If no driver really dominated the free practice sessions, as often Jorge Martín made everyone agree in qualifying by exploding last year's best time and beating the lap record by more than seven tenths. Enough to put pressure on his opponents who are a little further away, but in the top 10 nonetheless.
Before starting the fourteenth race of the season, the riders will take part in their last free practice session in order to adjust their bikes in the best possible way. Start of Warm Up at 8:40 a.m.
Here are the results compared in Moto3 on the Aragon circuit in 2017 and 2018:
|
Aragon Moto3™ |
2017 |
2018 |
| FP1 |
1'59.114 Aron Canet |
1'59.206 Jakub Kornfeil |
| FP2 |
1'59.586 Joan Mir |
1'58.418 Enea Bastianini |
| FP3 |
1'57.833 Jorge Martin |
1'57.961 Marco Bezzecchi |
| Qualification |
1'58.067 Jorge Martin |
1'57.066 Jorge Martin |
| Warm Up |
1'59.173 Jorge Martin |
1'59.179 Marco Bezzecchi |
| Course |
Mir, Di Giannantonio, Bastianini |
|
| All time lap record |
1'57.755 Enea Bastianini 2015 |
The green flag waves and Sunday at the #AragonGP is go ✊ pic.twitter.com/R4JJ2kzOW8
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
It's still a little cool when the Moto3 field sets off for the Warm Up session. It is, in fact, 21 degrees in the air and 22 degrees on the track. Gabriel Rodrigo (RBA BOE Skull Rider) is the first driver to exit the pit lane. From the first minutes, the rookie Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) makes a mistake. He stands up holding his arm, a sign of a dislocation or fracture of the clavicle. More information when he leaves the Mobile Clinic.
That's not how @jaume_masia wanted to start Sunday?
Does he seem to be in some discomfort?#AragonGP ?? pic.twitter.com/r1ywYjcXyC
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
After five minutes, Enea Bastianini (Leopard Racing) leads from the front Marco Bezzecchi (PruestlGP), Tony Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers Team), Arón Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini).
Important news comes just after: bastianini, Arbolino, Dallas Port, Nicholas Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46), the guest driver Raul Fernandez (Angel Nieto Team), Rodrigo, Kazuki Masaki (RBA BOE Skull Rider) and Bezzecchi, second in the Championship, received a penalty of twelve places on the grid for irresponsible driving in qualifying. The latter will therefore start eighteenth, which could possibly change the ranking of the Championship.
Halfway through the session, Arón Canet took back command ahead of the rookie Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46), Jorge Martín, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del Conca Gresini) and Albert Arenas (Angel Nieto Team Moto3). Afterwards, Nicolò Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46), Marco Bezzecchi, gabriel rodrigo, Philipp Oettl (Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing) and the wild card Raul Fernandez. At the same time, the rookie Kazuki Masaki makes a mistake. Five minutes later, it's the turn of Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) to fall, but unlike his compatriot who quickly got up, the Japanese driver was evacuated on a stretcher.
New, heavier sanctions are imposed: Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse), penalized by twelve places yesterday, will finally start from the back of the grid, just like the guest driver Jeremy Alcoba (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0), Jakub Kornfeil (PruestlGP) and Andrea Migno (Angel Nieto Team Moto3). Finally, Dennis Foggia will start from the pit lane also due to irresponsible driving in qualifying.
At the end of this Warm Up, it is Marco Bezzecchi who finished in first place with almost exactly the best time from last year.
# Moto3 Warm Up?@ Marco12_B sets the fastest time of warm up#AragonGP pic.twitter.com/YP26Hwp9QX
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
Warm Up ranking:
1 12 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Redox PruestelGP KTM 234.0 1'59.179
2 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Leopard Racing Honda 234.1 1'59.246 0.067 / 0.067
3 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Leopard Racing Honda 233.5 1'59.443 0.264 / 0.197
4 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM 231.4 1'59.655 0.476 / 0.212
5 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Honda 237.4 1'59.657 0.478 / 0.002
6 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 231.7 1'59.739 0.560 / 0.082
7 19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 236.6 1'59.739 0.560
8 44 Aron CANET SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 227.3 1'59.795 0.616 / 0.056
9 88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 231.6 1'59.827 0.648 / 0.032
10 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 229.6 1'59.863 0.684 / 0.036
11 17 John MCPHEE GBR CIP – Green Power KTM 231.0 1'59.887 0.708 / 0.024
12 10 Dennis FOGGIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 233.7 1'59.888 0.709 / 0.001
13 65 Philipp OETTL GER Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing KTM 236.6 1'59.902 0.723 / 0.014
14 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 230.0 1'59.915 0.736 / 0.013
15 7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 230.8 1'59.918 0.739 / 0.003
16 8 Nicolo BULEGA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 232.2 1'59.930 0.751 / 0.012
17 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Angel Nieto Team KTM 232.4 2'00.031 0.852 / 0.101
18 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 232.2 2'00.251 1.072 / 0.220
19 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 232.7 2'00.309 1.130 / 0.058
20 72 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 228.9 2'00.347 1.168 / 0.038
21 77 Vicente PEREZ SPA Reale Avintia Academy 77 KTM 234.6 2'00.369 1.190 / 0.022
22 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 228.3 2'00.685 1.506 / 0.316
23 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox PruestelGP KTM 234.8 2'00.736 1.557 / 0.051
24 41 Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT THA Honda Team Asia Honda 230.5 2'00.764 1.585 / 0.028
25 22 Kazuki MASAKI JPN RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 232.1 2'01.077 1.898 / 0.313
26 81 Stefano NEPA ITA CIP – Green Power KTM 232.7 2'01.418 2.239 / 0.341
27 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 217.8 2'01.752 2.573 / 0.334
28 27 Kaito TOBA JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 228.6 2'04.424 5.245 / 2.672
5 Jaume MASIA SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM
