Repsol Honda’s Marquez top on day one in Austin

2015-04-11 10:14
After a wet start to the Red Bull GP of The Americas, this afternoon the track dried up and allowed the MotoGP riders the opportunity to experience some dry track time.

The track improved as the FP2 session continued and it was reigning World Champion, Marc Marquez, who finished on top. His time of 2’04.835 recorded on his final lap of ten, placed him 0.327 seconds ahead of satellite Honda rider Cal Crutchlow in the combined times. Marc’s teammate, Hiroshi Aoyama, finished the day in 16th with his time of 2’07.268 (lap 12/12). Hiroshi – standing in for injured Dani Pedrosa – was grateful to have some dry track time to assist his learning experience aboard the Honda RC213V.

Tomorrow’s FP3 session is scheduled to begin at 09h55 local time.

Marc Marquez
1ST 2'04.835 [LAP 10/10]
“Today was a positive day and in general it went fairly well. In the morning we rode in wet conditions, which was important because it is possible that Sunday’s race will be under the same circumstances and we were able to discard a few things. In the second session we were able to ride in the dry and, although we only put in five fast laps, the feeling was good and we could draw a few conclusions. Let’s hope that tomorrow the weather is dry and we can continue trying out some modifications to the bike to improve further –although the important thing is that our initial feeling is positive.”

Marc Marquez
Hiroshi Aoyama
16TH 2'07.268 [LAP12/12]
“Unfortunately this morning’s session was in wet conditions which wasn’t the easiest start for me in learning how to ride this bike. We adjusted the bike a little and by the end I had more confidence. This afternoon it was slightly damp still but we rode on the slicks so I could get some experience in drier conditions. We didn’t really change too much on the bike, I just needed to put in some laps as I’m still missing a good feeling on the bike.”

Hiroshi Aoyama
Results Session

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1
MARQUEZ
Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team 2'04.835
2
CRUTCHLOW
Cal 35 GBR CWM LCR Honda 2'05.162
3
IANNONE
Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team 2'05.190
4
ESPARGARO
Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar 2'05.564
5
DOVIZIOSO
Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team 2'05.646
6
ROSSI
Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2'05.691
7
ESPARGARO
Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'05.840
8
BRADL
Stefan 6 GER Athina Forward Racing 2'05.990
9
HERNANDEZ
Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing 2'06.092
10
SMITH
Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'06.134
11
LORENZO
Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2'06.174
12

Source: HRC

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