The first day of free practice for the Emilia Romagna GP has made it clear that the water, or rather the mixed condition when the track dries up, is another rival for Fabio Quartararo in his intention to sing the alirón in the Italian circuit of Misano.
The two sessions have been in the wet, the second already changing to semi-dry, at the end of which the World Championship leader has not gone from 16th place in the combined to 1 “792 of the first of the Ducati, the specialist in mixed conditions Jack Miller who with 1’41 “305 has been unapproachable this Friday, the ninth free practice -to add to a warm up- that the Australian has signed up for this year.
The combination of results from this Friday of the two men who still aspire to the MotoGP crown, Pecco Bagnaia, eighth, and Fabio Quartararo, 16th, would give the Italian a break on Sunday as the Frenchman would not be mathematically champion. In order to sing the alirón, the Devil must either win the race or for Bagnaia not to score more than two points, and in this case he would score eight. Although in principle there is no rain forecast for race Sunday, if a radical drop in temperatures.
If Ducati has put five of its seven bikes in the top-10 – only Bastianini and tester Pirro were left out – on the other side of the scale are Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki, who have all their riders outside the top-10 . Quartararo 16th has been the best Yamaha with Morbidelli 20th, Rossi 22nd and Dovizioso closing a 24th classification again. At Honda, the best was Alex Márquez, 13th, ahead of his brother Marc -by 4 thousandths- with Pol Espargaró including 19th crash, and Nakagami 23rd. And in Suzuki, the one who was closest to the cut – at 33 thousandths – was Joan Mir 11th with Alex Rins 15th.