Moto3 Aragon-1 Qualifications: Raúl Fernandez untouchable

Spain hosts the tenth round of the MotoGP World Championship. It is under the Aragon sun that the qualifying session will take place which will ultimately see a driver take pole position. Before that, the Q1 session will allow 4 drivers to join their 14 other colleagues already qualified for Q2. The goal is to position yourself well on the starting grid for Sunday's race. 

Since the start of the weekend, we cannot say that a particular driver has stood out and dominated all the sessions. This morning, during FP3 it was Gabriel Rodrigo, "le Cobra Argentin“qui s’est montré le plus véloce avec un chrono réalisé en 1.58.383s. Le pilote Argentin a devancé Sergio Garcia et Andrea Migno.

In the Championship it is Albert Arenas who holds the reins with six points ahead of Ai Ogura and sixteen points on Celestino Vietti, the winner of Le Mans. Only the pilot SKY did well this morning by positioning himself in 4th place, when Ogura et Arenas were in 11th and 12th, the latter still entering Q2 directly.

 

A reminder of the facts before the start of the celebrations.

 

Aragon-1 Moto3™	2019	2020
FP1	1'58.987 Tatsuki Suzuki	1'59.813 Darryn Binder
FP2	1'58.566 Andrea Migno	1'58.144 Raul Fernandez
FP3	2'09.757 Alonso Lopez	1'58.383 Gabriel Rodrigo
Q1	1'58.800 Dennis Foggia	1'58.644 Carlos Tatay
Q2	1'58.197 Aron Canet	1'57.681 Raúl Fernandez
Warm Up	2'11.162 Aron Canet
Course	Canet, Ogura, Foggia
All time lap record	1'57.066 Jorge Martin 2018

It's 17° in the air and 24° on the track, ideal conditions under the sun to achieve good times.

Q1 session:

It is Rodrigo who achieved the reference time of the session in 1.59.313s ahead of Toba, Dupasquier and Kunii.

Tatay recovers the best time in 1.59.144s.

It is taken over by Sasaki in 1.58.744s. McPhee made the effort and came in 2nd. Tuff et Tatay are 3rd and 4th. They immediately enter Q2.

2 minutes under the passing of the checkered flag, Tatay regains control in 1.58.644s. Sasaki, McPhee, and Tuff enter the top4 with a view to Q2.

End of session and Tatay, Sasaki, Rodrigo and McPhee are the 4 drivers qualified for Q2.

             Q1 standings:

 

Q2 session: 

Fernandez is the first to set the reference time in 1.58.208s ahead of McPhee and Binder. The KTM rider continued his effort and improved his own time to 1.57.681s. Fenati, McPhee, Arenas and Binder make up the top5.

Lopez made the effort and came to slot into 2nd row, between Fernandez and Fenati. The winner of Le Mans, Drive in turn took 2nd position with a lap time of 1.58.096s.

2 minutes from the finish, Fernandez is in operation ahead Vietti, Lopez, Fenati and Tatay. The leader of the world championship, Arenas is 9th.

Last second in the session and neither farmhouse ni Garcia did not achieve a time….

Fernandez takes pole position in front Drive et Sands. Lopez and Suzuki bring up the rear of the top5. farmhouse is 17th.

            Full results: