Miracle on Phillip Island! The sky is blue AND the track at 29° is dry, for this warm-up extended by 10 minutes due to the weather disturbances of the two previous days. Even if the wind is still present, we are certainly not going to be choosy!
This session will undoubtedly be very interesting to follow, in particular to see how the two official Yamahas and the Suzuki of Maverick Vinales will raise the bar on a completely dry track, in view of a race which should take place in the same conditions. At the other end of the ranking, Marc Marquez apparently dominates quite easily.
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Phillip Island MotoGP |
2015 |
2016 |
| FP1 | 1'30.047 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'40.957 Cal Crutchlow (rain) |
| FP2 | 1'29.383 Marc Marquez | 1'51.958 Hector barbera (rain) |
| FP3 | 1'29.081 Marc Marquez | 1'33.155 Marc Marquez (mixed) |
| FP4 | 1'29.245 Marc Marquez | 1'36.810 Nicky Hayden (mixed) |
| Q1 | 1'29.647 Pol Espargaro | 1'38.467 Cal Crutchlow (mixed) |
| Q2 | 1'28.364 Marc Marquez | 1'30.189 Marc Marquez |
| WUP | 1'29.344 Marc Marquez | |
| Course | Marquez, Lorenzo, Iannone | |
| All time lap record | 1'27.899 Jorge Lorenzo 2013 | |
The first minutes see Marc Marquez et Valentino Rossi to compete for leadership, which provides a first answer to our questions. The second is provided by Maverick Vinales, 3rd after 10 minutes. The third and last comes from Jorge Lorenzo, who then positions himself just behind his teammate; So everything is back to normal!
Halfway through the session, Maverick Vinales even equals to the nearest thousandth the 1'30.306 of Marc Marquez, preceding Aleix Espargaro, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Pol Espargaro et Cal Crutchlow.
The British driver then showed himself to be more than consistent, coming within a tenth of a Marc Marquez which rewards us with splendid slippage when accelerating.
This is also the case with Maverick Vinales who visibly has the bit between his teeth, which bodes well for a good comeback... The Suzuki driver takes command 5 minutes from the checkered flag by setting the best time of the weekend: 1'30.157.
Valentino Rossi immediately does the same in 1'30.131 before Marc Marquez lowers the benchmark to 1.29.897, less than a tenth ahead of the Italian driver.
Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
1m 29.897s [Lap 13/14] 329km/h (Top Speed)
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 29.987s +0.090s [14/16] 330km/h
3. Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 30.059s +0.162s [14/17] 330km/h
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 30.269s +0.372s [15/17] 329km/h
5. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
1m 30.427s +0.530s [11/13] 327km/h
6. Alex Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 30.454s +0.557s [6/16] 331km/h
7. Espargaro Pol ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
1m 30.509s +0.612s [16/17] 331km/h
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)
1m 30.534s +0.637s [12/15] 337km/h
9. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 30.907s +1.010s [13/19] 329km/h
10. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 31.385s +1.488s [14/16] 332km/h
11. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 31.444s +1.547s [5/17] 328km/h
12. Hector Barbera ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)
1m 31.492s +1.595s [16/17] 334km/h
13. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 31.712s +1.815s [15/16] 327km/h
14. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
1m 31.787s +1.890s [13/15] 328km/h
15. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)
1m 31.794s +1.897s [14/16] 323km/h
16. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.026s +2.129s [11/14] 329km/h
17. Stefan bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)
1m 32.043s +2.146s [8/16] 325km/h
18. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.220s +2.323s [14/16] 325km/h
19. Mike Jones AUS Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.479s +2.582s [18/19] 331km/h
20. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 33.261s +3.364s [13/16] 324km/h
21. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 33.905s +4.008s [6/18] 324km/h
