Race day began in perfect faಌshion for Aragon MotoGP pole sitter Francesco Bagnaia as he topped morning warm🧸-up for Ducati.

Most o🌠f the riders headed out immediately, however, one of the pre-race favourites Marc Marquez chose to remain in pit lane. 

Two riders who endured disappointing qualifying sessions based on their representative pace throughout the weekend were Takaaki Nakagami and Alex Rins, but both riders looked impressiv🎃e early on. 

Nakagami was over❀ half a second clear of Rins before Aleix Espargaro went second - still four tenth💫s down. 

Mir then reduced that gap t༺o just over two tenths, while Marc Marquez eventually made his w𓃲ay onto the MotorLand Aragon circuit. 

Pole man Bagnaia🐷 was hovering around tenth place for much of the session before jumping up to fourth. The Italian then improved again to go fastest.

As was the case in qualifying, a stunning last sector saw Bagnaia pull back all the lap time needed. A deficit of ne🌊arly two tenths to Nakagami was then turned into a -0.030s advantage for Bagnaia. 

As has been the case far too often this season and again this weekend, Alex Marquez suffereꦰd a crash at turn seven. 

Enea Bastianini’s strong weekend continued in morning warm-up as he went third overall with five minutes toꦡ go - finished ninth in the end. 

Nakagami remained second overall with Mir in third, while Jack Miller was fourth on the second factory Ducati. ღLate improvements from Marquez saw him finish tenth fastest.