The red dominance was maintained in the third and last session of the combined, with a new record for Bagnaia, who was the first to drop to 1:19
After the Italian, they got into Q2 Miller, Aleix Espargaró, Zarco, Martín and also Quartararo, who had problems with the visor of his helmet
The Italian Francesco Bagnaia pulverized the record of the German Sachsenring circuit by being the first to drop below one minute and twenty seconds on several occasions, to establish a new absolute record in 1:19,765with up to a total of five pilots who rolled in that same second.
Bagnaia mounted soft tires fifteen minutes from the end of the session and in two consecutive sessions he ended up lowering the circuit record and beating the Spaniard Aleix Espargarowhich was the first “fast” reference in the category in that last phase of the session and the first to break the previous MotoGP record on this track.
The Italian Marco Bezzecchi he wasn’t too lucky and went to the ground relatively fast at the exit of turn twelve of the German track, although he was able to return to the box on his own two feet to continue the session with the second bike.
the portuguese Miguel Oliveira He was one of the first to lower his personal best time, taking advantage of the good track conditions. The next to leave was the 2020 world champion, the Spanish Joan Mir, who placed his Suzuki in tenth place, leaving Miguel Oliveira out by just five thousandths of a second. And then came the surprise, with a new category record for Aleix Espargarowho stopped the clock in 1:20,013which reduced by five thousandths of a second (1:20.018) the record that the Italian “Pecco” Bagnaia had established yesterday.
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The entrance to the pits to change tires turned out to be prescient, because after Aleix Espargaró came “Pecco” Bagnaia and the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo looking for a new record. Bagnaia got his goal and set a new record for 1:19,833the first driver to shoot in that second, and after him did the Spanish George Martinalso riding a Ducati Desmosedici GP22, which rode in 1:19,969but the Italian was still on track and at a record pace, with a new absolute mark set at 1:19.765 on his next turn, after which he entered his box again.
After Bagnaia and Martin, Aleix Espargaro watched from his box the “times” of his rivals, with the third fastest time, ahead of fabio quartararofourth with 1:20.038, with Joan Mir in fifth place, 60 thousandths of a second behind the reigning MotoGP world champion.
There was still time for a new track outing in search of a fastest time with the last set of soft tires for almost all the drivers. The Spanish Alex Márquez was the first casualty in that hectic moment of the session, and the next was the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, whom inexplicably the visor of the helmet came off and had to abort his fast lap attempt, as did the Japanese Takaaki Nakagamibut in his case also by fall.
After Bagnaia and Martín, they also dropped to one minute and 19 seconds: Aleix Espargaró to place second, 64 thousandths of a second behind the Italian, the Australian Jack Miller and the French Johann Zarco. Quartararo achieved the sixth final position, ahead of Joan Mirthe Italian Luca Marina, Takaaki Nakagami, and Maverick Viñaleswho were the ones who entered Q2, leaving out pilots of the stature of Pol Espargarothe south african Brad Binder either Alex Rinswhose left wrist injury is taking a bigger toll than he might expect.