Pedrosa second quickest, Marquez fifth on Day 1 at Misano

2016-09-10 13:45
On the opening day of the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini, Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa missed the top spot of the timesheet by a mere 65 thousandths of a second, while teammate and Championship leader Marc Marquez wrapped up the day in fifth position, just over four tenths of a second down on the top time.

Both Marc and Dani had started the day positively, working on the setup of their RC213V and making the best of the almost ideal track and ambient conditions, thoroughly testing several specs of the tyres Michelin brought for the weekend.

Marc was fourth fastest in the morning despite a very small crash at Turn 10, while Dani’s best effort put him in P6.

Dani Pedrosa
2ND 1'32.834
“We’ve started in a positive way and I’m obviously very happy. It will be important to remain totally focused for tomorrow. Luckily we had the chance to try almost all the tyre specs, as the track conditions were ideal—very grippy. In the test after the Brno race, we made a small change in the setting, which I liked. We have continued working in that direction, not making too many changes, first in Silverstone and now here. We’re gaining some confidence step by step, and now we must continue like this, keeping a good pace and making the right tyre choice for the race.”

Dani Pedrosa
Marc Marquez
5TH 1'33.196
"I’m happy with how the day went overall. I think we worked pretty well and we’ve tried out almost every tyre as we didn’t want to make the same mistake we made in Silverstone. In the morning I had a strange feeling with some different front tyres; I pushed the front in a slow corner and lost it, although I was already looking for the limit at that point. Honestly we’ve suffered less than we had initially expected; in fact, I was able to be among the fastest riders and I think that if we continue to work well we can have a good weekend”.

Marc Marquez
Results Session

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1
ESPARGARO
Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'32.769
2
PEDROSA
Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team 0.065
3
DOVIZIOSO
Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team 0.132
4
LORENZO
Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 0.287
5
MARQUEZ
Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team 0.427
6
ROSSI
Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 0.618
7
CRUTCHLOW
Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda 0.731
8

Source: Honda Racing Corporation

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