Pasini put it on pole in Brno, Austria and Silverstone and now he’s done it again in Misano for the fourth time in a row. He set the pace early on and controlled the rhythm of the session, with only Franco Morbidelli looking like the only one who could match him. You could see how hard Morbidelli was trying, and he ended up less than a tenth behind Pasini, with Dominique Aegerter rounding out the front row.
Moto2 was no different when it came to exceeding track limits with Jorge Navarro, Axel Pons and Luca Marini all coming under fire for running onto the red.
A last ditch attempt from Lorenzo Baldassari saw him shoot up to fourth, and he will head up the second row of the grid in tomorrow’s race. Silverstone winner Takaaki Nakagami will start from fifth, with Francesco Bagnaia closely behind in sixth.
Miguel Oliveira recovered from his 22nd place finish in FP3, putting in a lap that will see him start from ninth, behind Thomas Luthi in seventh and Simone Corsi in eighth. Luthi hasn’t performed at his best this weekend, and although he sits second in the championship just 29 points behind Morbidelli, he needs to pull out something incredible in the race to keep his title hopes alive.
Top ten:
- Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) 1:37.390
- Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) +0.083
- Doninique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) +0.333
- Lorenzo Baldassari (Forward Racing Team) +0.344
- Takaaki Nakagami (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) +0.387
- Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46) +0.499
- Thomas Luthi (CarXpert Interwetten) +0.547
- Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing) +0.550
- Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +0.593
- Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP40) +0.666
