The last Warm-Up of the 2022 MotoGP began with a much lower temperature than the one the riders will have to face at 2 pm, when the final challenge between Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, the Valencian Community Grand Prix, will start.
In these conditions, we have seen so many riders in action even with the soft tire on the rear, even if it is a solution that we will hardly see repeated even in the race. Among these, the fastest was Johann Zarco, who with the Ducati of Prima Pramac Racing stopped the clock with a time of 1’30 “885.
Under the wall of 1’31 “, however, Marc Marquez also fell, who must certainly be included in the group of those who will start today with the ambition of aiming for victory, because his 1’30” 926 arrived with the medium tire at the rear, even if his Honda was fitted with a new one.
Following, on the other hand, there is a poker of riders all with soft tires led by Jack Miller, the last to have broken the 1’31 “in 1’30” 983 with his Ducati. The Australian is tailed by Joan Mir’s Suzuki, then there are the other two Desmosedici GPs of Luca Marini and Enea Bastianini, who this morning seems to have made progress compared to yesterday’s difficulties.
We then move on to a handful of riders who instead worked with the media and among these there are also Bagnaia and Quartararo: the Ducati rider finished ninth, also behind Maverick Vinales ‘Aprilia and Alex Rins’ Suzuki. The World Championship leader signed a 1’31 “252, a time that he hammered with some consistency, despite a rear tire that by the end had over 20 laps of life.
It was no less “El Diablo”, 11th behind Miguel Oliveira’s KTM, but really consistent with a tire that even went beyond the race distance on his Yamaha. From the garage of the Iwata manufacturer, they then made it known that the Frenchman, who today only has victory as an option to hope for the title, has also kept a bit of margin to avoid mistakes.
Poleman Jorge Martin only 12th, but the title contenders are also worth a bit for him, given that he worked with a pair of rather used medium tires. Aleix Espargaro, who will have to play for third place in the World Championship today with Bastianini with his Aprilia, was also delayed, but was unable to do better than the 20th time, just over eight tenths off the top.
Rear lines for the other Italian riders too: Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha is in 17th position, closely followed by Marco Bezzecchi’s Ducati. 21st time instead for Fabio Di Giannantonio with the Ducati of Gresini Racing.
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