MotoGP Valence Warm Up LIVE: Joan Mir displays her pretensions…

Whether it is total domination of the Ducati armada in qualifying, 10th place on the grid de Valentino Rossi for its 432nd and final departure, theabsence of feeling of the reigning world champion fabio quartararo or non-presence of any official Honda for this Grand Prix of the Valencian Community on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, the previous sessions each brought their share of surprises and adventures.

During this 20-minute warm-up, everyone will be keen to maintain or improve their performance in view of the 27 laps of the race which will begin at 14 p.m., starting with the two Suzuki who are finally starting to do well in qualifying, but also Brad Binder sole survivor of the KTMs in difficulty or Alex Espargaro handicapped by a mysterious yellow flag during his qualification…

On this special day, there are already many tributes...

Weather-wise, it's a very beautiful autumn day ahead, with clear skies and temperatures of 13°C in the air and 12°C on the track this morning.

At a time when the 20 drivers (in the absence of the two official Honda representatives) are preparing for this warm-up, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

 

MotoGP ™	Valencia-2 2020	2021
FP1	1'30.829 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)	1'40.569 Iker Lecuona (See here)
FP2	1'30.622 Jack Miller (See here)	1'30.927 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'30.168 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'30.529 Aleix Espargaró (See here)
FP4	1'30.895 Alex Rins (See here)	1'31.208 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
Q1	1'30.810 Brad Binder (See here)	1'30.673 Alex Rins (See here)
Q2	1'30.191 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'29.96 Jorge Martin (See here)
Warm up	1'31.057 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'31.082 Joan Mir (See here)
Course	Morbidelli, Miller, Pol Espargaro (See here)
All time lap record	1'29.401 Jorge Lorenzo (2016)

When the red lights go out... Alex Marquez rushes first, but for once fabio quartararo is not the last. Franco Morbidelli is this one, while George Martin stays in his box.

In terms of tires, everyone chose the medium front except fabio quartararo who persists with the hard, while at the back everyone is also in medium except Maverick Vinales, Aleix Espargaro, Alex Rins, Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez who opted for the tender.

Joan mir registered the first reference in 1'33.014, quickly rendered obsolete by Iker Lecuona and Andrea Dovizioso before the Suzuki driver regained control in 1'31.676 then 1'31.295.

In 1'31.082 at mid-session, the 2020 world champion precedes Takaaki Nakagami, Johann Zarco, Franco Morbidelli, Andrea Dovizioso, Miller, Fabio Quartararo, Enea Bastianini, Iker Lecuona, Maverick Vinales, Brad Binder, Aleix Espargaro, Valentino Rossi, Francesco Bagnaia, Danilo Petrucci, Alex Márquez, Luca Marini, Alex Rins, Miguel Oliveira who has still not recorded any time and George Martin who still hasn't come out of his box.

Johann zarco does not lose sight of its challenge against Jack Miller for the final fourth place in the general classification and is now in second position…

Three minutes from the checkered flag, it is however occupied by alex rins while Jorge Martin finally returned to the track!

Francis Bagnaia gets back behind the two Suzukis at the last minute while Takaaki Nakagami manages at the last minute to prevent Hamamatsu from making the double.

Warm up results of the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix:

 Credit Ranking: motogp.com