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Honda leads a short FP1

Marc Márquez has taken the best time of a completely unrelevant session until the last tne minutes. Honda has performed really well with Crutchlow in second place and Pedrosa fourth. Andrea Dovizioso has finished in third place.

The beginning of the session was marked by the remaining humidity on track and a light rain that fell on sector one during the first minutes. Very few riders went on track on these first stages, being Johann Zarco the provisional leader with a 1:56.

Minutes went on and the situation wasn’t improving. With 20 minutes to go, only seven riders had set a lap, with Jorge Lorenzo on the lead with a 1:54.940.

The situation finally changed on the last 12 minutes. More drivers went on track and the times fell to 1:49, with Jonas Folger being the most active and the fastest.

On these fase, Jack Miller was shown a black flag due to exceeding the track limits repeatedly. The Australian rider was riding through turn 14 using the F1 chicane instead of the new layout, and all of his laps were being cancelled.

Finally, with all riders already on track, Marc Márquez was the fastest of the session with a 1:45.875, followed by Cal Crutchlow, three tenths behind, and Andrea Dovizioso, six tenths behind. Dani Pedrosa’s fourth place confirmed the superiority of Honda.

Results:

Pos. Num. Piloto País Equipo Moto Tiempo Gap
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’45.875
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 1’46.201 0.326 / 0.326
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1’46.505 0.630 / 0.304
4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’46.621 0.746 / 0.116
5 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’46.722 0.847 / 0.101
6 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’46.824 0.949 / 0.102
7 22 Sam LOWES GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’47.054 1.179 / 0.230
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 1’47.102 1.227 / 0.048
9 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 1’47.127 1.252 / 0.025
10 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 1’47.252 1.377 / 0.125
11 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’47.460 1.585 / 0.208
12 43 Jack MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1’47.992 2.117 / 0.532
13 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 1’48.111 2.236 / 0.119
14 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1’48.114 2.239 / 0.003
15 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’48.228 2.353 / 0.114
16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 1’48.625 2.750 / 0.397
17 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’48.863 2.988 / 0.238
18 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1’49.781 3.906 / 0.918
19 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’49.831 3.956 / 0.050
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2’04.186 18.311 / 14.355
8 Hector BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati
53 Tito RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda
76 Loris BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati