At the end of these two days in Aragon, the battle promises to be tough between Marc Márquez and the two Ducati riders, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. Each of them will want to impose themselves at all costs, and the show promises to be interesting. On the Yamaha side, it was a disaster, and the team's best rider only started twelfth. They will therefore hardly be able to hope for better than the top 10, and will in the meantime take advantage of this last morning free practice session to find solutions.
Victory will therefore be for Honda or for Ducati, with, why not, the Suzuki of Andrea Iannone in ambush. But between now and the start at 14 p.m., the drivers will set off for their Warm Up at 9:40 a.m.
Here are the results compared in MotoGP on the Aragon circuit in 2017 and 2018:
|
Aragon MotoGP™ |
2017 |
2018 |
| FP1 |
2'01.243 Marc Marquez |
1'48.020 Andrea Dovizioso |
| FP2 |
1'59.858 Dani Pedrosa |
1'47.382 Marc Marquez |
| FP3 |
1'48.252 Marc Marquez |
1'47.393 Cal Crutchlow |
| FP4 |
1'48.709 Maverick Vinales |
1'48.129 Jorge Lorenzo |
| Qualification 1 |
1'48.179 Jorge Lorenzo |
1'47.823 Maverick Vinales |
| Qualification 2 |
1'47.635 Maverick Vinales |
1'46.881 Jorge Lorenzo |
| Warm Up |
1'48.832 Marc Marquez |
1'47.888 Andrea Iannone |
| Course |
Marquez, Pedrosa, Lorenzo |
|
| All time lap record |
1'46.635 Marc Marquez 2015 |
After yesterday's last gasp pole snatch and his third consecutive pole position, can @ lorenzo99 take the win and the glory at the #AragonGP? pic.twitter.com/0NGNcT7Dsu
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
The temperatures are rather ideal when the MotoGP field sets off for its last free practice session. It is indeed 23 degrees in the air and 26 degrees on the track, but that will have changed a lot by the race.
Most drivers go out for a lap with one machine then return to the pits to do the Warm Up with the second. It is finally Jorge Lorenzo which establishes the reference time in 1'49.359.
A few minutes later, we are already halfway through the session. It is Andrea Iannone who took command in front of a Valentino Rossi which we did not see at the forefront of the weekend. They are ahead Cal Crutchlow, Marc Márquez et John Zarco, who also seems more comfortable than yesterday. Afterwards, Jorge Lorenzo, Maverick Vinales, Jack Miller, Takaaki Nakagami et Franco Morbidelli complete the top 10.
Second crash of the weekend for @marcmarquez93 ??
Has he found the limit at the #AragonGP? pic.twitter.com/ifu1avxKcn
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
Iannone continues to improve his time, and passes 1'47.888, one second better than the best time of last year's Warm Up, and seven tenths better than the second, Marc Márquez. He made a mistake in turn 1 four minutes from the end. He leaves immediately.
Behind him, in the ranking, Andrea Dovizioso came to take third position, relaying Red in fourth row, just in front Alvaro Bautista et Danilo Petrucci who entered the top 10.
In the very last minutes, Andrea Iannone loses the front in turn 2 just after re-entering the track. It is then imitated by Aleix Espargaró who makes a mistake in turn 3.
No one improves significantly and Andrea Iannone therefore finished at the top of this Warm Up despite his fall. Marc Márquez et Andrea Dovizioso are there just behind the Italian, however Jorge Lorenzo is only eleventh. Dani Pedrosa et Maverick Vinales finish in the top 10, while Johann zarco finished in fourteenth place.
#MotoGP Warm Up?@ andreaiannone29 omes top of the time sheets despite a late session crash#AragonGP pic.twitter.com/PdwR8dI6nW
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) September 23, 2018
Warm Up ranking:
1 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 328.0 1'47.888
2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.5 1'48.537 0.649 / 0.649
3 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 333.4 1'48.618 0.730 / 0.081
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 336.7 1'48.848 0.960 / 0.230
5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 331.0 1'48.902 1.014 / 0.054
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 332.2 1'48.939 1.051 / 0.037
7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 337.5 1'48.941 1.053 / 0.002
8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 329.4 1'48.967 1.079 / 0.026
9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 333.1 1'49.100 1.212 / 0.133
10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 332.1 1'49.135 1.247 / 0.035
11 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 331.6 1'49.171 1.283 / 0.036
12 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 329.5 1'49.184 1.296 / 0.013
13 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 325.4 1'49.246 1.358 / 0.062
14 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 328.8 1'49.338 1.450 / 0.092
15 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 332.4 1'49.364 1.476 / 0.026
16 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 331.0 1'49.445 1.557 / 0.081
17 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 325.6 1'49.452 1.564 / 0.007
18 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 332.8 1'49.516 1.628 / 0.064
19 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 324.8 1'49.913 2.025 / 0.397
20 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 324.6 1'50.169 2.281 / 0.256
21 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 326.9 1'50.436 2.548 / 0.267
22 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 324.2 1'50.776 2.888 / 0.340
23 81 Jordi TORRES SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 330.4 1'51.258 3.370 / 0.482
