Marco Bezzecchi once again showed impressive pace as he topped the final MotoGP practice session in Aragon.
In the building fight between Ducati and Aprilia, Bezzecchi gave the Noale-based factory the edge just before qualifying by taking charge of FP2.
Bezzecchi primed himself as the potential favourite for pole position in the final practice session, displacing Marc Marquez at the top of the standings with a time of 1:46.216s.
Marquez ended up second after the flag, 0.232s off Bezzecchi’s time as Raul Fernandez continued to show his pace and completed the top three.
Pedro Acosta finished fourth. while Francesco Bagnaia responded to a difficult Friday by rounding out the top five.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was half a second off in sixth, with Alex Marquez seventh and Diogo Moreira eighth.
Brad Binder completed the session in ninth, 0.004s ahead of Franco Morbidelli who rounded out the top 10.
Luca Marini was 11th, with Jorge Martin once again struggling down in 12th.
Johann Zarco was the final rider within a second of Bezzecchi’s time in 13th, as Joan Mir narrowly edged Fermin Aldeguer for 14th place.
Fabio Quartararo finished as the best of the struggling Yamahas in 16th, with Pramac pair Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlioglu 17th and 18th respectively.
Enea Bastianini got ahead of Tech3 team-mate Pol Espargaro for 19th, as Alex Rins took the flag in 21st.
Lorenzo Savadori completed the standings in 22nd at the end of the final practice session.
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