It was with his courage squarely doubted by his team manager Alberto Puig that Jorge Lorenzo started a San Marino Grand Prix. The latter is a new step in his return to competition after suffering serious injuries. The arrangements were therefore not the best to continue decoding the Honda. Overall, a place of seventeenth, but also reduced gaps with the leading men...
As a result, it is more on this difference than on the hierarchy that the focus is Jorge Lorenzo when taking stock of your Friday the 13th in Misano : " I'm happy with how the day went, especially in the afternoon. We were able to take a big step forward. Compared to Silverstone, we are closer to the front men and I have less pain. We were able to improve the grip at the rear, which helped a lot given the conditions. On Saturday we will look to improve our overall pace to continue to close the gap and improve. »
Por Fuera's gap with the leader is 1,364 seconds. In the morning it was two seconds. “ My goal is to pick up my pace from 1,8 seconds to under 1,5 seconds on the lead. That's what should be the goal. For a fast lap I can use the soft front tire, it gives me a lot of confidence. The front medium tire aggravates my problems. »
The two Honda RC213Vs Lorenzo were presented this Friday with the new aluminum chassis reinforced with carbon fiber. His teammate Marc Márquez relies on the standard aluminum chassis.
MotoGP San Marino Misano J1: times
| 1 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'32.775 | ||
| 2 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'32.832 | 0.057 | 0.057 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'33.171 | 0.396 | 0.339 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'33.470 | 0.695 | 0.299 |
| 5 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'33.524 | 0.749 | 0.054 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'33.624 | 0.849 | 0.100 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'33.728 | 0.953 | 0.104 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'33.826 | 1.051 | 0.098 |
| 9 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'33.874 | 1.099 | 0.048 |
| 10 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'33.907 | 1.132 | 0.033 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'33.950 | 1.175 | 0.043 |
| 12 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 1'33.956 | 1.181 | 0.006 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'33.998 | 1.223 | 0.042 |
| 14 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'34.003 | 1.228 | 0.005 |
| 15 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'34.062 | 1.287 | 0.059 |
| 16 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'34.070 | 1.295 | 0.008 |
| 17 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'34.139 | 1.364 | 0.069 |
| 18 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'34.206 | 1.431 | 0.067 |
| 19 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'34.229 | 1.454 | 0.023 |
| 20 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 1'34.362 | 1.587 | 0.133 |
| 21 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'34.381 | 1.606 | 0.019 |
| 22 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'34.843 | 2.068 | 0.462 |
| 23 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'34.935 | 2.160 | 0.092 |
