It's already 21° in the air and 26 on the track when the MotoGP riders take to the track for this warm-up of the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.
As a result, we expect higher temperatures than yesterday for the race and the drivers will have to consider another choice than the one they favored in FP4: Soft front and Medium rear.
Michelin announced that 35° would be a limit asphalt temperature to take into account when choosing tires, and we may well reach them... If this is the case, in particular the Hondas could go to Hard rear.
Here are references available :
|
Motegi MotoGP |
2015 |
2016 |
| FP1 | 1'45.432 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.786 Andrea Dovizioso |
| FP2 | 1'44.731 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.151 Jorge Lorenzo |
| FP3 | 1'44.089 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'44.987 Marc Marquez |
| FP4 | 1'45.000 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.304 Marc Marquez |
| Q1 | 1'45.030 Maverick Vinales | 1'45.614 Alvaro Bautista |
| Q2 | 1'43.790 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'43.954 Valentino Rossi |
| WU | 1'55.235 Dani Pedrosa (wet) | |
| All time lap record | 1'43.790 Jorge Lorenzo | |
| Course | Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi (wet) |
After rolling his two motorcycles Marc Marquez imposes a 1'45.463 with a Medium front, Soft rear combination.
Jorge Lorenzo prefers a soft front but still tries a Medium front and is provisionally positioned 4th while Valentino Rossi, 3rd, stays on the Medium front for the race, just like Cal Crutchlow.
Alex Espargaro seems even more comfortable than his teammate this weekend, and places his Suzuki in provisional second place.
3 minutes from the checkered flag, Andrea Dovizioso imposes his Ducati in second position, one tenth behind Marquez, just before Maverick Vinales finally took 3rd place.
🏁 #MotoGP WU#MM93 fastest this morning, pole man # VR46 5th#JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/eO6RqzK7Fk
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 16, 2016
Results compiled by our friends at crash.net
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
1m 45.451s [Lap 9/11] 304km/h (Top Speed)
2. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)
1m 45.585s +0.134s [9/10] 307km/h
3. Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 45.627s +0.176s [10/11] 307km/h
4. Alex Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 45.796s +0.345s [9/10] 303km/h
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 45.875s +0.424s [5/11] 305km/h
6. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
1m 46.035s +0.584s [6/10] 305km/h
7. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 46.112s +0.661s [10/10] 304km/h
8. Hector Barbera ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)
1m 46.164s +0.713s [7/11] 308km/h
9. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 46.478s +1.027s [6/11] 305km/h
10. Espargaro Pol ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
1m 46.500s +1.049s [4/10] 304km/h
11. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 46.624s +1.173s [6/8] 305km/h
12. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 46.899s +1.448s [10/11] 302km/h
13. Stefan bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)
1m 46.967s +1.516s [6/11] 304km/h
14. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 47.101s +1.650s [11/12] 299km/h
15. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 47.184s +1.733s [11/11] 300km/h
16. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 47.460s +2.009s [9/10] 305km/h
17. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
1m 47.463s +2.012s [9/11] 304km/h
18. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
1m 47.550s +2.099s [9/10] 309km/h
19. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 47.748s +2.297s [10/11] 301km/h
20. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 48.048s +2.597s [5/11] 301km/h
21. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)
1m 49.231s +3.780s [3/8] 294km/h
22. Mike Jones AUS Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 49.243s +3.792s [8/10] 301km/h
