Lorenzo signe un nouveau record du circuit à Misano / Record-breaking Lorenzo heads Friday’s practice

L’Espagnol et son compatriote Marc Márquez ont de nouveau été clairement plus rapides que leurs concurrents vendredi après-midi.

          

Deuxième à 0.094s de Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) le matin alors que les autres pilotes étaient à plus d’une demi-seconde du Champion en titre, Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) a réussi à prendre l’avantage vendredi après-midi lors de la seconde séance du Grand Prix TIM de Saint-Marin et de la Riviera di Rimini. 

             

Sur une YZR-M1 équipée d’ailerons latéraux à l’avant du carénage, le Majorquin a établi le nouveau record absolu du circuit en 1’32.871, soit 0.044s de mieux que l’ancien record, signé par Márquez en 2013. Ce dernier a conclu la deuxième séance à tout juste 0.053s de Lorenzo et avait déjà eu l’occasion de rouler sur le nouveau revêtement de Misano lors d’un test privé organisé cet été.

Lui aussi présent pour ces essais privés, son coéquipier Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) a terminé troisième, à 0.387s de Lorenzo, devant les Italiens Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) et Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), qui finissait à 0.598s de son coéquipier, sur qui il compte douze points d’avance au classement général. 

              

Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3), Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing), à domicile après s’être offert son premier podium à Silverstone, et Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) figuraient eux aussi dans le Top 8. 

Troisième le matin, Michele Pirro, en wildcard pour Ducati, a conclu la journée en neuvième position, devant Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), qui étaient avec Alex de Angelis (E-Motion IodaRacing Team), Andrea Iannone (Ducati) et Karel Abraham (AB Motoracing) l’un des quatre pilotes à chuter au cours de cette séance. 

De retour sur un circuit où il avait brillé en WorldSBK, Loris Baz (Forward Racing) s’est classé deuxième pilote Ipen derrière Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) tandis que Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) a fini 22e.

Suite des essais libres samedi à 9h55.

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Jorge Lorenzo utilised winglets on his M1 and set the fastest ever lap by a motorbike around Misano ahead of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.

For the fourth race in a row it was Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez who filled the top two places on the combined timesheets on Friday. This time it was Lorenzo who finished on top of the pile as the Spaniard took advantage of the new track surface and glorious conditions (Track temperatures reached 38˚C) to set the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around the 4.2km Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

               

Lorenzo set a 1’32.871 in FP2 whilst utilising a medium front and medium rear tyre on a day that saw nearly all riders improve in the warmer conditions of the afternoon. The Majorcan - who is currently second in the championship standings - broke Marquez’s 2013 Pole record in the process (1’32.915). FP2 also saw Lorenzo debut ‘winglets’ on his Yamaha M1 and they seemed to have a positive affect as he immediately went quicker.

Lorenzo ended the day just 0.053s ahead of Marquez, who had earlier topped FP1. Marquez preferred a hard front and hard rear combination for his flying laps at the end of FP2 in a session that once again saw the Spanish duo a cut above the rest.

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa (+0.387s) completed the provisional front row but was over three-tenths off the pace of his teammate Marquez. Andrea Dovizioso (+0.420s) on the Ducati Team GP15 was in fourth ahead of the man who leads the championship standings by 12 points, Valentino Rossi (+0.598s). Rossi did not sport the ‘winglets’ on his M1, but expect to see them make an appearance in FP3, as he preferred a hard front and rear tyre combination like Marquez.

                

Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro (+0.681s) was the leading Satellite rider in 6th, just one-thousandth of a second ahead of the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati of Danilo Petrucci.

                   

Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) finished the day in 7th, with Ducati Team’s test rider Michele Pirro (wildcard) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) completing the top ten, despite the latter crashing at the start of FP2.

              

EG 0,0 Marc VDS rider Scott Redding was 11th, with Aleix Espargaro (Team Suzuki Ecstar) in 12th and less than a second behind Lorenzo, while Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) had to settle for 13th after also crashing during the session.

Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) ended the day in 15th as the leading Open class rider, with Jack Miller (LCR Honda) and Nicky Hayden (Aspar MotoGP Team) in 19th and 22nd respectively.

Check out the combined MotoGP™ FP1 & FP2 times; FP3 kicks off at 9:55am local time on Saturday in Misano.