Jorge Martin fastest as Marc Marquez sits out wet Aragon MotoGP warm-up
A wet Aragon warm-up denies MotoGP riders of dry track time ahea🌃d of this afternoon's grand prix.
Morning warm-up saw 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez missing from the top of the Aragon MotoGP timesheets for the first time this weekend.
Instead, th🐈e Sprint winner was 22nd and last, without even a credited lap time.
But the reason was obvious: Overnight rain had soaked the track and, with the🐓 sun already shining and dry track expected fo𓂃r this afternoon’s grand prix, the Gresini Ducati rider elected not to take any risks.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin, who regained the title leader from Francesco Bagnaia by two points with second to Marquez on Saturday, was fastest in the wet by 0.192s from ꦐthe KTMs of Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez.
Enea Bastianini and factory Du💟cati team-mate Bagnaia completed the top five.
After several riders criticised the filthy starting grid on Saturday, track cleaning (pictured) took place with a spe💫cial practice start period on the grid also added to the end of warm-up.
Bagnaia, among those to get massive wheelspin off the line in the Sprint before struggling to ninth with a front tyre issue, was unable to engage his front holeshot ♉device during this morning’s practice starts.
The Ducati team were also seen trying to wave Bagnaia to do the practice starts from his third place on the gr🤡id. But Bagnaia’s options were limited since riders must wait their turn behind those already stationary, for safety reasons.
Just as on F🍃riday night, the rain will bring more dirt onto the circuit and reduce grip levels in the dry.
That also plays into Marq🐈uez’s hands, having warned yesterday that Martin and Bagnaia would close the gap if the track improved and grip levels continued꧂ to increase on Sunday.
But the opposite has now happened.
As an illustration of how much grip levels on the new asphalt drop after rain, Marquez set a record 1m 45.801s in Friday practice. But his Saturday pole time was onlꦦy 1m 46.766s and his fastest Sprint lap a 1ꦍm 47.284s.
A dirty track - some riders were seen wiping sp♋ots of mud from their visor during warm-up - also makes the front tyre suffer ♍more.
A new unk😼nown will co൲me in the form of the rear tyre.
The soft, used by all riders in the Sprint, has been removed from today's rღace due to blistering, meaning everyone will now have to switch to the medium.
Marquez, starting from pole on the cleaner sid🌸e of the track, didn’t bother with the wet p🥃ractice starts.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of th🌺🍨e Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
