Andrea Dovizioso stays on top in wet MotoGP practice in Malaysia – MotoGP

MotoGP


Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace in a wet second practice session for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, half a second clear of title rival Marc Marquez.

With conditions deteriorating since Friday morning’s opening practice session at Sepang, Dovizioso’s benchmark FP1 time of 2m00.671s went untouched through the afternoon, with the provisional top 10 order also not changing.

Marquez led the way for much of the session with an early best time of 2m13.877s, although this was soon beaten by Dovizioso, who undercut the Honda rider by six tenths with a 2m13.246s lap.

Dovizioso was soon beaten again by Marquez, who reclaimed the top spot with a 2m12.471s, before improving to a 2m12.171s to lead the way by over a second.

That was before Dovizioso set what proved to be the quickest time of the afternoon, a 2m11.640s, with neither he nor Marquez finding any more improvements for the rest of the session.

Best of the rest was Dovizioso’s factory Ducati teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who lagged 1.7s behind with 15 minutes remaining but managed to close the deficit to 1.055s by the chequered flag.

Maverick Vinales continued Yamaha’s improved wet-weather form by setting the fourth fastest time, a further two tenths back.

Vinales also got involved in a bizarre early incident with Hector Barbera’s Avintia Ducati that cost him a brake lever on one of his bikes.

Danilo Petrucci was fifth on the Pramac Ducati, followed by the second factory Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, who ended up 1.431s off the pace.

Alvaro Bautista (Aspar Ducati), who was second fastest in FP1, went seventh quickest in the afternoon, ahead of Suzuki pair Alex Rins and Andrea Iannone, and the sole Aprilia of Sam Lowes.

Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco ended up just outside the top 10 after a late crash at Turn 8, while teammate Michael van der Mark concluded his first day of MotoGP running 19th, 3.2s off the pace.

Pos Rider Team Time Gap Laps
1 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 2m11.640s 16
2 Marc Marquez Honda Honda 2m12.166s 0.526s 16
3 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Ducati 2m12.695s 1.055s 16
4 Maverick Vinales Yamaha Yamaha 2m12.878s 1.238s 18
5 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Ducati Ducati 2m13.048s 1.408s 16
6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 2m13.071s 1.431s 16
7 Alvaro Bautista Aspar Ducati Ducati 2m13.291s 1.651s 17
8 Alex Rins Suzuki Suzuki 2m13.416s 1.776s 18
9 Andrea Iannone Suzuki Suzuki 2m13.483s 1.843s 17
10 Sam Lowes Aprilia Aprilia 2m13.561s 1.921s 16
11 Johann Zarco Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 2m13.648s 2.008s 15
12 Jack Miller MVDS Honda Honda 2m13.740s 2.100s 17
13 Karel Abraham Aspar Ducati Ducati 2m13.760s 2.120s 15
14 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 2m13.872s 2.232s 16
15 Scott Redding Pramac Ducati Ducati 2m14.281s 2.641s 14
16 Pol Espargaro KTM KTM 2m14.287s 2.647s 16
17 Bradley Smith KTM KTM 2m14.543s 2.903s 16
18 Dani Pedrosa Honda Honda 2m14.574s 2.934s 16
19 Michael van der Mark Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 2m14.938s 3.298s 17
20 Hector Barbera Avintia Ducati Ducati 2m15.163s 3.523s 11
21 Tito Rabat MVDS Honda Honda 2m16.280s 4.640s 16
22 Loris Baz Avintia Ducati Ducati 2m17.627s 5.987s 13



Source link

Products You May Like

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *