Johann zarco ends his first day of the British Grand Prix satisfied. This despite an eighth place which could seem all the more disappointing as it is behind the KTM of Pol Espargaró. But the Frenchman is in the top 10 qualifying for Q.2 while he performs much better in race conditions. A balance which dissuaded him from using the new fairing proposed by Yamaha.
A set that the double World Champion will not evaluate at Silverstone: “ maybe it will be more timely in Misano » comments the tricolor. “ He's not going to help us solve our problems. Tomorrow we will work on entering the curve and making sure the bike moves as little as possible. If we get there I will be able to take my line better and better. And be better at exiting corners ».
So that’s the challenge on this bumpy track. But the Cannes resident specifies: “ it's not worse than last year. But if I want to run in 2'01, I'll have to improve ". In terms of racing conditions, however, it’s not so bad: “ To gain confidence, it was important to have good weather. In the morning, I did almost the entire session with the same tires. And despite that, I was able to stay in the top 10. In the afternoon, it was even better with the hard rear tire and I was able to set good times with it. ».
« Unfortunately, with the softer, the bike moved more and I was not able to use the bike properly. My feelings weren't as good ". It will be recalled that Johann is starting with a MotoGP on this track already known with Moto2. His teammate Folger is only nineteenth due to a precarious state of health due to gastro…
#BritishGP MotoGP J.1: Chronos
| 1 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2'00.897 | ||
| 2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'01.138 | 0.241 | 0.241 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 2'01.168 | 0.271 | 0.030 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 2'01.592 | 0.695 | 0.424 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 2'01.611 | 0.714 | 0.019 |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 2'01.655 | 0.758 | 0.044 |
| 7 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 2'01.832 | 0.935 | 0.177 |
| 8 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 2'01.885 | 0.988 | 0.053 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 2'01.893 | 0.996 | 0.008 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | 2'01.933 | 1.036 | 0.040 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 2'01.974 | 1.077 | 0.041 |
| 12 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 2'02.072 | 1.175 | 0.098 |
| 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 2'02.097 | 1.200 | 0.025 |
| 14 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2'02.098 | 1.201 | 0.001 |
| 15 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 2'02.202 | 1.305 | 0.104 |
| 16 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 2'02.250 | 1.353 | 0.048 |
| 17 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 2'02.408 | 1.511 | 0.158 |
| 18 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 2'02.507 | 1.610 | 0.099 |
| 19 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | 2'02.580 | 1.683 | 0.073 |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 2'02.735 | 1.838 | 0.155 |
| 21 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 2'02.860 | 1.963 | 0.125 |
| 22 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 2'03.475 | 2.578 | 0.615 |
| 23 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 2'04.429 | 3.532 | 0.954 |
