Leader of FP3 and FP4 and author of the pole position, all held on the Saturday of the Algarve MotoGP Grand Prix, Pecco Bagnaia extended his dominance of the weekend to the last practice before the race, the Warm Up on Sunday with a time of 1.39.711, 111 thousandths faster than Fabio Quartararo, with whom he has a very tight duel this weekend, although for the Frenchman, already with the title in his pocket, the last two races of the year are purely formal, as much as Yamaha still aspires to take the team title from Ducati.
Iker Lecuona, who next year will have to emigrate to the SBK World Championship with Honda, was the third fastest, beating Joan Mir who is focused on winning a race before finishing the course, not in vain of his last and only victory in MotoGP it will be one year next Monday.
Japanese Takaaki Nakagami was fifth and first Honda on the time sheet, ahead of Alex Rins’ Suzuki and the other LCR Honda, Alex Márquez who set the time after recovering from a fall at turn 7 early in the session .
Jack Miller, who will start second on the grid, was eighth, ahead of Pol Espargaró and Franco Morbidelli, who closed the top 10. Aleix Espargaró, who suffered a crash at turn 13, could only be precisely 13th, with Jorge Martín 17th, just ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi. Miguel Oliveria, the local rider who won here last year, and Maverick Viñales, both quite lost all weekend, closed the time sheet.
MotoGP Warm Up Classification
Cla | # | Pilot | Motorcycle | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | Km/h | |
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1 | 63 | Pecco Bagnaia | Ducati | 9 | 1’39.711 | 165.791 | |||
2 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 12 | 1’39,822 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 165,606 | |
3 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 12 | 1’39.968 | 0.257 | 0.146 | 165.364 | |
4 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 12 | 1’40.026 | 0.315 | 0.058 | 165.269 | |
5 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 11 | 1’40.096 | 0.385 | 0.070 | 165,153 | |
6 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 11 | 1’40.230 | 0.519 | 0.134 | 164.932 | |
7 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Sling | 9 | 1’40,237 | 0.526 | 0.007 | 164,921 | |
8 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 12 | 1’40.301 | 0.590 | 0.064 | 164.815 | |
9 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | Sling | eleven | 1’40,321 | 0.610 | 0.020 | 164,783 | |
10 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 11 | 1’40.378 | 0.667 | 0.057 | 164.689 | |
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