2022 Austin MotoGP FP4 Result: Bagnaia Leads Marquez

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2022-04-09 19:12

The final practice session for the premier class was more of the same, lots of fast riders with consistent pace setting the scene for another unpredictable race – unless the King of COTA has kept something hidden all along. The only man who managed to keep Marc Marquez away from top spot in FP4 was Pecco Bagnaia, the Italian picking up the lead for the final six minutes and holding Marquez a tenth behind. Enea Bastianini led the way for the early part of the session, before settling for third, less than two tenths off top spot and with equally fine rhythm to the men ahead.

Fabio Quartararo also kept close from fourth position, three tenths off the lead and one hundredth ahead of Aleix Espargaro, the world championship leader securely inside the top five. Johann Zarco kept Maverick Viñales away from his teammate, while the two Suzuki riders ended the session around seven tenths off, with Alex Rins marginally ahead of Joan Mir. After a tricky FP3, Jorge Martin picked up the pace to join the top 10, ahead of Pol Espargaro and Jack Miller. Franco Morbidelli in 13th position was one second behind Bagnaia and with Alex Marquez closely behind, while the first KTM machine was down in 18th place, Brad Binder a second and a half off the top time.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2:02.983
2	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	2:03.115	0.132	0.132
3	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	2:03.169	0.186	0.054
4	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	2:03.359	0.376	0.190
5	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	2:03.373	0.390	0.014
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	2:03.421	0.438	0.048
7	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	2:03.536	0.553	0.115
8	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	2:03.675	0.692	0.139
9	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	2:03.706	0.723	0.031
10	89	Jorge Martin	Ducati	2:03.712	0.729	0.006
11	44	Pol Espargaro	Honda	2:03.892	0.909	0.180
12	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	2:03.895	0.912	0.003
13	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2:04.052	1.069	0.157
14	73	Alex Marquez	Honda	2:04.141	1.158	0.089
15	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	2:04.286	1.303	0.145
16	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	2:04.302	1.319	0.016
17	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	2:04.354	1.371	0.052
18	33	Brad Binder	KTM	2:04.421	1.438	0.067
19	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2:04.538	1.555	0.117
20	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	2:04.539	1.556	0.001
21	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	2:04.873	1.890	0.334
22	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	2:05.132	2.149	0.259
23	25	Raul Fernandez	KTM	2:05.224	2.241	0.092
24	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	2:05.374	2.391	0.150