The day started well for Dani Pedrosa who, in just a few laps, immediately showed a very interesting pace.
However, two falls in quick succession, and the second was impressive, are enough to calm the bravest of men, even if he is in Titanium!
Fortunately, the Honda driver was able to visit the mobile clinic where a medical examination was negative and ruled out any major injury, despite a strong impact on his left hand.
Consequently, Dani Pedrosa will resume testing today after 3 hours lost this Thursday, with, obviously, greater caution...
Dani Pedrosa, 11th, 1'55.555, 37 laps: “We started the day well and had several good runs, considering the track is always a bit dirty here on the first day. Unfortunately, I first had a small crash which could have been my fault, and a few laps later I had another, bigger one, in turn 2. I may have hit a bump or that I was a little off course, I don't know; This place is pretty tricky for sure, and I lost the front very quickly. After that we decided to stop for the day. Apart from that, the feeling on the bike was quite good and we were able to keep a good pace. Tomorrow we will continue working on the bike setup and we will see how the track improves and what tires we will use. This circuit is a real challenge, because the conditions change from one day to the next, and the temperature also drops a lot when evening falls. We will have to do more laps to try to better understand the general configuration before going into more detailed experiments. »
MotoGP #QatarTest J.1 ranking:
1. Maverick Viñales, Yamaha, 1'55,053
2. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, +0,051 sec
3. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, +0,054
4. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, +0,133
5. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, 0,370
6. Alex Rins, Suzuki, +0,379
7. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, +0,379
8. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, +0,475
9. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, +0,483
10. Marc Marquez, Honda, +0,492
11. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, +0,502
12. Jack Miller, Ducati, +0,635
13. Álvaro Bautista, Ducati, +0,795
14. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +0,800
15. Scott Redding, Aprilia, +0,878
16. Tito Rabat, Ducati, +0,976
17. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, +1,009
18. Karel Abraham, Ducati, +1,215
19. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +1,222
20. Bradley Smith, KTM, +1,368
21. Franco Morbidelli, Honda, +1,555
22. Hafizh Syahrin, Yamaha, +1,678
23. Tom Lüthi, Honda, +2,239
24. Xavier Siméon, Ducati, +2,660
