MotoGP Thailand Buriram Warm-up: Márquez ahead of Quartararo, Dovizioso victim of a technical problem

Fabio Quartararo is definitely the strong man this weekend in Thailand. Dominator of free practice in combined times and author of pole position, his fourth of the year (which equaled the figures of Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa who had done the same during their first season in MotoGP), he will do everything to achieve the first victory of his career after which he is chasing and which he is getting closer to, Grand Prix after Grand Prix.

But he will have a lot to do with his Yamaha teammates, Maverick Viñales and Franco Morbidelli also showing great pace, and we must not forget Marc Márquez either, upset by his big fall on Friday, but extremely motivated to win a new world title. Who will come out on top? While waiting to find out, all these beautiful people will take to the track for the Warmup, the last opportunity to modify their settings.

Here is a summary table of the sessions carried out so far:

Buriram MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	1'31.220 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'30.979 Maverick Viñales (See here)
FP2	1'31.090 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'30.404 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP3	1'30.399 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'36.250 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
FP4	1'30.693 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'30.755 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'30.031 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'30.685 Danilo Petrucci (See here)
Q2	1'30.088 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'29.719 Fabio Quartararo (New record) (See here)
warm up	1'30.863 Marc Márquez (See here)
Course	Márquez, Dovizioso, Vinales (See here)
All time lap record	1'29.719 Fabio Quartararo (2019)

It's 29 degrees in the air and 36 degrees on the track when the MotoGP riders set off. Casa Particular in Viñales is the first to go out, and set the reference time in 1'32.864. For his part, Márquez only crosses the line in 15th place.

In front of, Casa Particular in Viñales connects the fast laps, and gets ahead Quartararo, Valentino Rossi, Joan Mir et Danilo Petrucci.

Márquez takes his rhythm and moves to second place in the ranking from his second flying lap.

Midway through the session, Casa Particular in Viñales is still leader, however the positions continue to move and it is now Quartararo who is second, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso, Mir et Márquez. Then Rossi, Alex Rins, Jack Miller, Franco Morbidelli et Takaaki Nakagami complete the top 10. Pol Espargaro et Danilo Petrucci are 11th and 12th, ahead Aleix Espargaró.

Quarterly improves and gets the best time in 1'31.150, while Márquez comes to place at 81 thousandths.

 

Dovizioso is the victim of a technical problem, smoke comes out of his brake caliper, and returns to the pits. 

During this time, Márquez is the first to go under the 1'31 mark and finally takes first place. He won't move again and ends the session in the lead.

Thailand Grand Prix warmup ranking:

Pos	number	Pile	Motorcycle	Chrono	1st gap
1	93	Marc MÁRQUEZ	Honda	1'30.921
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	1'31.149	0.228
3	12	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'31.181	0.260
4	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'31.329	0.408
5	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	1'31.421	0.500
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'31.463	0.542
7	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'31.485	0.564
8	41	Aleix ESPARGARÓ	Aprilia	1'31.579	0.658
9	42	Alex RINS	Suzuki	1'31.583	0.662
10	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'31.678	0.757
11	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'31.694	0.773
12	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'31.798	0.877
13	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'31.825	0.904
14	44	Pol ESPARGARÓ	KTM	1'31.832	0.911
15	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'31.948	1.027
16	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1'32.110	1.189
17	53	Tito RABAT	Ducati	1'32.136	1.215
18	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	1'32.159	1.238
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'32.204	1.283
20	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'32.465	1.544
21	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM	1'32.975	2.054
22	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	1'33.008	2.087