San Marino Misano MotoGP FP4 Grand Prix: Vinales sees red

It is at a temperature of 25° in the air and 35° on the track that the MotoGP riders set off for an FP4 which will, as usual, be studious. THE Ducati officials will want to confirm their great form, Vinales his return to business and Marc Marquez will have the idea of ​​getting into the rhythm to also teach a lesson for the qualifications to follow. And what about the local hero? Valentino Rossi .

Before answering this question, here is a reminder of the facts in table…

 

Misano MotoGP™	2017	2018
FP1	1'33.556 Marc Marquez	1'32.608 Andrea Dovizioso
FP2	1'33.231 Danilo Petrucci	1'32.198 Andrea Dovizioso
FP3	1'32.958 Marc Marquez	1'32.788 Johann Zarco
FP4	1'33.338 Andrea Dovizioso
Qualification 1	1'33.563 Alvaro Bautista
Qualification 2	1'32.439 Maverick Vinales
Warm Up	1'48.170 Marc Marquez
Course	Marquez, Petrucci, Dovizioso
All time lap record	1'31.868 Lorenzo 2016

 

In 1'33.380, Vinales shows a certain form of his M1 which confirms Valentino Rossi who follows him. But Lorenzo calms the Iwata drivers in 1'32.863, and Dovizioso follows in his wake. The red missiles are indeed armed. Por Fuera is, for the moment, the only one able to ride under 1'33 per lap.

DesmoDovi did a 1'32.931 to ensure that this pace is possible with a GP18.  Red, Marquez et Pirro follow. Which gives us three Ducatis in the top 5. But Vinales climbs back to third and takes the hunt for the Ducatis on his own. For his part, zarco is thirteenth.

Marquez passes the 1'33 mark and enters the top three. Miller creates a surprise with the GP17 by performing the same feat to finish fourth. In 1'32.756, Lorenzo drives the point home. Dovi is 131 thousandths away with Marquez in his saddle backrest. The Yamahas remain in 1'33 with Vinales fifth and Red seventh.

Five minutes from the goal, Vinales makes the powder speak in 1'32.633. Rossi moved up to fifth in 1'32.917. The two M1s are full medium like the Ducati. Marquez has hard sound at the front and medium at the rear. Syahrin crash at turn 6. He was 18th. Tenth, Crutchlow fall at turn 14 and Morbidely climbs to seventh place. We will leave it there with one zarco ninth and one Pedrosa fourteenth.

San Marino Misano MotoGP FP4 Grand Prix: times

1	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'32.633
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'32.756	0.123	0.123
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'32.887	0.254	0.131
4	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'32.909	0.276	0.022
5	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'32.917	0.284	0.008
6	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'32.982	0.349	0.065
7	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	1'33.068	0.435	0.086
8	51	Michael PIRRO	Ducati	1'33.087	0.454	0.019
9	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	1'33.172	0.539	0.085
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'33.327	0.694	0.155
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'33.336	0.703	0.009
12	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'33.336	0.703
13	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'33.350	0.717	0.014
14	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'33.516	0.883	0.166
15	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'33.572	0.939	0.056
16	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	1'33.618	0.985	0.046
17	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'33.843	1.210	0.225
18	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	1'33.847	1.214	0.004
19	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'33.896	1.263	0.049
20	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	1'34.046	1.413	0.150
21	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'34.143	1.510	0.097
22	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'34.308	1.675	0.165
23	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'34.450	1.817	0.142
24	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	1'34.500	1.867	0.050
25	10	Xavier SIMEON	Ducati	1'34.844	2.211	0.344
26	23	Christophe PONSSON	Ducati	1'37.739	5.106	2.895