MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix Q2: Márquez endangered by Quartararo

At the end of a first session stunned by Marc Márquez, An second session dominated by Yamaha and a session for nothing, Marc Márquez, Maverick Viñales, Valentino Rossi, Fabio Quartararo, Pol Espargaró, Jack Miller, Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Dovizioso, Joan Mir and Aleix Espargaró pre-qualified for Q2 of the Aragón Grand Prix.

They were joined by Franco Morbidelli et Andrea Iannone who were drafted into Q1 and will have 15 minutes to determine their place on the first four rows of the starting grid on Sunday.

The good weather has now returned, with a track completely dried by the Aragón sun which heats the air to 28° and the asphalt to 40°.

Here are the references available, as the 11 drivers in the premier category (Pol Espargaró suffers from his left wrist) prepare for this final qualification:

Aragon MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	1'48.020 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'46.869 Marc Márquez (See here)
FP2	1'47.382 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'48.014 Maverick Viñales (See here)
FP3	1'47.393 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'55.934 Alex Rins (See here)
FP4	1'48.129 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)	1'48.246 Marc Márquez (See here)
Q1	1'47.823 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'48.292 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Q2	1'46.881 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)	1'47.009 Marc Márquez
warm up	1'47.888 Andrea Iannone (See here)
Course	Marquez, Dovizioso, Iannone (See here)
All time lap record	1'46.635 Marc Márquez (2015)

When the red lights go out, it's Franco Morbidelli, who has just proven to be the fastest in Q1, who sets off first to have a free track by benefiting from the references acquired during the first qualification.

At the end of the first round, Maverick Vinales registered the first reference in 1'48.159 in front Jack Miller, Marc Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo and Valentino Rossi.

Jack Miller et Fabio Quartararo then successively seize leadership but Marc Márquez hits a big blow by achieving 1'47.050, more than 7 tenths faster than the French driver.

At the end of the first run, the hierarchy is composed of Marc Márquez, Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller, Maverick Viñales, Aleix Espargaró, Joan Mir, Franco Morbidelli, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Valentino Rossi and Andrea Iannone, Pol Espargaró not participating in this session.

On resumption, Valentino Rossi goes from 10th to fifth place but Marc Márquez a Maverick Vinales in the spotlight and takes with him Aleix Espargaró : in the end, the Honda driver grabs a few hundredths while Maverick Vinales comes close to 4 tenths.

A bit as usual, fabio quartararo, then 5th, lights up the first sector in red at the last minute... Then the second... Then the third... Before finishing in second position!

The race will take place tomorrow at 13 hours !

Q2 classification of the MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix:

Q1 classification of the MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com