Valencia Grand Prix, Ricardo Tormo, MotoGP, Warm Up: Score above the rest on the water, Aleix Espargaro second with the Aprilia!

The subject this Sunday, in MotoGP, will undoubtedly be the rain which took over the Ricardo Tormo track. We will remember that this was also the case on Friday and, at the end of this day, the pilots were concerned by the conditions offered by the track. Petrucci and Rossi regretted reduced visibility, Smith and Vinales regretted portions with standing water. And everyone still remembers the wreck of Siverstone... For the moment, the rain has not submerged the playing field of this Valencia Grand Prix. But things still have time to evolve between now and the afternoon race...  

Before knowing the end of this series, here is the table which summarizes the situation:

Valencia MotoGP™	2017	2018
FP1	1'31.045 Andrea Iannone (see here)	1'39.767 Marc Marquez (see here)
FP2	1'30.640 Jorge Lorenzo (see here)	1'41.318 Danilo Petrucci
FP3	1'30.255 Marc Marquez (see here)	1'39.712 Danilo Petrucci
FP4	1'31.156 Marc Marquez (see here)	1'32.751 Marc Marquez
Qualification 1	1'30.893 Pol Espargaro (see here)	1'31.382 Andrea Iannone
Qualification 2	1'29.897 Marc Marquez (see here)	1'31.312 Maverick Vinales
Warm Up	1'31.263 Marc Marquez (see here)
Course	Pedrosa, Zarco, Marquez (see here)
All time lap record	1'29.401 Jorge Lorenzo 2016 (see here)

To raise the current debate, here is for the record what the pilots experienced on Friday...

14° in the air, 13° on the track and a dog's weather but still not a deluge, these are the precarious conditions that the pilots will face for twenty minutes.

Iannone entry drop at turn 12. A curve that has welcomed a lot of people into its gravel trap since the beginning of the morning. As expected, the Aprilias put on a red dress.

In 1'44.147, Jack Miller launches the debates. Red, Dovizioso et zarco follow. The same Australian on the Ducati Pramac accelerates in 1'42.614. Red follows him in this area while Espargaro Pol with the KTM placed third in 1'43.602. But these preliminaries past, Marc Marquez shows the way in 1'42.237.

For its part, Petrucci, seventh, thanks his team before joining the Ducati factory…

A tribute that he exacerbates by placing himself second in Marquez mid-session. The reference is then 1'41.298. Only Italian and Miller are in this range. The others run in 1'42. To start with Red, fourth. In these conditions, Vale seems to have the pace. Vinales, on the other hand, points twelfth. We will remember that after taking pole position, he predicted a seventh place in the rain this Sunday...

The last five minutes begin when Marquez knocks out the competition with a 1'40.165. It’s practically a second better than its runner-up… Valentino Rossi.

Marquez will remain untouchable and Red find a smile again. Petrucci is the first Ducati, ahead Thousandr. But we won't forget Alex Espargaro which places its Aprilia in second place! With a big 1'40 what's more. zarco is sixteenth, Vinales eleventh behind Iannone.

Valencia Grand Prix, Ricardo Tormo, MotoGP, Warm Up: times.

1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'40.154
2	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'40.959	0.805	0.805
3	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'41.109	0.955	0.150
4	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'41.168	1.014	0.059
5	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'41.183	1.029	0.015
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'41.573	1.419	0.390
7	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	1'41.583	1.429	0.010
8	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'41.590	1.436	0.007
9	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'41.795	1.641	0.205
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'41.809	1.655	0.014
11	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'41.871	1.717	0.062
12	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'41.884	1.730	0.013
13	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'41.966	1.812	0.082
14	51	Michael PIRRO	Ducati	1'41.987	1.833	0.021
15	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	1'42.454	2.300	0.467
16	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	1'42.458	2.304	0.004
17	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'42.469	2.315	0.011
18	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	1'42.490	2.336	0.021
19	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'42.574	2.420	0.084
20	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	1'42.726	2.572	0.152
21	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'42.774	2.620	0.048
22	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	1'42.936	2.782	0.162
23	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'43.665	3.511	0.729
24	81	Jordi TORRES	Ducati	1'45.068	4.914	1.403