MotoGP Catalonia Barcelona Warm Up LIVE: Aleix Espargaro down, Maverick Vinales takes over…

When the pole position for the Catalan Grand Prix is played at 31/1000 of a second between Aleix Espargaró et Francis Bagnaia, all under the eyes of fabio quartararo et Johann zarco, themselves separated from each other by 68/1000, we can imagine that this 20-minute warm-up will be used by everyone to refine the smallest detail, or even, if it is not yet done, to finalize their choice of tires…

Including for Alex Marquez who, despite his high-speed fall yesterday, was declared fit by the medical authorities this morning.

As the 25 drivers prepare to face the 4,7 kilometer track once again, under an immaculate sky and temperatures of 25° in the air and 35° on the asphalt, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com:

Past references:

Catalunya-Barcelona MotoGP™	2021	2022
FP1	1'40.378 Aleix Espargaró (See here)	1'40.101 Alex Rins (See here)
FP2	1'39.235 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'39.402 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
FP3	1'38.929 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'38.771 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
FP4	1'39.602 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'39.992 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
Q1	1'39.153 Jack Miller (See here)	1'39.216 Maverick Viñales (See here)
Q2	1'38.853 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'38.742 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
Warm up	1'39.783 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	1'40.135 Maverick Vinales (See here)
Course	Oliveira, Zarco, Miller (See here)
All time lap record	1'38.853 Fabio Quartararo 2021 (See here)	1'38.771 Aleix Espargaró (See here)

When the red lights go out... Joan mir rushes first in front Alex Marquez who will start last on the starting grid, the latter having been unable to record any time during qualifying. Like he usually does, fabio quartararo takes the trail last.

As is often the case recently, almost all tires are in the wild...

At the end of the first flying round, alex rins is the fastest in 1'41.164.

On the next pass, the Suzuki driver improved this benchmark to 1'40.361. in front Maverick Vinales. The latter achieved the best time during his fourth flying lap, in 1'40.135.

At mid-session, the hierarchy is made up of Maverick Vinales, Enea Bastianini, Alex Rins, Brad Binder, Aleix Espargaro, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Alex Márquez, Franco Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo, Takaaki Nakagami, Pol Espargaro, Andrea Dovizioso, Johann Zarco, Luca Marini, Stefan Bradl Joan Mir, Jack Miller , except Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira, Raul Fernandez, Remy Gardner, Darryn Bender, Marco Bezzecchi and Michele Pirro.

In the image of Maverick Vinales et Joan Mir, a few drivers stop but they are rare. We then note thatAndrea Dovizioso had a good session, placing seventh behind Franco Morbidelli. We imagine that Fabio Quartararo, 10th, or Francis Bagnaia 20th, are not giving their best but are working towards the race…

Michele Pirro minor fall at turn two.

One minute from the end of the session, Alex Espargaro minor fall at turn five.

An Aprilia rider can therefore hide another…

Result of the warm up of the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit:

Credit ranking: MotoGP.com