Lorenzo Sets The Standard, Repsol Hondas Lag In MotoGP FP1 In Argentina

Lorenzo Sets The Standard, Repsol Hondas Lag In MotoGP FP1 In Argentina

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FIM MotoGP World Championship

Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina

April 25, 2014

MotoGP Free Practice One Results (all on Bridgestone tires):

1. Jorge LORENZO, Spain (YAMAHA), 1:42.804

2. Aleix ESPARGARO, Spain (FORWARD YAMAHA), 1:43.285, Open

3. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Spain (HONDA), 1:43.637

4. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (DUCATI), 1:43.706, Open

5. Bradley SMITH, UK (YAMAHA), 1:43.806

6. Pol ESPARGARO, Spain (YAMAHA), 1:43.961

7. Stefan BRADL, Germany (HONDA), 1:44.055

8. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Italy (DUCATI), 1:44.096, Open

9. Nicky HAYDEN, USA (HONDA), 1:44.333, Open

10. Valentino ROSSI, Italy (YAMAHA), 1:44.502

11. Scott REDDING, UK (HONDA), 1:44.763, Open

12. Michele PIRRO, Italy (DUCATI), 1:44.790, Open

13. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (DUCATI), 1:44.889, Open

14. Marc MARQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:45.103

15. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Japan (HONDA), 1:45.137, Open

16. Dani PEDROSA, Spain (HONDA), 1:45.724

17. Colin EDWARDS, USA (FORWARD YAMAHA), 1:45.808, Open

18. Danilo PETRUCCI, Italy (ART-APRILIA), 1:46.008, Open

19. Michael LAVERTY, UK (PBM-APRILIA), 1:46.167, Open, crash

20. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (FTR-KAWASAKI), 1:46.264, Open

21. Broc PARKES, Australia (PBM-APRILIA), 1:46.896, Open

22. Hector BARBERA, Spain (FTR-KAWASAKI), 1:47.027, Open

23. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (HONDA), 1:47.037, Open

Moto2 Free Practice One Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires):

1. Jonas FOLGER, Germany (KALEX), 1:45.925

2. Maverick VIÑALES, Spain (KALEX), 1:46.119

3. Johann ZARCO, France (CATERHAM SUTER), 1:46.597

4. Takaaki NAKAGAMI, Japan (KALEX), 1:46.685

5. Nicolas TEROL, Spain (SUTER), 1:46.830

6. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (TECH 3), 1:46.920

7. Esteve “Tito” RABAT, Spain (KALEX), 1:46.940

8. Anthony WEST, Australia (SPEED UP), 1:47.034

9. Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, Italy (SUTER), 1:47.365

10. Sam LOWES, UK (SPEED UP), 1:47.377

11. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (SUTER), 1:47.403

12. Julian SIMON, Spain (KALEX), 1:47.637

13. Sebastian PORTO, Argentina (KALEX), 1:47.872

14. Simone CORSI, Italy (FORWARD KLX), 1:47.898

15. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:47.912

16. Mattia PASINI, Italy (FORWARD KLX), 1:47.932

17. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:47.938

18. Sandro CORTESE, Germany (KALEX), 1:47.939

19. Randy KRUMMENACHER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:48.282

20. Jordi TORRES, Spain (SUTER), 1:48.311

21. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (SUTER), 1:48.311

22. Louis ROSSI, France (KALEX), 1:48.312

23. Azlan SHAH, Malaysia (KALEX), 1:48.743

24. Marcel SCHROTTER, Germany (TECH 3), 1:48.776

25. Axel PONS, Spain (KALEX), 1:49.089

26. Gino REA, UK (SUTER), 1:49.171

27. Thitipong WAROKORN, Thailand (KALEX), 1:49.199

28. Franco MORBIDELLI, Italy (KALEX), 1:49.239

29. Luis SALOM, Spain (KALEX), 1:49.265

30. Hafizh SYAHRIN, Malaysia (KALEX), 1:49.280

31. Robin MULHAUSER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:49.587

32. Tetsuta NAGASHIMA, Japan (TSR), 1:49.775

33. Mika KALLIO, Finland (KALEX), 1:49.868

34. Roman RAMOS, Spain (SPEED UP), 1:50.818

Moto3 Free Practice One Results (all using Dunlop tires):

1. Jack MILLER, Australia (KTM), 1:51.929

2. Efren VAZQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:52.662

3. Danny KENT, UK (HUSQVARNA), 1:52.765

4. Isaac VIÑALES, Spain (KTM), 1:53.050

5. Miguel OLIVEIRA, Portugal (MAHINDRA), 1:53.056

6. Alex MARQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:53.163

7. Enea BASTIANINI, Italy (KTM), 1:53.355

8. Niccolò ANTONELLI, Italy (KTM), 1:53.360

9. Juanfran GUEVARA, Spain (KTM), 1:53.434

10. Jakub KORNFEIL, Czech Republic (KTM), 1:53.472

More, from a press release issued by Repsol Honda:

Marquez and Pedrosa get first taste of Argentina track

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have had their first experience on the new Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina. The first 45 minute FP1 session was delayed – as a result of the Moto3 session being postponed due to electrical issues in the pit lane – and was almost victim to the same problem when the power went down just two minutes before the start of the session. However, power was restored just in time and World Champion, Marc Marquez, was the first MotoGP rider out on track.

Marc was fastest on a very dirty track for the beginning of the session until the other riders caught up as they all took their time to familiarise themselves with the new 4.806km circuit, located 1100km North West of Buenos Aires. At the end of FP1 Marc was 14th with a best time of 1’45.103 (lap 3 of 16) and Dani in 16th with 1’45.724 (lap 14 of 20), both Repsol Honda riders remained on the same tyre for the duration of the session, whilst others put on a fresh tyre at the end.

FP2 will begin at 14h05 local time.

TEAM QUOTES

Marc Marquez

14th – 1’45.103

“The feeling is quite good and the track seems nice, but the grip level was pretty low. The tyre life was very, very short and after just three laps it was completely destroyed – especially in the beginning. I am confident we will improve this afternoon when the track conditions are better!”

Dani Pedrosa

16th – 1’45.724

“This morning we didn’t learn very much as after two or three laps the rear tyre was destroyed and we chose not to put on a new tyre in this session but instead wait until this afternoon – when I’m sure the track conditions will be better”

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