Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi struggled at the Texas MotoGP practice.
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Jorge Lorenzo was fast from the start of this morning session dropping competitive laps throughout the morning session, but struggled to produce the same form in the afternoon when encountered issues with his first bike and ended the day in fifth place.
Lorenzo started the first session with a strong determination to hit the ground running and did just that. He found a good pace from the beginning of the session and needed minimal tweaking to the setting of his YZR-M1 to match the hard-acceleration character of COTA. Clearly feeling at ease on his bike, he ended the morning session in second place with a best time of 2’05.208s, 0.255s from the front.
The Spaniard continued his form in the afternoon practice, which saw him look competitive again when he dropped under the 2’05 mark and climbed up in the rankings. He gradually upping his pace, but was held back when he had some issues with his first bike. Yet he still ended the day within a second off the fastest times and concluded the afternoon session in sixth place with a best lap of 2’04.901s.
Teammate Rossi also had a solid start to the Americas GP, setting the provisional third fastest lap. He then moved his attention towards bettering the rear tyre performance. His best time of 2’06.252s saw him finish seventh in the morning rankings, but the day was far from over.
The Doctor continued to work on his YZR-M1’s setting in the afternoon and saw results straight away when he set the provisional fastest lap, less than ten minutes into the session. He kept up his competitive pace for the remaining 35 minutes, but was pushed down to sixth place towards in the final stages of FP2.
Full results: Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nationality Time 1 Marc Marquez Honda ESP 02’04.034 2 Andrea Iannone Ducati ITA 02’04.740 3 Maverick Viñales Suzuki ESP 02’04.895 4 Scott Redding Ducati GBR 02’04.899 5 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 02’04.901 6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 02’04.974 7 Loris Baz Ducati FRA 02’05.190 8 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 02’05.194 9 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati ITA 02’05.195 10 Cal Crutchlow Honda GBR 02’05.393 11 Hector Barbera Ducati ESP 02’05.488 12 Michele Pirro Ducati ITA 02’05.597 13 Pol Espargaro Yamaha ESP 02’05.616 14 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki ESP 02’05.662 15 Yonny Hernandez Ducati COL 02’05.761 16 Eugene Laverty Ducati GBR 02’05.891 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia DEU 02’05.922 18 Alvaro Bautista Aprilia ESP 02’06.157 19 Bradley Smith Yamaha GBR 02’06.479 20 Jack Miller Honda AUS 02’06.777 21 Tito Rabat Honda ESP 02’07.044
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