World News – AU – Takaaki Nakagami warms up for Aragon MotoGP with better time

Takaaki Nakagami places Honda at the top of the timesheets during the morning warm-up of MotoGP Aragon, ahead of Maverick Vinales and Alex Rins

Takaaki Nakagami got off to a positive start to his Aragon MotoGP race day with the fastest in the morning warm-up at Motorland Aragon as he looks to maintain his stellar 2020 consistency race

The Japanese rider, in the Honda RC213V on which Marc Marquez dominated in Aragon last year, will start seventh on the grid for this afternoon’s race as he seeks to consolidate Honda’s best qualifying of the year. ‘year with Cal Crutchlow in third and Alex Marquez in 11th

He will also try to make a MotoGP top 10 in a row, and potentially become the 16th rider this year to stand on the MotoGP podium.

Front row starter Maverick Vinales finished second fastest to complete a lead time sweep in all pre-race sessions, while Alex Rins looked in good shape for Suzuki in third place

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Fresh out of his first participation in Q2 of the MotoGP 2020 season, Marquez of Repsol Honda finished fourth to Joan Mir on the second of the Suzukis, while poleman Fabio Quartararo played it safe with the sixth fastest time

In seventh place his teammate Petronas SRT Yamaha Franco Morbidelli of top Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci, who in turn was right in front of his teammate – and new enemy – Andrea Dovizioso, after their qualifying skirmish

This afternoon’s MotoGP Aragon will see Quartararo start his fourth MotoGP pole position of the year, from Vinales and Crutchlow

They will be chased by Morbidelli in fourth place, Jack Miller and title contender Mir on the Suzuki

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