FIM MotoGP World Championship
Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina
April 25, 2014
MotoGP Free Practice One Results (all on Bridgestone tires):
1. Jorge LORENZO, Spain (YAMAHA), 1:42.804
2. Aleix ESPARGARO, Spain (FORWARD YAMAHA), 1:43.285, Open
3. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Spain (HONDA), 1:43.637
4. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (DUCATI), 1:43.706, Open
5. Bradley SMITH, UK (YAMAHA), 1:43.806
6. Pol ESPARGARO, Spain (YAMAHA), 1:43.961
7. Stefan BRADL, Germany (HONDA), 1:44.055
8. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Italy (DUCATI), 1:44.096, Open
9. Nicky HAYDEN, USA (HONDA), 1:44.333, Open
10. Valentino ROSSI, Italy (YAMAHA), 1:44.502
11. Scott REDDING, UK (HONDA), 1:44.763, Open
12. Michele PIRRO, Italy (DUCATI), 1:44.790, Open
13. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (DUCATI), 1:44.889, Open
14. Marc MARQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:45.103
15. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Japan (HONDA), 1:45.137, Open
16. Dani PEDROSA, Spain (HONDA), 1:45.724
17. Colin EDWARDS, USA (FORWARD YAMAHA), 1:45.808, Open
18. Danilo PETRUCCI, Italy (ART-APRILIA), 1:46.008, Open
19. Michael LAVERTY, UK (PBM-APRILIA), 1:46.167, Open, crash
20. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (FTR-KAWASAKI), 1:46.264, Open
21. Broc PARKES, Australia (PBM-APRILIA), 1:46.896, Open
22. Hector BARBERA, Spain (FTR-KAWASAKI), 1:47.027, Open
23. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (HONDA), 1:47.037, Open
Moto2 Free Practice One Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires):
1. Jonas FOLGER, Germany (KALEX), 1:45.925
2. Maverick VIÑALES, Spain (KALEX), 1:46.119
3. Johann ZARCO, France (CATERHAM SUTER), 1:46.597
4. Takaaki NAKAGAMI, Japan (KALEX), 1:46.685
5. Nicolas TEROL, Spain (SUTER), 1:46.830
6. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (TECH 3), 1:46.920
7. Esteve “Tito” RABAT, Spain (KALEX), 1:46.940
8. Anthony WEST, Australia (SPEED UP), 1:47.034
9. Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, Italy (SUTER), 1:47.365
10. Sam LOWES, UK (SPEED UP), 1:47.377
11. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (SUTER), 1:47.403
12. Julian SIMON, Spain (KALEX), 1:47.637
13. Sebastian PORTO, Argentina (KALEX), 1:47.872
14. Simone CORSI, Italy (FORWARD KLX), 1:47.898
15. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:47.912
16. Mattia PASINI, Italy (FORWARD KLX), 1:47.932
17. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:47.938
18. Sandro CORTESE, Germany (KALEX), 1:47.939
19. Randy KRUMMENACHER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:48.282
20. Jordi TORRES, Spain (SUTER), 1:48.311
21. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (SUTER), 1:48.311
22. Louis ROSSI, France (KALEX), 1:48.312
23. Azlan SHAH, Malaysia (KALEX), 1:48.743
24. Marcel SCHROTTER, Germany (TECH 3), 1:48.776
25. Axel PONS, Spain (KALEX), 1:49.089
26. Gino REA, UK (SUTER), 1:49.171
27. Thitipong WAROKORN, Thailand (KALEX), 1:49.199
28. Franco MORBIDELLI, Italy (KALEX), 1:49.239
29. Luis SALOM, Spain (KALEX), 1:49.265
30. Hafizh SYAHRIN, Malaysia (KALEX), 1:49.280
31. Robin MULHAUSER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:49.587
32. Tetsuta NAGASHIMA, Japan (TSR), 1:49.775
33. Mika KALLIO, Finland (KALEX), 1:49.868
34. Roman RAMOS, Spain (SPEED UP), 1:50.818
Moto3 Free Practice One Results (all using Dunlop tires):
1. Jack MILLER, Australia (KTM), 1:51.929
2. Efren VAZQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:52.662
3. Danny KENT, UK (HUSQVARNA), 1:52.765
4. Isaac VIÑALES, Spain (KTM), 1:53.050
5. Miguel OLIVEIRA, Portugal (MAHINDRA), 1:53.056
6. Alex MARQUEZ, Spain (HONDA), 1:53.163
7. Enea BASTIANINI, Italy (KTM), 1:53.355
8. Niccolò ANTONELLI, Italy (KTM), 1:53.360
9. Juanfran GUEVARA, Spain (KTM), 1:53.434
10. Jakub KORNFEIL, Czech Republic (KTM), 1:53.472
More, from a press release issued by Repsol Honda:
Marquez and Pedrosa get first taste of Argentina track
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have had their first experience on the new Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina. The first 45 minute FP1 session was delayed – as a result of the Moto3 session being postponed due to electrical issues in the pit lane – and was almost victim to the same problem when the power went down just two minutes before the start of the session. However, power was restored just in time and World Champion, Marc Marquez, was the first MotoGP rider out on track.
Marc was fastest on a very dirty track for the beginning of the session until the other riders caught up as they all took their time to familiarise themselves with the new 4.806km circuit, located 1100km North West of Buenos Aires. At the end of FP1 Marc was 14th with a best time of 1’45.103 (lap 3 of 16) and Dani in 16th with 1’45.724 (lap 14 of 20), both Repsol Honda riders remained on the same tyre for the duration of the session, whilst others put on a fresh tyre at the end.
FP2 will begin at 14h05 local time.
TEAM QUOTES
Marc Marquez
14th – 1’45.103
“The feeling is quite good and the track seems nice, but the grip level was pretty low. The tyre life was very, very short and after just three laps it was completely destroyed – especially in the beginning. I am confident we will improve this afternoon when the track conditions are better!”
Dani Pedrosa
16th – 1’45.724
“This morning we didn’t learn very much as after two or three laps the rear tyre was destroyed and we chose not to put on a new tyre in this session but instead wait until this afternoon – when I’m sure the track conditions will be better”