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As he continues to discover his Ducati GP17 entered by Pramac Racing, the Australian gradually adapted it this Thursday at the Losail circuit. He set the twelfth time in 1'55.688, a tenth behind Marc Marquez in tenth and Dani Pedrosa in eleventh.

Jack Miller out of the top ten was a bit of a surprise, especially with a gap of more than half a second. The Australian is, however, still calm, because he plans to progress on Friday.

According to Jack Miller, who are " The feelings are positive. I worked less than expected with the bike because of the weather. Conditions today were worse than yesterday as it was very windy. »

But there was a smile on Jack's face, despite some tire-related issues.

“I worked with the soft, given that with the average effort to make it warm and bring it to temperature, I still managed to be consistent, to find the right confidence with the GP17”.

Miller has clear ideas about the work that needs to be done on Friday.

“I feel a bit too much vibration, like in turns six and 10, so we will try to resolve the problem.”

First day ranking:

1. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, 1:55,053 min
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

Photos © Pramac Racing and Motogp.com / Dorna

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