Friday, we left a Johann zarco marked by the lack of performance of his Yamaha sensitive to temperature variations on the track. This Saturday, the Frenchman's situation is hardly any better, but compared to the general situation within the Iwata brand, it is less desperate than it seems. Even if, all the same, finishing your qualifications in fourteenth place is not the type to make you jump for joy.
From the field of ruin on which floats a tattered flag on which tuning forks can be detected, Johann zarco takes stock of his second day in Aragon trying to draw some reasons to hope for the future. Failed for 106 thousandths during the repechage, he comments: “ I can't say if I'm happy or unhappy. It is clear that our position was not what we hoped for, but despite everything, we made progress ».
« I tried to make the most of everything in every moment. But we have the feeling that we couldn't have imagined anything better. Since Misano, we have had difficult times and it is difficult to secure Q.2. I only missed it by a tenth. We'll see tomorrow, Sunday. We're starting from afar, so I hope to be able to gain entry positions and then we'll see how the others cope with the degraded tires. I can possibly consider a top 10 ».
We will recall that Vinales will start eleventh and Red downright eighteenth, its worst place since Assen 2006…
Aragon Grand Prix, MotoGP, J.2: times.
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'46.881 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'46.895 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'46.960 | 0.079 | 0.065 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'47.146 | 0.265 | 0.186 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'47.169 | 0.288 | 0.023 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'47.224 | 0.343 | 0.055 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'47.351 | 0.470 | 0.127 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'47.678 | 0.797 | 0.327 |
| 9 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'47.737 | 0.856 | 0.059 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'47.792 | 0.911 | 0.055 |
| 11 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'47.810 | 0.929 | 0.018 |
| 12 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'48.284 | 1.403 | 0.474 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'47.823 | ||
| Q2 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'47.946 | 0.123 | 0.123 |
| 13 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 1'48.009 | 0.186 | 0.063 |
| 14 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'48.052 | 0.229 | 0.043 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'48.181 | 0.358 | 0.129 |
| 16 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'48.216 | 0.393 | 0.035 |
| 17 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'48.398 | 0.575 | 0.182 |
| 18 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'48.627 | 0.804 | 0.229 |
| 19 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'48.975 | 1.152 | 0.348 |
| 20 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'48.988 | 1.165 | 0.013 |
| 21 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'49.303 | 1.480 | 0.315 |
| 22 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'49.699 | 1.876 | 0.396 |
| 23 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Ducati | 1'50.336 | 2.513 | 0.637 |
