What were the track conditions like though? When I see a Ducati within a second of the fastest in a session, I usually think it's cold or damp.Originally Posted by Reckless
Ta
What were the track conditions like though? When I see a Ducati within a second of the fastest in a session, I usually think it's cold or damp.
Hardcore Biker
Track Condition: Dry| Air: 12º| Humidity: 64%| Ground: 13º
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jeepers Drew 5:30am was that musta even been before the Dawnbreaker lmao
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
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Na Drew the Ducati is up there mate, Rossi is out the back door tho??
Top Speeds all within 2k per hour so its all in the handling!! Early Days yet tho!!
Marc Marquez concluded Free Practice 2 for the French MotoGP at Le Mans on top of the timesheets by 0.007s from Ducati's Andrea Iannone.
Conditions were again bright and sunny, but with track temperatures having trebled to 39 degrees this afternoon. And while Marquez duly led both Friday sessions, it was far from a dominant FP2 for the reigning world champion.
Undefeated this season, Marquez had saved a big moment on entry to the final turn on his way to the fastest time early on in the afternoon session, only for the lap to be cancelled due to exceeding the track limits.
Like Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa, Marquez then made what appeared to make an unsuccessful trial of the harder (medium compound) rear tyre and was only in tenth place as the midway point of the 45-minutes came and went.
Marquez emerged back on the soft rear with just over ten minutes to go and shot straight to the top, pushing his advantage to 0.602s over long-time leader Jorge Lorenzo soon after.
Pramac's Iannone cut that down to just 0.007s with the aid of the extra-soft rear tyre - only available to Ducati riders and the Open class - and while following Pedrosa. Gresini Honda's Alvaro Bautista and the home Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team's Bradley Smith - who had suffered a fall at the start of FP1 - moved into a late third and fourth to complete an unlikely line-up just behind Marquez.
Last year's wet Le Mans winner Pedrosa dropped from second this morning to fifth (+0.490s), but set his best time on lap 5 of a long 9 lap run. Pedrosa finished just ahead of LCR Honda's Stefan Bradl, both on track for the first time since undergoing arm pump surgery.
Lorenzo stuck to his new tactic of concentrating on the softer option rear tyre and looks in better shape than his seventh position would suggest. As well as leading for large parts of the afternoon, Lorenzo's best lap was set on lap 7 of a 9 lap run.
Movistar Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi looked in greater trouble, slipping from third in the morning to tenth (+1.046s) this afternoon, only fractionally improved on his FP1 time despite short runs of no more than four fast laps in this afternoon.
Unlike Lorenzo, who has opted to keep both of his bikes on the old chassis, Rossi has one new and one old chassis this weekend. The Italian will almost certainly need to try and improve in the cooler Saturday morning conditions to ensure direct access to Qualifying 2.
Between Lorenzo and Rossi on the Friday timesheets were Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso and Forward Yamaha's top Open class rider Aleix Espargaro, both within 0.682s of Marquez.
Dovizioso's team-mate Cal Crutchlow was surprising outpaced by Pramac's Yonny Hernandez, for eleventh, with Nicky Hayden the leading Production Honda rider in 14th and 1.5s from Marquez on the close timesheets.
Gresini Honda's Scott Redding fell on his way to 17th, while fellow rookie Broc Parkes only completed eleven laps due to technical issues with his PBM.
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.452s [Lap 14/20] 305km/h (Top Speed)
2. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 33.459s +0.007s [17/22] 306km/h
3. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 33.668s +0.216s [17/21] 308km/h
4. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 33.920s +0.468s [17/20] 306km/h
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.942s +0.490s [17/22] 307km/h
6. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 34.040s +0.588s [20/21] 308km/h
7. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 34.054s +0.602s [7/21] 307km/h
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 34.117s +0.665s [6/19] 306km/h
9. Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 34.134s +0.682s [16/16] 300km/h
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 34.498s +1.046s [21/21] 304km/h
11. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 34.506s +1.054s [22/23] 306km/h
12. Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 34.877s +1.425s [15/18] 299km/h
13. Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 34.907s +1.455s [7/19] 306km/h
14. Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 34.961s +1.509s [7/19] 291km/h
15. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 35.089s +1.637s [17/17] 298km/h
16. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 35.229s +1.777s [7/19] 297km/h
17. Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)* 1m 35.424s +1.972s [11/18] 290km/h
18. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R) 1m 35.818s +2.366s [19/19] 295km/h
19. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Avintia) 1m 36.418s +2.966s [13/20] 294km/h
20. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)* 1m 36.612s +3.160s [16/18] 292km/h
21. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART) 1m 36.742s +3.290s [16/19] 293km/h
22. Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)* 1m 37.136s +3.684s [11/11] 285km/h
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
Forum whore
Ab on a mission,i like him,always trying,always seems happy
Ta
So yes, cold as fuck.
was having a morning coffee before heading off to work.
Hardcore Biker
Will be more of the same for fp3 tomorrow morning. They are saying it's unlikely that they'll go faster than fp2. So top 10 for Q2 may have been decided.
Forum whore
Thought it might have been an early start Race day for ya LOL but couldnt resist the joke LOL
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
Ta
Nope, season is over. Four months till we are out on the chair again...unless Lovell can talk HMC to let us run at a couple of their meetings.
Fully qualified Sifter.
MM fucking caned them for his 5th pole in a row.
Forum whore
He is a very sick young man haha
Easy Biker
Lol, he really makes the rest of them look sick, like with the flu or something.
Cheers
Merv
Fully qualified Sifter.
If nothing else...we're getting to see history being made.
Forum whore
Sure are! And I am loving the fighter in Rossi coming out
Fully qualified Sifter.
Yeah although maybe Jerez was just a blip on the radar? He's always been a master of that place, and until the last round there, MM had never won a race there in any class...so obviously not one of his favs. Guess we'll see soon enough. I hope not...as it's always more enetertaining when the old master is up there amongst it!
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