The Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) took the pole for the MotoGP race of the Aragon Grand Prix, fifteenth round of the motorcycling World Cup, this Saturday in a new record display, while Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) he will start fourth, in the same row as the leader of the championship, the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
‘Pecco’ has once again shown that he is in spectacular form by breaking the track record for the premier category at MotorLand Aragon; with a time of 1:46.069, the transalpinist, who has acknowledged that he has completed his “best lap ever”, has secured his fifth pole of the year with his fifth record.
Thus, he continues to cut points masterfully; in the last four Grands Prix he has recovered 61 points and now has a three point advantage over Aleix — who had to go through Q1 — and is 30 points behind Quartararo, who could only finish sixth this saturday In addition, he will command a Ducati front row in which he will be accompanied by the Australian Jack Miller and also the Italian Enea Bastianini.
Jorge Martín (Ducati), the fastest on Friday, will start eighth, just ahead of Alex Rins, the only representative of Suzuki in Alcanyís due to the absence of Joan Mir, whose ankle problems will prevent him from running in the Grand Prix of Aragon and the Japanese Grand Prix.
Meanwhile, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), in his return to the championship after recovering from his fourth humerus injury, was on the verge of going into Q2, but will eventually start thirteenth. Nor have they passed the first qualifying round Maverick Viñales (Aprilia), who will start sixteenth; Alex Márquez (Honda), seventeenth; Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda), eighteenth; nor Raúl Fernández (KTM), twenty-first.
