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March 17th, 2016, 03:10 PM
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From a Repsol Honda press release.
The 2016 MotoGP World Championship officially commenced this evening in Qatar, with a single free-practice session for the premier class. Rain had fallen on-and-off all day Wednesday, but the track was in generally good condition when action got underway at 8:55 p.m. Thursday local time.
At the end of the 45 minute session, Repsol Honda Team riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were classified seventh and eight respectively, with Dani setting his fastest time of 1’56.098 on his seventh lap and Marc recording a 1’56.258 time on his 15th and final lap.
FP2 and FP3 will commence tomorrow at 6 p.m. and 8:55 p.m. local time, respectively.
Dani Pedrosa
7TH* 1’56.098
http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af538578b4f4.22371425-112x186.png (http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af538578b4f4.22371425.png)“Luckily, the track was in good condition and this practice was a useful start for us to gather information, because we started working on the setup we used on the last day of test and then decided to try a big change. We need to work more on this idea and I hope tomorrow we’ll be able to build on it. We’ll study the data we’ve gathered very thoroughly in order to improve in the direction we feel could make the bike faster. We’ll try to reduce the gap, tenth by tenth, working on power delivery and chassis settings.”
Marc Marquez
8TH* 1’56.258
http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af3e55830754.86772272-112x186.png (http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af3e55830754.86772272.png)“Today the 2016 season started for real. It was not the easiest FP1 I’ve ridden in, but we tried to improve gradually. The feeling was not very good, but we worked hard and we tried a lot of things out, so now we have to see what has changed between the test and today. We know that in Qatar the track conditions change a lot, so we will try to continue to evolve and get close to the top riders.”
FP1 Results
Pos.RiderNumNationTeamTime/Gap1LORENZO*Jorge99SPAMovistar Yamaha MotoGP1’55.4402ROSSI*Valentino46ITAMovistar Yamaha MotoGP1’55.7073IANNONE*Andrea29ITADucati Team1’55.7364BARBERA*Hector8SPAAvintia Racing1’55.8105VINALES*Maverick25SPATeam Suzuki Ecstar1’55.8476ESPARGARO*Pol44SPAMonster Yamaha Tech 31’56.0517PEDROSA*Dani26SPARepsol Honda Team1’56.0988MARQUEZ*Marc93SPARepsol Honda Team1’56.2589DOVIZIOSO*Andrea4ITADucati Team1’56.38710REDDING*Scott45GBROcto Pramac Racing1’56.41211SMITH*Bradley38GBRMonster Yamaha Tech 31’56.52412CRUTCHLOW*Cal35GBRLCR Honda1’56.59613BAZ*Loris76FRAAvintia Racing1’56.78314MILLER*Jack43AUSMarc VDS Racing Team1’56.93915PETRUCCI*Danilo9ITAOcto Pramac Racing1’56.98116ESPARGARO*Aleix41SPATeam Suzuki Ecstar1’57.09617BAUTISTA*Alvaro19SPAAprilia Racing Team Gresini1’57.12918HERNANDEZ*Yonny68COLAspar MotoGP Team1’57.19219LAVERTY*Eugene50IREAspar MotoGP Team1’57.42120RABAT*Tito53SPAEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS1’57.91621BRADL*Stefan6GERAprilia Racing Team Gresini1’57.989
Pedrosa Outpaces Marquez In Qatar MotoGP Free Practice 1 (http://blog.motorcycle.com/2016/03/17/motorcycle-news/pedrosa-outpaces-marquez-in-qatar-motogp-free-practice-1/) appeared first on Motorcycle.com News (http://blog.motorcycle.com).
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From a Repsol Honda press release.
The 2016 MotoGP World Championship officially commenced this evening in Qatar, with a single free-practice session for the premier class. Rain had fallen on-and-off all day Wednesday, but the track was in generally good condition when action got underway at 8:55 p.m. Thursday local time.
At the end of the 45 minute session, Repsol Honda Team riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were classified seventh and eight respectively, with Dani setting his fastest time of 1’56.098 on his seventh lap and Marc recording a 1’56.258 time on his 15th and final lap.
FP2 and FP3 will commence tomorrow at 6 p.m. and 8:55 p.m. local time, respectively.
Dani Pedrosa
7TH* 1’56.098
http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af538578b4f4.22371425-112x186.png (http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af538578b4f4.22371425.png)“Luckily, the track was in good condition and this practice was a useful start for us to gather information, because we started working on the setup we used on the last day of test and then decided to try a big change. We need to work more on this idea and I hope tomorrow we’ll be able to build on it. We’ll study the data we’ve gathered very thoroughly in order to improve in the direction we feel could make the bike faster. We’ll try to reduce the gap, tenth by tenth, working on power delivery and chassis settings.”
Marc Marquez
8TH* 1’56.258
http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af3e55830754.86772272-112x186.png (http://blog.motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56af3e55830754.86772272.png)“Today the 2016 season started for real. It was not the easiest FP1 I’ve ridden in, but we tried to improve gradually. The feeling was not very good, but we worked hard and we tried a lot of things out, so now we have to see what has changed between the test and today. We know that in Qatar the track conditions change a lot, so we will try to continue to evolve and get close to the top riders.”
FP1 Results
Pos.RiderNumNationTeamTime/Gap1LORENZO*Jorge99SPAMovistar Yamaha MotoGP1’55.4402ROSSI*Valentino46ITAMovistar Yamaha MotoGP1’55.7073IANNONE*Andrea29ITADucati Team1’55.7364BARBERA*Hector8SPAAvintia Racing1’55.8105VINALES*Maverick25SPATeam Suzuki Ecstar1’55.8476ESPARGARO*Pol44SPAMonster Yamaha Tech 31’56.0517PEDROSA*Dani26SPARepsol Honda Team1’56.0988MARQUEZ*Marc93SPARepsol Honda Team1’56.2589DOVIZIOSO*Andrea4ITADucati Team1’56.38710REDDING*Scott45GBROcto Pramac Racing1’56.41211SMITH*Bradley38GBRMonster Yamaha Tech 31’56.52412CRUTCHLOW*Cal35GBRLCR Honda1’56.59613BAZ*Loris76FRAAvintia Racing1’56.78314MILLER*Jack43AUSMarc VDS Racing Team1’56.93915PETRUCCI*Danilo9ITAOcto Pramac Racing1’56.98116ESPARGARO*Aleix41SPATeam Suzuki Ecstar1’57.09617BAUTISTA*Alvaro19SPAAprilia Racing Team Gresini1’57.12918HERNANDEZ*Yonny68COLAspar MotoGP Team1’57.19219LAVERTY*Eugene50IREAspar MotoGP Team1’57.42120RABAT*Tito53SPAEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS1’57.91621BRADL*Stefan6GERAprilia Racing Team Gresini1’57.989
Pedrosa Outpaces Marquez In Qatar MotoGP Free Practice 1 (http://blog.motorcycle.com/2016/03/17/motorcycle-news/pedrosa-outpaces-marquez-in-qatar-motogp-free-practice-1/) appeared first on Motorcycle.com News (http://blog.motorcycle.com).
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