MotoGP Italy FP4 LIVE: Fabio Quartararo in a tense atmosphere

(Article updated live until the end of the session) This time, the die is cast: Francesco Bagnaia, new Mugello circuit record holder, Fabio Quartararo, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Alex Rins, Miguel Oliveira, Joan Mir, Pol Espargaro and Franco Morbidelli are definitely pre- qualified for Q2.

As a corollary, neither Maverick Vinales, neither Marc Márquez, neither Alex Espargaro, neither Michele Pirro, neither Valentino Rossi will not spare themselves a transition to Q1 which is necessarily more random and certainly more expensive in terms of energy.

The 4-minute FP30 will allow everyone to prepare the bikes for the race, with full tanks and runs approaching 23 laps to be completed on Sunday at 14 p.m.

The session will take place under a spring sky which is gradually clouding over with temperatures now rising to 25° in the air and 43° on the asphalt.

As the 22 pilots prepare under the lenses of Dorna's cameras, let's enjoy these few minutes of live footage thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

In fact, Dorna interrupted the broadcast of the video while waiting for what we hope is reassuring news from Jason Dupasquier, victim of a very violent fall in Moto3. The young Swiss, who had a very good start to the season, lost control of his KTM at turn #9 before remaining lying on the track. It appears that he will be evacuated directly from the runway by helicopter to the hospital in Florence. There is concern in the paddock…

Consequently, the start of FP4 is postponed.

The minutes pass, Jason dupasquier is still lying on the track, and Jack Miller cross fingers. A difficult time for everyone...

At 13:50 p.m., Jason dupasquier is transported in the helicopter. Two minutes later, the blades start to turn and the MotoGP engines are heated. The helicopter takes off immediately. We hope to have reassuring information as soon as possible.
FP4 will start at 14:03 p.m., half an hour late.

Past references:

Mugello MotoGP™	2019	2021
FP1	1'47.558 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'46.593 Maverick Vinales (See here)
FP2	1'46.732 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'46.147 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP3	1'46.056 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'45.456 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP4	1'46.799 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'46.647 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'46.278 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
Q2	1'45.519 Marc Márquez (See here)
Warm Up	1'46.930 Marc Máask (See here)
Course	Petrucci, Marquez, Dovizioso (See here)
All time lap record	1'46.056 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'45.456 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)

When the red lights go out, under a sky now as leaden as the atmosphere... Marc Márquez is the first to hit the track, fabio quartararo the last.

Perhaps distracted by what has just happened, the Yamaha rider makes a pass through the gravel without falling while the new timetables are published.

There are many tires used but we are starting to wonder if the rain will not appear...

At the end of the first round, Fabien Quartararo enters the reference in 1'47.512 in front Johann zarco.

In the next passage, The Devil is in 1'46.902 ahead Alex Rins, Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller. The Factory team's KTMs benefit not only from a new gasoline but also from a chassis previously tested in Jerez and which the Tech3 team does not have.

fabio quartararo continues to lower the best time, this time to 1'46.647 during his third flying lap while Marc Márquez visit the San Donato gravels without falling.

At the end of the first run, fabio quartararo precede Alex Rins, Miguel Oliveira, Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli, Aleix Espargaro, Joan Mir, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, Maverick Vinales, Pol Espargaro, Enea Bastianini, Johann Zarco, Takaaki Nakagami, Marc Márquez, Danilo Petrucci, Luca Marini, Michele Pirro , Lorenzo Savadori, Alex Marquez, Iker Lecuona and Valentino Rossi who has still not recorded a time.

On resumption, Jack Miller moves up to sixth position, Valentino Rossi in 18st. Takaaki Nakagami is the only one to use a soft rear tire. The Japanese driver took advantage of this advantage to move up to fifth place.

Isolated on the track, fabio quartararo continues to imperturbably line up fast laps and therefore seems the fastest in racing conditions. From there to not being hampered in the race by the Ducatis, that's another story...

Four minutes from the checkered flag, Pol Espargaro et Lorenzo Savadori Also released is a soft rear tire.

In extremis, Takaaki Nakagami takes second position.

FP4 classification of the Italian MotoGP Grand Prix at Mugello:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com