MotoGP series leader stamps authority on opening day of practice at Aragon GP, in which Pedrosa places third behind Stefan Bradl.
The MotoGP World Championship continued today at the MotorLand circuit, with the opening practice sessions for the Aragon Grand Prix. After a packed day of press commitments, fan meetings and preparations alongside the team, the action began with Marc Marquez clocking the fastest time of Day 1. Dani Pedrosa was third quickest.
Second and third in the first session, led by Jorge Lorenzo, Marquez and Pedrosa were 8 and 195 milliseconds off their fellow Spaniard, respectively. The two Repsol Honda men upped their pace in the afternoon and were again amongst the frontrunners in Free practice 2. Marquez put himself into the lead overall, with Pedrosa again third –0.267s off his teammate and 0.132s off second placed Stefan Bradl.
Tomorrow sees the final two practice sessions and a 15 minute qualifying session, held at 2:35pm.
Dani Pedrosa >> Audio
FP1 – 1:49.948, 19 laps, 96 km.
FP2 – 1:49.254, 17 laps, 86 km.
“I’m happy, because today I felt comfortable on track, we put in some good laps and improved our feeling a lot. We were only lacking a test run with the hard rear tyre, so tomorrow we will work on that to see which compound we go with in the end. We hope to get a bit further along with our preparations for the race.”
Marc Marquez >> Audio
FP1 – 1:49.761, 19 laps, 96 km.
FP2 – 1:48.987, 17 laps, 86 km.
“Today, I didn’t feel as good as I did in the test that we did here after the Barcelona GP, as there was less grip in these two practice sessions. Anyway, it’s the same for everyone. In general the feeling that we have is pretty good and I worked on various things with the bike today. However, we can still improve our setup. We hope to take that step forward tomorrow and we shall see if the grip level improves, as that would make things so much easier for everyone.”
FP1 – 1:49.948, 19 laps, 96 km.
FP2 – 1:49.254, 17 laps, 86 km.
“I’m happy, because today I felt comfortable on track, we put in some good laps and improved our feeling a lot. We were only lacking a test run with the hard rear tyre, so tomorrow we will work on that to see which compound we go with in the end. We hope to get a bit further along with our preparations for the race.”
