Marc Marquez simply defeats brother Alex for pole

Marc Marquez secured pole place on the Motorland circuit on Saturday for the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix. The Spaniard appeared in command as he took pole on the circuit the place he ended his dry profitable spell final yr.

Youthful brother Alex completed the session in second, having held pole after a mistake from Marc on his second lap brought on the manufacturing facility Ducati rider to lose beneficial time. The highest three have been accomplished by Franco Morbidelli, who put in a fast lap proper on the finish of the session to leap up the order.

Marc led the early working with the six-time MotoGP champion being the one rider to dip beneath the 1m46s barrier. Nonetheless Alex was at all times able to pounce, with solely Marc’s late flyer seeing him leap again forward of his brother.

Francesco Bagnaia overcame his braking woes from the apply classes to take fourth on the grid.

KTM continued to astound with Pedro Acosta taking fifth, the primary time since spherical three in Austin. Staff-mate Brad Binder added to KTM’s stable day as he took sixth.

Seventh went to Fermin Aldeguer’s Gresini Ducati whereas one other KTM occupied eighth place in Q2 within the type of Maverick Vinales.

Fabio Quartararo took ninth, making a miraculous restoration after struggling so many points together with his electronics throughout the Friday apply classes. The laborious work of the Yamaha engineers finally paid off because the Frenchman appeared far more snug out on circuit.

Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati), Joan Mir (HRC Honda), Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) rounded out the Q2 contenders.

The rider to beat early within the Q1 session was Quartararo, who led the working earlier than being pushed all the way down to second quickest by Di Giannantonio.

Raul Fernandez was unfortunate to not get by means of, as was Yamaha’s Jack Miller, who appeared far more aggressive in comparison with his Friday outings.

Alex Rins was one other Yamaha which appeared far more aggressive however might solely end the session down in fifth whereas Miguel Oliveira and Enea Bastianini by no means actually appeared like placing in a quick lap.

Eighth in Q1 was Augusto Fernandez on the event Yamaha, virtually a full second off the tempo, with Lorenzo Savadori and Marco Bezzecchi simply behind.

British Grand Prix winner Marco Bezzecchi had a torrid time, taking place at Flip 3 on his first timed lap in Q1. The Italian solely bought one lap in, placing his Aprilia on twentieth on the grid, which was rounded out by Somkiat Chantra’s LCR Honda.

Aragon GP – Q2 outcomes

Photographs from Aragon GP – Follow and Qualifying