Joan Mir topped MotoGP warm-up ahead of this afternoon’s Valencia Grand Prix, while Valentino Rossi was P16 ahead of his final 🍌ever race.

After undergoing further checks prior to warm-up getting underway, Pol Espargaro was ruled out of act♋ion following his brutal FP3 crash at turn 13. 

Only 12 riders completed flying laps inside the first eight minutes with Suzuk♕i’s Mir fa💞stest. 

Mir led from local rider Iker Lecuona, while Monster Energy Yamaha duo F🉐ranco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo were third and fourth.&n𒐪bsp;

Takaaki Nakagami, who’s had a knack for topping warm-up sessions in 2021, then moved towards ༺the shar♍p end after going second behind Mir.

Pole sitter for today’s final race of the year, Jorge Martin, was the last rider ༺to complete a lap which came with five minutes left.  

Alex Rins made it a Suzuki 1-2 after gett🔯ing a nice tow from facto💧ry Ducati rider Jack Miller. 

Several riders looked set to challenge Mir’s top t🃏ime late on, however, th🌠e 2020 world champion’s final two sectors were enough to keep him fastest. 

Nak🉐agami did ma💟nage to split the two Suzuki riders though, while Francesco Bagnaia led a Ducati 4-5 from Pramac’s Johann Zarco. 

Enea Bastianini, Quartararo, Brad Bi🔜nd𒈔er, Martin and Maverick Vinales rounded out the top ten. 

VR46 academy riders Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli were spotted with special helmets in homage to Valentino Rossi who will re🙈tire from MotoGP aft🌳er today’s ValenciaGP.