MotoGP Aragón Q1 LIVE: Zarco and Brad Binder pass, Rins collapses

Article updated continuously until the end of the session.

For this Aragon MotoGP Grand Prix, the top 10 at the end of the three pre-qualifying sessions is made up of Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia, Jack Miller, Jorge Martin, Pol Espargaro, Marc Márquez, Takaaki Nakagami and Enea Bastianini, while Johann Zarco, 11th, will have to go through Q1 and face Cal Crutchlow and Alex Rins…

But the Frenchman at the Ducati Pramac will also have to be wary ofAlex Marquez, fast with his Honda on a track which brought him a podium last year. THE KTM will not let themselves be counted any more and we are waiting to see what Casa Particular in Viñales will give in this exercise with a Aprilia which he only discovers.

What will this Q1 have in store for us, from which two drivers will emerge to continue the adventure in a Q2 that looks like a final? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far…

Aragon MotoGP™	2020	2021
FP1	1'48.184 Alex Márquez (See here)	1'48.048 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'47.782 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	1'47.613 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'47.333 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'46.926 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP4	1'47.931 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'48.116 Marc Marquez (See here)
Q1	1'47.071 Pol Espargaró (See here)	1'47.293 Johann Zarco
Q2	1'46.882 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
Warm up	1'48.565 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
Course	Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins, Joan Mir (See here)
All time lap record	1'46.635 Marc Márquez (2015)

Before launching into the fray, here are some images from FP4 where we see that, in the peloton, we are close together...

27.2° in the air and 44.6° on the track and a beautiful blue sky are the conditions offered to the drivers for this Q1. From the start the riders look for each other like a Moto3 group. The first reference is affected and it is slow with Kidneys in 1'50.593.

The second is much more significant with a zarco in 1'47.327. Brad Binder follows with his KTM. Kidneys is currently the first to be eliminated. it will be the leading trio of the first run. Viñales is antepenultimate.

Brad Binder opted for chassis evolution brought by KTM.

There are two minutes left and these are the last attacks. Under the checkered flag, zarco passes with a 1'47.293 with Brad Binder. Lecuona is the first eliminated. He is ahead Alex Marquez et Cal Crutchlow. Rins is only tenth and only keeps Red et Dixon behind him.

Ranking of Qualification 1 of the Aragón MotoGP Grand Prix:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com