MotoGP Aragón Q2 LIVE: Ducati makes the powder speak!

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 and Francesco bagnaia in less than 6 hundredths of a second, then Jack Miller, Jorge Martin, Pol Espargaro, Marc Márquez, Takaaki Nakagami and Enea Bastianini in less than 4 tenths.

These 10 pilots were joined by John Zarco et Brad Binder, drafted in Qualification 1.

The next 15 minutes will now determine everyone's place on the first four rows of the starting grid.

A session of maximum intensity, under a blazing sun heating the air to 27° and the asphalt of Motorland Aragon to 44°.

Past references:

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 (See here)
Q2	1'46.882 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	1'46.322 Francesco Bagnaia (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)	1'46.322 Francesco Bagnaia

When the red lights go out... Marc Márquez Don't let anyone get going first.

True to form, fabio quartararo takes the track last, except for Johann zarco who takes his time and stays in his box after being drafted in Q1.

Everyone is on the soft rear tire, while all three options are used at the front…

At the end of the first round, Francesco Bagnaia registered 1'46.908, the best time of the weekend.

George Martin improves in 1'46.878 but fabio quartararo is on a furious pace and sets a 1'46.727, 1/10 of the absolute circuit record established in 2015 by Marc Márquez with Bridgestone tires.

Johann zarco enters the dance mid-session and the ranking is then made up of Fabio Quartararo, Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Jack Miller, Marc Márquez, Joan Mir, Johann Zarco, Takaaki Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro, Enea Bastianini, Pol Espargaro and Brad Binder.

Upon resumption, Francis Bagnaia produced his effort and took pole position by smashing the circuit record with a 1'46.322!

fabio quartararo tries to respond and lights the first two sectors in red but fails at 4 tenths. Jack Miller took the opportunity to take second place.

Ranking of Qualification 2 of the Aragón MotoGP Grand Prix:

Ranking of Qualification 1 of the Aragón MotoGP Grand Prix:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com