MotoGP Aragón Warm Up LIVE: Francesco Bagnaia persists and signs!

Article updated continuously until the end of the session.

If the last pre-qualifying session of this Aragon Grand Prix had been extraordinarily close, with fabio quartararo, Alex Espargaro, Joan mir et Francis Bagnaia in less than 6/100 of a second, the qualification itself was crushed by the latter who, not only relegated his little comrades to more than 3/10, but quite simply beat the absolute circuit record held by Marc Márquez and Bridgestone tires since 2015!

« Pecco » is therefore delighted, Michelin too, but this is not the case for the others who are scratching their heads wondering how to counter the speed of the official Ducati, especially since the latter is reputed to be quite economical with its tires and only fell twice this year…

This 20 minute warm up is therefore the last opportunity to Jack Miller, fabio quartararo, Marc Márquez, George Martin, Alex Espargaro and other Joan mir, to find a final adjustment allowing them to take a step forward so as not to simply follow the red saddle of Ducati #63 for 23 laps…

As the 22 pilots prepare for this warm up (delayed due to morning fog) with temperatures of 19° in the air and 26° on the ground, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

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)	1'48.054 Francesco Bagnaia (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... Alex Marquez continues to set off first, but this time without his brother Marc who stays a little in the box and even lets go fabio quartararo.

Francis Bagnaia does the same and waits to see before leaving…

All riders use a soft rear tire and a medium front tire, with the exception of Johann zarco et Jack Miller who opted for the tension at the front too.

Espargaro Pol recorded the first reference in 1'49.759 at the end of the first flying lap, a time improved to 1'48.793 on the next pass by Takaaki Nakagami. At least we know that the Hondas work well...

The Japanese driver also confirms in 1'48.084, while at mid-session, Marc Márquez only sets off on the track.

At this moment, the hierarchy is composed of Takaaki Nakagami, Joan Mir, Aleix Espargaro, Jack Miller, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, Enea Bastianini, Johann Zarco, Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Brad Binder, Pol Espargaro, Valentino Rossi, Cal Crutchlow, Danilo Petrucci, Iker Lecuona, Luca Marini , Jake Dixon, Miguel Oliveira, Alex Marquez, Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez.

Alex Marquez minor fall at turn #7.

Enea Bastianini continues to surprise and moves back into third position five minutes from the checkered flag, just ahead Francis Bagnaia which confirms its status as favorite for this afternoon…

« Pecco » also took command of the session straight away, in 1'48.054.

Jack Miller illustrates the good performance of the Ducati on the MotorLand Aragon track by positioning itself fourth.

MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix warm up standings:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com