MotoGP LIVE Valencia-2 FP4: Álex Rins ahead of Nakagami and a strong Zarco!

Article updated continuously until the end of the session.

Riders half positive, half negative, an FP3 shortened by a wet asphalt at the start of the session, Ducati who no longer rely only on Johann Zarco to carry the torch of Borgo Panigale, an increasingly valiant Franco Morbidelli at the helm of his 2019 Yamaha, a Pol Espargaró who is not giving up even though he will be officiating for Honda next year (and this is to his credit) and a championship leader who this morning was able to enter the top 10 at the opposite of the Fabio Quartararo–Álex Rins duo from its closest adversaries, this is the panorama that emerges at the end of the first three free sessions of the Valencian Community Grand Prix.

Franco Morbidelli, Jack Miller, Pol Espargaró, Johann Zarco, Maverick Viñales, Takaaki Nakagami, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira and Aleix I will espargaro therefore pre-qualified for Q2 on the Ricardo Tormo circuit, while Fabio Quartararo, Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Álex Rins, Brad Binder, Stefan Bradl, Valentino Rossi, Álex Márquez, Tito Rabat and Lorenzo Savadori will have to go through Q1 if they want to appear on the first four rows of the starting grid tomorrow at 14 p.m.

For this 4-minute FP30 intended to refine the racing rhythm, the conditions seem good despite a few drops of rain falling during Q1 of Moto3, with certainly a very gray sky but a dry track and temperatures of 19° in the air and 20° on asphalt.

Thanks to the official website MotoGP.com, here is a few minutes of live images in this article: that cannot be refused!

MotoGP ™	Valencia-1 2020	Valencia-2 2020
FP1	1'42.063 Jack Miller (See here)	1'30.829 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
FP2	1'32.528 Jack Miller (See here)	1'30.622 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'40.007 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'30.168 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
FP4	1'41.573 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'30.895 Alex Rins (See here)
Q1	1'40.771 Miguel Oliveira (See here)
Q2	1'40.434 Pol Espargaró (See here)
Warm up	1'32.251 Joan Mir (See here)
Course	Mir, Rins, Espargaró (See here)
All time lap record	1'29.401 Jorge Lorenzo (2016)

When the red lights go out... It's the duo again Franco Morbidelli–Valentino Rossi who sets off first on the track.

Medium tires seem to be favored by the majority of drivers, even if Danilo Petrucci and Francesco Bagnaia uses a hard one at the front, Stefan Bradl, Lorenzo Savadori, Alex Rins, Tito Rabat and Alex Marquez a soft one at the back.

alex rins defines the first provisional reference in 1'32.462 in front Jack Miller, Franco Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi.

We have just seen that the Moto3, with Darryn Binder, broke the track record, which confirms the excellent grip of the track at this time of the day.

Johann zarco put his name at the top of the rankings in the second flying lap, in 1'31.549, then 1'30.060 on the next pass. The French driver has been very present since the start of the weekend…

Franco Morbidelli occupies second position, after losing its left disc cover.

Miguel Oliveira then places his KTM from the Tech3 team between the two leading men. Hervé Poncharal told us that the Portuguese driver had excellent pace during FP3 and that he could undoubtedly have done better than his 9th place in FP3 if he had not been hampered. Apparently he didn't lie to us...

A little before mid-session, Brad Binder joins the top 10 composed of Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli, Takaaki Nakagami, Pol Espargaró, Andrea Dovizioso, Jack Miller, Brad Binder, Álex Rins and Valentino Rossi.

fabio quartararo then occupies 14th position, just ahead of Maverick Viñales.

In the wake, Jack Miller and Takaaki Nakagami previous Miguel Oliveira while Joan mir is positioned sixth.

10 minutes from the checkered flag, Franco Morbidelli, Joan Mir and Pol I will espargaro start to light up the first sectors in red. For the moment, these attempts lose substance after the second partial, even if Alex Rins and Joan Mir are now very close to the Frenchman’s Ducati…

In the end, it took a good five minutes of effort to Alex Rins to dethrone John Zarco thanks to a time of 1'30.895.

The Suzuki rider will be a serious opponent for Fabio Quartararo during Q1…

In extremis, Takaaki Nakagami comes between Rins and Zarco.

A few seconds after the checkered flag, a light rain started to fall...

FP4 results from the Valencian Community MotoGP Grand Prix in Valencia:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com