Finally, we’ll turn our attentions to Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT). After stringing together a marvellous race run in FP2, Quartararo also looked in good shape during FP4. The Frenchman comfortable lapped in the mid-1:32s on used tyres, the best in said run was a 1:32.295. Judging from FP4 and FP4 alone, El Diablo’s pace isn’t quite as impressive as Mir’s, for example. However, if Quartararo doesn’t face the troubles that hit him last Sunday, you can be sure he’s going to be challenging for his third victory of 2020.
In MotoGP™, Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) went over three tenths quicker than he did seven days prior to earn another Misano pole. His 1:31.077 was beaten by Pramac Racing’s Francesco Bagnaia in Q2, but the Italian’s 1:30.973 getting chalked off for exceeding track limits. Either way, the MotoGP™ riders have found some serious pace. The top six in qualifying all beat Viñales’ old lap record, but the race is where it really matters.
4. Passing through Q1, Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) has qualified second as the top Ducati rider. This is his best qualifying result since he was also second this year in Austria, which is his only other front row start so far this season. This is Ducati’s best qualifying result at Misano since Jorge Lorenzo was on pole in 2018 ahead of Miller, the Australian second on that occasion.
That was soon diminished though and at the start of the last lap, Aegerter again showed a wheel to Torres – and made a Turn 1 pass stick. Now, the top two in the title race were the top two in the race. Heading down the back straight into Turn 11, Ferrari remained ahead but you could tell what was coming. Aegerter was tucked into the slipstream of his rival and heading into Turn 14, Aegerter was up the inside of Ferrari and into the lead. Could Ferrari get the cutback? Not quite, Aegerter led through the final sector and held it into the final corner to claim a crucial Race 1 victory.
Two minutes to go, Dovizioso found some time and moved up into P6 – a provisional second row start. Tucked in behind VR46 Academy protégé Bagnaia, Rossi improved from P9 to P5 – shuffling Dovizioso onto Row 3. Meanwhile, Binder and Bagnaia were both setting red sectors with the South African going P3 – a great lap, but an even greater one was coming in for Bagnaia. The Ducati rider rounded the final corner with Rossi and Miller in tow, and it was a scintillating 1:30.973. However, the fastest ever lap around Misano was cancelled, Bagnaia clearly exceeding track limits on the exit of Turn 16.
Sam Lowes (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) then jumped onto the provisional front row, but the British rider was 0.4 off Marini’s scintillating time. Lowes then went quicker on his next lap to get the gap down to 0.3, but he remained P3. Meanwhile, Bezzecchi was then on a charge and was right on Marini’s pace halfway around the lap. The Moto2™ sophomore was then under his teammate’s blistering time by 0.032, but he couldn’t hold it to the line, missing out by 0.036 seconds. Just ahead of Bezzecchi was Vierge who shot onto the front row in P3, but immediately after, the Spaniard tucked the front at Turn 1 – rider ok.
The Italian’s final flying lap saw him jump ahead of Red Bull KTM Tech 3’s Iker Lecuona, who put in a commendable effort. So did Johann Zarco, with the Esponsorma Racing man picking his stricken Ducati up with only a handful of minutes left and still managing to get a lap in just a tenth shy of Dovizioso.
Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) topped MotoGP™ FP4 at the Gran Premio TISSOT dell’Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini with a 1:32.005, less than a tenth ahead of Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar). Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) completed the top three, 0.119 back from Bagnaia.
Arbolino progressed through and then held provisional pole with 30 seconds left in Q2 before it was all change as the final flying laps came in. Fernandez put together a 1:41.705, six tenths adrift of Celestino Vietti’s (SKY Racing Team VR46) new outright lap record set in FP3 on Saturday morning, to steal top spot away from the Italian.
Your most recent MotoE™ race winner Ferrari was then setting a great lap and was very much in touch, just 0.003 split him and Torres through Sector 3. Ferrari crossed the line and couldn’t quite beat Torres, 0.011 separating the duo over their flying laps. Sammarinese rider Alex de Angelis (Octo Pramac MotoE) was cautious around his lap in order to not make the same mistake as last week, the experienced rider went P9, before Free Practice pacesetter Eric Granado (Avintia Esponsorama Racing) headed out.
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