MotoGP Aragon Qualifying LIVE: Marc Marquez, untouchable!!

Marc Marquez showed his talent again by winning Friday afternoon's practice session at the Aragon Grand Prix, marking the twelfth round of the 2024 MotoGP championship. The Gresini team rider set the fastest time of the day with a lap of 1'45.801, beating Aprilia's two standard-bearers, Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales, by more than two tenths.

George Martin of the team Pramac achieved the fourth fastest time, followed by Alex Marquez, who experienced technical problems during the session. Francis Bagnaia, after a difficult morning, made an impressive comeback to finish sixth. Franco Morbidelli took seventh place, while Johann zarco, on the Honda of the team LCR, surprised by placing eighth. Raul fernandez finished ninth, with Miguel Oliveira completing the top ten.

The other Italian drivers, forced to go through Q1, had mixed results. Fabio DiGiannantonio et Marco Bezzecchi, from the VR46 team, finished 13th and 14th respectively. Enea Bastianini, who had to slow down on his fastest lap due to a yellow flag caused by a crash Miller, finished 15th. Luca marini took 17th position.

The performance of Marquez was a display of mastery and speed, confirming his status as favourite for the remainder of the weekend. With the Aprilia in ambush and George Martin still competitive, the Aragon Grand Prix promises to be an exciting battle that will intensify with this qualifying session which begins with a Q1 where we find some great people, like all the drivers KTM.

What will she have in store for us? Before we know, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Spain, Aragon	2022	2024
FP1	1'48.686 Aleix Espargaro FP1 (See here) - 1'47.402 Jorge Martin FP2 (See here)	1'48.289 Marc Marquez (See here)
Practice	1'46.992 Jack Miller FP3 (See here)	1'45.801 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'47.430 Miguel Oliveira FP4 (See here)	1'49.812 Marc Marquez
Q1	1'46.569 Aleix Espargaro (See here)	1'47.958 Brad Binder
Q2	1'46.069 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'46.766 Marc Marquez
Sprint	XXXXXX	(See here)
Warm Up	1'47.689 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bastianini, Bagnaia, Aleix Espargaró (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'46.069 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'45.801 Marc Marquez (See here)

It's race day on this Aragon track: it's 23° in the air and 27° on the track. The sky is overcast.

We will start with the Q1 session from which 2 drivers will emerge to join their counterparts already qualified in Q2.

It's gone for 15min

It was Acosta who set the reference time in 1.48.679 ahead of Miller.

Miller takes the lead in 1.48.649:2s. Acosta maintains 1.48.679nd best time in XNUMX:XNUMXs.

There are 3 minutes left in this session and the positions at the front have not changed: Miller and Acosta are the 2 drivers who would qualify for Q2.

Binder takes back the lead of the troops at the end of the session in 1.47.958s. Acosta is the 2nd best time in 1.48.018s. Quartararo finishes 7th

 

Results of Qualifying 1 of the 2024 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix at Motorland Aragón:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com

Q2 session

Will pole position go to MMarquez???

It is here and now that you will find the answer…

Martin falls…he has 11 minutes left to get back in the saddle…

MMarquez sets the reference time in 1.47.966s. He is ahead of Acosta, AMarquez and Vinales.

5 minutes from the finish, MMarquez holds the line ahead of Acosta, Bagnaia, Morbidelli, AMarquez, RFernandez, Zarco, Oliveira, AEspargaro and Vinales

Martin takes to the track…he sets the 3rd time in 1.48.335s ahead of Bagnaia.

MMarquez puts in the effort and improves to 1.46.766s. Bagnaia, Martin, Acosta and AMarquez complete this top 5 finish.

Pole for MMarquez ahead of Acosta, Bagnaia, Martin and AMarquez

 

Full results: