MotoGP Aragon Warm up LIVE: Jorge Martin without Marc Marquez in the wet…

How important is the warm-up of the Aragon Grand Prix, 12th round of the season? MotoGP ?

In theory, lasting only 10 minutes, its interest may seem very limited, with drivers generally only having time to do a limited number of laps.

However, at Motorland Aragon where the grip changed between Friday morning and Friday afternoon, and then again on Saturday, getting an idea of ​​the track conditions does not seem completely superfluous on Sunday… especially when the track is wet, like this morning!

We will barely mention the additional hard rear tire that we have not yet seen used until now, while the wear observed so far mainly concerns the front tire, the object of slight concern at Ducati, as confided Davide Tardozzi on the microphone of the official website MotoGP.com.

Furthermore, it is certain that Alex Espargaro, Johann zarco et Franco Morbidelli will also appreciate being sure to have a bike that works properly after their fall the day before, just like all the other riders, each having seen his machine that did the Sprint completely dismantled on Saturday evening before returning to service on Sunday.

While waiting to discover more, as the 22 drivers prepare, under an overcast sky with a wet track and temperatures of 20° in the air and 23° on the ground, let's enjoy these few moments of live coverage thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is the table which 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 (See here)
Q1	1'46.569 Aleix Espargaro (See here)	1'47.958 Brad Binder (See here)
Q2	1'46.069 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'46.766 Marc Marquez (See here)
Sprint	XXXXXX	Mr. Marquez, Martin, Acosta (See here)
Warm Up	1'47.689 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	2'02.388 Jorge Martin (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)

When the red lights go out... Alex Marquez rushes first, Raul fernandez the last one, and we see that everyone is on rain tires.

The track is still very wet, as Marc Marquez does a flag-to-flag race simulation.

At the end of the first round, Franco Morbidelli registered 2'06.117 ahead Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira while Marc Márquez decides that recording any time would be useless and stays in his box.

Francis Bagnaia regains confidence and command for a few moments, before Augusto Fernandez shows 2'05.269 at the top of the table.

The Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 driver then improved to 2'03.341 ahead of his teammate Peter Acosta, at the time of lowering the flag.

In extremis, George Martin grants himself the session in 202388, and it's already over!

Results of the warm up of the MotoGP 2024 Aragon Grand Prix at Motorland Aragon:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com

MotoGP Aragon warm up

MotoGP Aragon warm up