Invigorated by a consecutive podium and victory, the Ducati rider arrived in great shape on the British track, but noticed, like everyone else, the poor state of the track.
After two Grands Prix further inside, Jorge Lorenzo returned to the forefront with a podium finish in Brno and a very nice victory in Austria following a duel with Marc Márquez in which he had the last word. Invigorated by his two performances, he arrived very motivated on the Silverstone circuit.
Although he finished in front, he encountered difficulties this morning. Indeed, despite his sixth place in FP1, he finished one second behind the best time. He and his team made changes between the two sessions that worked in FP2. The Spanish driver was indeed able to finish much closer to first place in terms of times. Despite a fifth place which only moved him up one position between the morning and the afternoon, he nevertheless finished just three tenths behind the best time achieved by his teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, which is good augurs well for the rest of the weekend.
However, the weather remains uncertain and this will have to be taken into account, but Lorenzo is rather confident given his results this Friday: “I'm quite happy with the work we did today, because we were able to improve the bike between this morning and this afternoon. I felt much better during the second session and we resolved some adjustment issues. If we continue like this, I think we will be able to lower our times even more and fight for the first places. Despite the fact that the asphalt has been resurfaced, the track has even more bumps than before and the grip has not improved. This is the reason why we were not able to achieve better times today. »
MotoGP J.1 results:
1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 324.7 2'01.385
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 323.8 2'01.390 0.005 / 0.005
3 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 323.0 2'01.446 0.061 / 0.056
4 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 322.3 2'01.529 0.144 / 0.083
5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 323.9 2'01.782 0.397 / 0.253
6 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 317.3 2'01.819 0.434 / 0.037
7 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 316.9 2'01.962 0.577 / 0.143
8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 315.1 2'02.152 0.767 / 0.190
9 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 319.6 2'02.231 0.846 / 0.079
10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 321.1 2'02.448 1.063 / 0.217
11 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 315.0 2'02.515 1.130 / 0.067
12 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 324.6 2'02.616 1.231 / 0.101
13 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 321.8 2'02.704 1.319 / 0.088
14 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 315.0 2'02.759 1.374 / 0.055
15 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 319.8 2'02.864 1.479 / 0.105
16 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 315.7 2'02.938 1.553 / 0.074
17 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 317.4 2'02.974 1.589 / 0.036
18 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 316.9 2'03.293 1.908 / 0.319
19 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 316.7 2'03.591 2.206 / 0.298
20 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 314.6 2'03.810 2.425 / 0.219
21 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 312.2 2'04.178 2.793 / 0.368
22 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 319.3 2'04.223 2.838 / 0.045
23 76 Loris BAZ FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 310.1 2'04.773 3.388 / 0.550
24 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 315.5 2'05.212 3.827 / 0.439
