3) and gabriel rodrigo (RBA BOE Skull Rider) complete the top 10.
Ten minutes from the end, Jakub Korfneil takes the lead of the session and improves his time to finish in 1'59.206. We are well on track with last year's FP1. Unfortunately, he suffered a fall just before the end of the session, a few minutes after gabriel rodrigo. The Czech driver finished first in the session, but remained on the ground and seemed to suffer, surrounded by track marshals. He was finally evacuated on a stretcher. More information as soon as we have it…
FP1 ranking:
1 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox PruestelGP KTM 233.7 1'59.206
2 19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 230.2 1'59.434 0.228 / 0.228
3 12 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Redox PruestelGP KTM 231.9 1'59.835 0.629 / 0.401
4 65 Philipp OETTL GER Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing KTM 226.2 1'59.885 0.679 / 0.050
5 88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 230.1 1'59.982 0.776 / 0.097
6 22 Kazuki MASAKI JPN RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 230.2 2'00.163 0.957 / 0.181
7 77 Vicente PEREZ SPA Reale Avintia Academy 77 KTM 229.7 2'00.190 0.984 / 0.027
8 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Leopard Racing Honda 229.2 2'00.206 1.000 / 0.016
9 8 Nicolo BULEGA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 233.1 2'00.216 1.010 / 0.010
10 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 226.5 2'00.341 1.135 / 0.125
11 10 Dennis FOGGIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 228.6 2'00.421 1.215 / 0.080
12 17 John MCPHEE GBR CIP – Green Power KTM 229.9 2'00.426 1.220 / 0.005
13 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Honda 231.2 2'00.473 1.267 / 0.047
14 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 231.3 2'00.562 1.356 / 0.089
15 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM 227.3 2'00.575 1.369 / 0.013
16 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Angel Nieto Team KTM 225.9 2'00.666 1.460 / 0.091
17 44 Aron CANET SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 220.5 2'00.722 1.516 / 0.056
18 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Leopard Racing Honda 229.7 2'00.904 1.698 / 0.182
19 81 Stefano NEPA ITA CIP – Green Power KTM 230.0 2'00.986 1.780 / 0.082
20 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM 226.7 2'01.214 2.008 / 0.228
21 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 227.5 2'01.495 2.289 / 0.281
22 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 226.0 2'01.739 2.533 / 0.244
23 7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 223.9 2'01.856 2.650 / 0.117
24 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 229.5 2'01.923 2.717 / 0.067
25 72 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 221.5 2'01.942 2.736 / 0.019
26 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 228.7 2'01.982 2.776 / 0.040
27 41 Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT THA Honda Team Asia Honda 224.8 2'02.160 2.954 / 0.178
28 27 Kaito TOBA JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 227.0 2'03.372 4.166 / 1.212
29 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 221.5 2'03.555 4.349 / 0.183
