Marc Márquez had started his San Marino Grand Prix with fanfare, in the morning, with the best performance. The afternoon seemed to be of the same ilk, but the beautiful MM93 machine is subject to grain of sand. Once inside, she becomes disunited and gets annoyed if someone tickles her a little too closely. So during a test start with Iannone…
Faster in the morning, the reigning World Champion only finished fifth at the start of the Grand Prix in Misano. The fault was a fall eight minutes from the end of FP2. There was enough time to get his second motorcycle, but giving it the same trappings as the first was a mission impossible.
However, Marc Márquez didn't waste his day: I feel pretty good on the bike. That's why we were able to try a lot of things during the afternoon. However, they were supposed to improve our understanding of the settings and that's not really what happened. I fell. But it's okay, I'm happy with the way we're working at the moment ».
« On Saturday I will focus on the other tire choices. Today I rode with the soft rear tire and I want to compare it with the hard ". Then came the scene with Iannone, who positioned himself energetically behind his Honda during the start tests. A little too energetically apparently… “ I didn't quite understand at the time. I wanted to do a simulated start, but I felt something on the rear tire. I thought I had a problem and stopped in my tracks ».
In fact it was the front of the Suzuki which had just touched the rear of the Honda, and when Márquez grasped the situation, he gestured to Joe the Maniac. But in words, the HRC official remains polite: “ maybe he was tired of flying and was looking for someone to talk to about this and that. »...
With all these adventures, Marc Márquez had to leave the spotlight to his teammate Pedrosa on the timesheet, since the eldest is fourth, right in front of his nose...
#SanMarinoGP MotoGP J.1: Chronos
| 1 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'33.231 | ||
| 2 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'33.236 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'33.294 | 0.063 | 0.058 |
| 4 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'33.346 | 0.115 | 0.052 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'33.475 | 0.244 | 0.129 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'33.545 | 0.314 | 0.070 |
| 7 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'33.591 | 0.360 | 0.046 |
| 8 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'33.614 | 0.383 | 0.023 |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'33.740 | 0.509 | 0.126 |
| 10 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 1'33.820 | 0.589 | 0.080 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'33.832 | 0.601 | 0.012 |
| 12 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'33.914 | 0.683 | 0.082 |
| 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'33.937 | 0.706 | 0.023 |
| 14 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 1'34.054 | 0.823 | 0.117 |
| 15 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 1'34.137 | 0.906 | 0.083 |
| 16 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | 1'34.266 | 1.035 | 0.129 |
| 17 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | 1'34.322 | 1.091 | 0.056 |
| 18 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 1'34.411 | 1.180 | 0.089 |
| 19 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'34.499 | 1.268 | 0.088 |
| 20 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'34.678 | 1.447 | 0.179 |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'34.842 | 1.611 | 0.164 |
| 22 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 1'34.903 | 1.672 | 0.061 |
| 23 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'35.052 | 1.821 | 0.149 |
