Francesco Bagnaia has called his Aragon MotoGP pole ‘one of his best laps ever’ after securing Ducati’s 12th pole position of the season with a new lap record.
MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo rode the wheels off his underpowered Yamaha during qualifying at Aragon but was left a sitting duck on the straights.
Francesco Bagnaia will attempt to win his fifth consecutive MotoGP race from pole after getting the better of Jack Miller and Enea Bastianini during qualifying.
Jack Miller topped FP3 at the Aragon MotoGP following another dominant display from Ducati, however, title contender Aleix Espargaro will need to go through Q1 later today, as will Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez.
After 110 days away from a MotoGP race weekend, Marc Marquez finished eighth fastest but just 0.359s from the top on the opening day of the Aragon Grand Prix.
Second fastest during Friday practice for the Aragon MotoGP, reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo has claimed the performance he showed was not down to Yamaha’s new chassis being better than the previous version.
Aleix Espargaro kept hold of top spot in FP1 for the Aragon MotoGP despite suffering a fast crash at turn 16, while Marc Marquez was 11th on his competitive return.