San Marino Misano Grand Prix MotoGP Warm.Up: Marc Marquez takes control!

After having suffered the flood at Silverstone, the MotoGP riders are happy to find the sun again Misano. This San Marino Grand Prix will therefore be played in good weather, but there is no sign of a lull between the protagonists. The hand extended by Marc Marquez to Valentino Rossi and refused by the latter increased tenfold the motivation of the first city which would be delighted to triumph in this way on enemy territory. But Jorge Lorenzo has rediscovered all his talent which he manages to display on a Ducati in great shape. His teammate Dovizioso swears that at least five drivers can win on Sunday. This is promising! Who will show off their muscles during this warm-up session? 

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	1'32.633 Maverick Vinales
Qualification 1	1'33.563 Alvaro Bautista	1'32.389 Dani Pedrosa
Qualification 2	1'32.439 Maverick Vinales	1'31.629 Jorge Lorenzo
Warm Up	1'48.170 Marc Marquez
Course	Marquez, Petrucci, Dovizioso
All time lap record	1'31.629 Lorenzo 2018

First of all, here is a reminder of a fact that brightened up Saturday’s qualifying…

24° in the air, 27° on the track, the conditions are ideal for motorcycling! In 1'34.706, Red signs the first reference. In 1'33.839, Miller answers him and shows that his position won on Saturday is not an accident. Dovizioso then takes the lead and also that of the Ducati troops in 1'33.737. Lorenzo inserts himself between the two men.

Marquez disrupts this meeting between “Ducatists” by slamming a 1'32.620. It is in full medium. Dovi in soft medium and Lorenzo in full software. At Yamaha, Vinales, fifth, rides with a soft-medium suit, Rossi, fourteenth, with a couple of mediums. Crutchlow comes third with the same ride as Marquez.

1'32.564 is the new benchmark set by DesmoDovi as the last five minutes approach. With Iannone in the lead, the Suzukis are sixth and seventh in medium-soft.

There are only 56 thousandths that separate Dovizioso et Marquez while the third Crutchlow is already more than three tenths behind the leading duo. These three are the only ones below the 1'33 mark. Marquez adds another 1'32.536. Miller, fourth, ahead Lorenzo by 9 thousandths! The latter switched to full medium… And achieved a time of 1'32.715, synonymous with third position.

We will leave it there with one Red eleventh and one zarco fifteenth in full soft…

San Marino Misano Grand Prix MotoGP Warm.Up: times

1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'32.536
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'32.564	0.028	0.028
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'32.715	0.179	0.151
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'32.977	0.441	0.262
5	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'33.068	0.532	0.091
6	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'33.100	0.564	0.032
7	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'33.175	0.639	0.075
8	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'33.190	0.654	0.015
9	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	1'33.471	0.935	0.281
10	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'33.498	0.962	0.027
11	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'33.514	0.978	0.016
12	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'33.545	1.009	0.031
13	51	Michael PIRRO	Ducati	1'33.598	1.062	0.053
14	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	1'33.763	1.227	0.165
15	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	1'33.777	1.241	0.014
16	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'33.822	1.286	0.045
17	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'33.846	1.310	0.024
18	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'34.096	1.560	0.250
19	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	1'34.101	1.565	0.005
20	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'34.107	1.571	0.006
21	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'34.110	1.574	0.003
22	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'34.265	1.729	0.155
23	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	1'34.294	1.758	0.029
24	10	Xavier SIMEON	Ducati	1'34.455	1.919	0.161
25	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	1'34.757	2.221	0.302
26	23	Christophe PONSSON	Ducati	1'38.611	6.075	3.854