Pol Espargaró and Stefan Bradl took part in the first two Free Practice sessions for the San Marino Grand Prix on Friday, finishing 11th and 21st, respectively.
It was a sunny day at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, kicking off the fourteenth round of the 2022 season.
Pol Espargaró was consistent during the two sessions, finishing both with the eleventh fastest time. The Repsol Honda Team rider improved his pace compared to previous Grand Prix Fridays, and with a best time of 1:32.301 he ended the day eleventh, 0.008s (NUMERO) outside the Top 10.
Stefan Bradl had a similar day to that of his teammate. In both sessions, the German was twenty-first, achieving a fastest time of 1:32.978, clocked in FP2.
POL ESPARGARÓ – 11th 1’32.301
“It was not a bad first day, especially since I think we made a bit of a mistake with thee tyre choice for our time attack. I went with a safer option but even like this we were able to get a lot of good information for tomorrow. Even like this we were really close to the top ten, so this is a positive way to start the weekend. There’s a small amount of time between all the riders, we need to find some time tomorrow but the situation has potential.”
STEFAN BRADL – 21st 1’32.978
“We worked a lot on the setup today and we were able to improve our lap time over the course of the day. It was a very normal Friday honestly, getting information about tyres and trying some things. The plan is to keep working along this path and close the distance to some potential points. There’s time to find and a few tenths will make a big difference this weekend.”
