Ducati puts pressure on Quartararo and Bastianini leads in Misano

Up to four Ducati’s were “secretly” ahead of the Quartararo, and the other two finished in the top nine while the only Spaniards Aprilia drivers, other than the world leader, finished the race. Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargarosixth and seventh, respectively.

As in the morning, one of the first references of the day came from Spaniard Maverick Viñales. Aprilia RS-GPbut this time his teammate Aleix Espargaró and world championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1) were the fastest in the first session.

Not exactly polar opposite, with some unforeseen problems, “Third in the Fight” In the title fight, local idol Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) Márquez (Honda RC 213 V), who was penalized for three loss of positions in the race for irresponsible driving by endangering another rider, Spaniard Alex, after the first free practices He drove slowly and crashed at Turn thirteen shortly after starting the second session.

Bagnaia suffered no personal injury, because got off the ground so fast, however, his motorcycle did not start and he had to return to his workshop for his second motorcycle, which affected its performance until the damage to the other vehicle was repaired.

Meanwhile, world leader Quartararo hasn’t given up on his offensive efforts to show all his rivals that he’s the leader of MotoGP, regardless of his Yamaha’s performance, thus moving up to second place in less than fifteen minutes. before the end of the session, only 127 thousandths of a second de Viñales, almost at the same time, his participation in the tests after the Italian Grand Prix of Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) became official.

An unexpected announcement because all the medical tests and tests on Marc Márquez left the door open to please the eight-time world champion, that these tests “very important” for the evolution of next season’s prototype.

Returning to the track, Fabio Quartararo reached and passed Maverick Viñales, reaching his goal. manage timeline Already all pilots are looking for the best time by installing a soft rear tire for this purpose.

Quartararo was the leader at the time with 1:31,878, but everything foreshadowed that the fight for the fastest lap would be tough and very difficult, as the French champion was down by 5 points in the final moments. four drivers, all from Ducati and among them their most direct rivals, “Peko” Bagnaia.

Italian Enea “The Beast” Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) was the best, followed by Bagnaia in a tenth of a second along with Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and the French. johann zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) in third and fourth place, respectively.

These final moments once again revealed Ducati’s strategy of putting as many bikes as possible in front of the other two Italian mechanics, in this case the Aprilia RS -GP of Maverick Viñales and the world leader who had to settle for fifth place. Aleix Espargaró and two more Ducati, Spanish ones George Martin and italian marco bezzecchi behind.

also italian Franco Morbidelli The (Yamaha YZR M 1) was the last person to hold a position with direct access to the second classification, but they were left out. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda RC 213 V), Portuguese Miguel Oliveira The Spaniard, who had a fruitless accident (KTM RC 16) alex wash (Suzuki GSXRR) Alex Marquez (Honda RC 213V) and Raul Fernandez (KTMRC16).

Japanese Kazuki WatanabeReplacing injured Joan Mir for the Suzuki team, Joan Mir achieved her qualifying goal even though she was in last place, after significantly improving her performance in the first morning session where she focused on learning how much she was injured before. the circuit he never rode in the official competition.

Moto2 and Moto3

Italian Celestino Vietti Having suffered a fruitless crash in the second free practice session (Kalex), despite failing to develop his personal best morning time, he retained his first position on Moto2’s opening day, after which the Spaniard stood up. Alonso Lopez (Boscoscuro), Mattia Pasini (Kalex) third, Augusto Fernández (Kalex) fourth and British Jake Dixon (Kalex) fifth.

Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda) dominated the first day of free practice at Moto3 where the Spanish driver competed. Sergio Garcia Dols World leader in the (GasGas) category, “saved furniture” behind the wheel of Japan’s Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna), second ahead of fellow countryman Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda), world leader fourth, and teammate Izan Guevara ninth, Jaume Masiá ( KTM), an eighth-place crash that saved his poor morning performance. EFE