This becomes recurring: during practice sessions and until qualifying, the rider of the Ducati satellite team makes fun of his official counterparts. There were three of them this time and the Australian defeated them by finishing his first day in Valencia in a good fourth place. Meanwhile, the reds experienced a black Friday with spontaneous combustion on Pirro's GP19, problems on Petrucci's machine outside of a top 10 that Dovizioso narrowly entered despite having also experienced technical problems...
What is the secret of Jack Miller during the two days preceding the race in a Grand Prix? We don't know, but the fact is there: he is the one who saves appearances at Ducati during the days of Friday and Saturday. For the der of Valencia, “Jackass”, after the good performances of the morning, managed to register fourth in the cumulative times, thus opening a series of events full of hope. And it’s not a slight fall that will diminish his satisfaction when he takes stock of his Friday in Valencia…
« We did a good job today. The feeling with the bike is very good. Too bad about the fall. I entered the track to try the hard tire, but at turn 2 I lost the front. I tried to make an extreme “save” but…I’m not Marc Márquez. However, the sensations are very positive »
Hey @suzukimotogp. It's time to talk. Seriously.
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MotoGP Valencia J1: times
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'30.735 | ||
| 2 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'30.883 | 0.148 | 0.148 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'30.974 | 0.239 | 0.091 |
| 4 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'31.000 | 0.265 | 0.026 |
| 5 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'31.199 | 0.464 | 0.199 |
| 6 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'31.230 | 0.495 | 0.031 |
| 7 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'31.280 | 0.545 | 0.050 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'31.305 | 0.570 | 0.025 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'31.351 | 0.616 | 0.046 |
| 10 | 5 | johann zarco | Honda | 1'31.369 | 0.634 | 0.018 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'31.433 | 0.698 | 0.064 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'31.455 | 0.720 | 0.022 |
| 13 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'31.765 | 1.030 | 0.310 |
| 14 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'31.775 | 1.040 | 0.010 |
| 15 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'31.868 | 1.133 | 0.093 |
| 16 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'31.880 | 1.145 | 0.012 |
| 17 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'31.905 | 1.170 | 0.025 |
| 18 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'32.159 | 1.424 | 0.254 |
| 19 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'32.278 | 1.543 | 0.119 |
| 20 | 82 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1'32.467 | 1.732 | 0.189 |
| 21 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'32.568 | 1.833 | 0.101 |
| 22 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'32.887 | 2.152 | 0.319 |
| 23 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 1'33.114 | 2.379 | 0.227 |
