The Repsol riders will start the Catalan Grand Prix from eighteenth position and twentieth, respectively.
Álex Márquez continued his development as a MotoGP rider and completed some solid Free Practice sessions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in which he finished less than 8 tenths off the fastest time from FP2, FP3 and FP4.
The Repsol Honda team rookie concluded Q1 in eighth position, with a best time of 1:40.164 -his top lap of the weekend so far.
Repsol Honda teammate Stefan Bradl was just half a second slower, finishing Q1 in tenth position with a 1:40.721. He will be 20th on the grid on Sunday.
Tomorrow’s MotoGP race will start later than usual, at 3pm local time.
ÁLEX MÁRQUEZ
“Today was a difficult situation, I wasn’t able to improve my time a lot as yesterday I did a 40.4 and today only a 40.1. We weren’t able to make a big step between days, so we are a little bit further behind. Tomorrow we have Warm Up to try something, especially in the electronics side to try and improve the rear grip. Managing the tyres will be important tomorrow, we saw in FP4 there is some variety with how fast riders are. Still the grip around the circuit isn’t high, so we need to try and find a solution.”
STEFAN BRADL
“We had quite an average day today, the crash in FP4 which was a bit unlucky. Our first run in FP4 was quite good and I was happy with the pace. We wanted to try some changes to the setup, but the fall upset our plans again. I was expecting a bit more from today but I’m happy overall because our pace in FP4 is looking good. I’m hoping to make up some positions early and focus on my own race, this circuit is always tricky – especially with these cooler conditions.”
