Pedrosa fastest on day one at Brno with Marquez 10th on used tyres

2018-08-04 07:47
Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez got back to business today at Brno, both riders starting the Czech weekend on the right foot.

After ending FP1 seventh fastest, Dani finished the day on top of the standings as the only rider able to lap under the 1’56 barrier when he put a soft rear tyre on at the end of FP2. The Spaniard is happy to have also been fast on hard tyres during the entire session.

Marc set the third fastest time in the morning and then, following his usual path of work, spent all FP2 on the same set of hard Michelin tyres, focusing on his race pace and closing the day in tenth place, just 0.659 down from his teammate.

Dani Pedrosa
1ST 1'55.976
“Today was good because we were able to keep a good pace especially in FP2 on hard tyres. We did a good job there and then also in the final part of the session when we fit a soft rear. That was important because we normally struggle with the soft tyre while today we had a good feeling and good speed. That said, we’ll keep our feet on the ground because not every rider put the soft tyre on today and we need to repeat the performance tomorrow in qualifying. Regarding the final tyre choice for the race I think we’ll need to make more tests tomorrow.”

Dani Pedrosa
Marc Marquez
10TH 1'56.635
“We started with a good setup because we did a really good test here one month ago. The conditions are different as it’s extremely hot now and that means we had to adjust the setup. We’ve worked on it, and already we’re used to spending the whole first session on medium tyres and the second one on hard tyres, which I was able to make a good final lap time with, so we can say that we’re happy with how the day went. We’re a bit behind in the ranking but we worked well on the rhythm and we’re close in terms of the gap from the top. Dovi has done many laps on used tyres and Dani has also has been fast today so let’s wait and see, tomorrow we’ll understand better where we all are. So far, we think the hard front tyre will be the choice for Sunday while we need to make more tests for the rear choice. They say it may rain on Sunday but I hope it’ll stay dry, even if it’s very hot, because it’s less risky to make mistakes. Of course in case of rain we’ll try and make a good race!”

Marc Marquez
Free Practice 2 Combined Classification
Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1
PEDROSA
Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team 1'55.976
2
PETRUCCI
Danilo 9 ITA Alma Pramac Racing 0.123
3
BAUTISTA
Alvaro 19 SPA Angel Nieto Team 0.168
4
SYAHRIN
Hafizh 55 MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 0.224
5
DOVIZIOSO
Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team 0.242
6
VINALES
Maverick 25 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Source: Honda Racing Corporation

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