The first practise session of Qatar Moto GP gave a good measure of where teams stood after pushing their machines.
The first practise session of Qatar Moto GP gave a good measure of where teams stood after pushing their machines. Yamaha, as was expected, came out on top with reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo the fastest with teammate Valentino Rossi coming in second.
Jorge Lorenzo: 2015 Moto GP Champion
Meanwhile, both the Honda riders struggled with DaniPedrosa coming in 7th and Marc Marques 8th, 0.8 seconds off the pace. Marques was not happy with the behaviour of the bike and couldn’t pin point the exact reason.
“We didn’t have the best start of the season,” said Marquez, “because we had a small problem – we changed some parameters on the electronics and we expected a very small effect but it was very big on the bike. The feeling was much different. For that reason, I couldn’t find the way for the lap time. I did two laps, stop, one lap, stop, one lap more… I felt strange on the bike and we will try to fix for tomorrow. We cannot say one point, because [it] was more that the engine was not constant.
“One lap you arrive, and the engine braking was good and then the acceleration was good, then the next lap it was completely out. It was more that it was not constant, the bike, and then you cannot predict what will happen. We arrived here with a good base but still not 100 percent with the electronic side. We must work, but I believe that on Sunday we will have a good package.”
PRACTICE ONE RESULTS
Pos Rider Team Bike Time Gap Laps 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Yamaha 1m55.440s - 15 2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 1m55.707s 0.267s 17 3 Andrea Iannone Ducati Ducati 1m55.736s 0.296s 16 4 Hector Barbera Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m55.810s 0.370s 16 5 Maverick Vinales Suzuki Suzuki 1m55.847s 0.407s 16 6 Pol Espargaro Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.051s 0.611s 18 7 Daniel Pedrosa Honda Honda 1m56.098s 0.658s 16 8 Marc Marquez Honda Honda 1m56.258s 0.818s 15 9 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 1m56.387s 0.947s 14 10 Scott Redding Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m56.412s 0.972s 16 11 Bradley Smith Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.524s 1.084s 17 12 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 1m56.596s 1.156s 16 13 Loris Baz Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m56.783s 1.343s 14 14 Jack Miller Marc VDS Honda Honda 1m56.939s 1.499s 16 15 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m56.981s 1.541s 17 16 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki Suzuki 1m57.096s 1.656s 16 17 Alvaro Bautista Aprilia Aprilia 1m57.129s 1.689s 16 18 Yonny Hernandez Aspar Ducati Ducati 1m57.192s 1.752s 14 19 Eugene Laverty Aspar Ducati Ducati 1m57.421s 1.981s 14 20 Tito Rabat Marc VDS Honda Honda 1m57.916s 2.476s 18 21 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Aprilia 1m57.989s 2.549s 15
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