MotoGP Spain Warm Up LIVE: Fabio Quartararo dominates the field!

See the two KTMs from Jack Miller et Brad Binder prancing at the head of a MotoGP race for 9 of its 11 laps, as we saw during the Sprint of the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, clearly shows that Dorna Sports has achieved its objective of harmonizing the field and making very difficult to make any predictions, with the consequence of offering us an exciting season.

In these conditions, trying to imagine the ranking of this warm up, lasting 10 minutes and of no real importance, seems a challenge in which we will not venture, preferring by far to remain in the role of passive but admiring spectators, while waiting for the The equally uncertain final clash of this Andalusian weekend which will take place at 15 p.m. over 25 laps.

There remain 617 potential points to score and while waiting to discover more, at a time when the 23 pilots are preparing under a cloudy sky accompanied by temperatures of 19° in the air and 25° on the ground, let's take advantage of these few moments of direct thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™, Jerez, Spain	2022	2023
P1	1'38.194 Joan Mir (See here)	1'36.770 Dani Pedrosa (See here)
P2	1'37.071 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'36.708 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
FP	1'36.782 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'37.229 Miguel Oliveira (See here)
FP4	1'37.517 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	XXXXXXX
Q1	1'37.003 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'36.493 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Q2	1'36.170 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'37.216 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
Sprint	XXXXXXX	Binder, Bagnaia, Miller (See here)
Warm up	1'37.442 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	1'37.261 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'36.170 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)

When the red lights go out...these are the two official Aprilias of Maverick Vinales et Alex Espargaro who rushes first, while Johann zarco et Takaaki Nakagami take the trail last.

In terms of tires, everyone uses the rear medium except Stefan bradl which is in tender, while the choices are more shared for the front.

At the end of the first round, Fabio Quartararo puts his name at the top of the table, in 1'38.000. It precedes Francesco Bagnaia, Raul Fernandez, Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

On the next pass, the Frenchman continued to lead the way in 1'37.423 in front Marco Bezzecchi, Raul Fernandez, Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez.

In the third round, the winner of the Sprint Brad Binder displays 1'37.399 in front Fabio Quartararo and, Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Márquez.

Marco Bezzecchi then comes to position itself in third position but it is fabio quartararo which lowers the benchmark to 1'37.322, thus confirming that he has the pace to fight in front, if indeed he can move up from his 16th place on the starting grid...

The Frenchman hits the nail on the head in 1'37.161, an excellent time, and the session is already over!

Results of the warm up of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com