MotoGP | AragonGP | First Blood to Viñales on the opening day at Aragon!
As cool conditions affected the opening day’s proceedings it was Viñales who topped the time sheets, ahead of Quartararo and Morbidelli. Can Yamaha carry this form forward through tomorrow’s qualifying sessions to lead the way for Sunday’s race?
Monster Energy Yamaha’s Viñales topped the timesheets with a time of 1:47.771, ahead of Petronas Yamaha SRT’s Quartararo in 2nd and Morbidelli in 3rd. Yamaha have shown some impressive form over the timed sessions throughout the last few race weekend’s, however can they convert this to race pace at the #AragonGP?
Team Suzuki ECSTAR’s Mir placed himself 4th on the opening day, as he sits 2nd in the championship, this is a positive start to the weekend. Britain’s Crutchlow placed 5th, still carrying injuries from earlier this season, whilst A. Espargaro placed 6th.
- Espargaro lead the KTM charge throughout the opening sessions, as he placed 7th. Repsol Honda’s A. Marquez impressed with his maiden podium at Le Mans, and he has carried this momentum to the #AragonGP, placing 8th on the opening day. Nakagami placed 9th, just 0.001s off of Marquez’ time. Rins rounded out the top 10 on the opening day.
Esponsorama Racing’s duo, Zarco and Rabat placed 11th and 12th respectively, showing incredible pace for the team ahead of qualifying.
Dovizioso, Miller, Petrucci, Bagnaia and Binder find themselves at risk of having to compete through the Q1 session, can they improve their times over tomorrow morning’s FP3 session?
Position |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Maverick Viñales |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP |
1:47.771 |
2 |
Fabio Quartararo |
Petronas Yamaha SRT |
1:48.020 |
3 |
Franco Morbidelli |
Petronas Yamaha SRT |
1:48.218 |
4 |
Joan Mir |
Team Suzuki ECSTAR |
1:48.501 |
5 |
Cal Crutchlow |
LCR Honda CASTROL |
1:48.598 |
6 |
Aleix Espargaro |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini |
1:48.670 |
7 |
Pol Espargaro |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
1:48.746 |
8 |
Alex Marquez |
Pramac Racing |
1:48.823 |
9 |
Takaaki Nakagami |
LCR Honda IDEMITSU |
1:48.824 |
10 |
Alex Rins |
Team Suzuki ECSTAR |
1:48.839 |
11 |
Johann Zarco |
Esponsorama Racing |
1:48.906 |
12 |
Tito Rabat |
Esponsorama Racing |
1:49.003 |
13 |
Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati Team |
1:49.015 |
14 |
Jack Miller |
Pramac Racing |
1:49.026 |
15 |
Danilo Petrucci |
Ducati Team |
1:49.107 |
16 |
Iker Lecuona |
Red Bull KTM Tech 3 |
1:49.165 |
17 |
Miguel Oliveria |
Red Bull KTM Tech 3 |
1:49.208 |
18 |
Bradley Smith |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini |
1:49.258 |
19 |
Francesco Bagnaia |
Pramac Racing |
1:49.488 |
20 |
Stefan Bradl |
Pramac Racing |
1:50.091 |
21 |
Brad Binder |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
1:50.244 |