Blue sky, low sun, 22° in the air and 24° on the track, these are the ingredients on the menu for this MotoGP warm up in Jerez, to which should be added the warnings posed by the falls which took place during of previous minutes in Moto3 and Moto2.
Morning shadows | #suzuking #warmup @MotoGP pic.twitter.com/6niLzI80l1
- Team Suzuki Ecstar (@suzukimotogp) May 7, 2017
Will this morning session allow us to see the Yamahas return to the forefront? Will it be the same for the pale red Ducatis at the moment, despite the questionable progress of Jorge Lorenzo? What about the fickle Iannone and his Suzuki? What will the fiery Aleix Espargaro do on the handlebars of his Aprilia? Is the big bang engine the miracle recipe for KTM?
Here are some of the questions that may be answered during this warm-up session, but the most important one obviously concerns Dani Titanium Pedrosa who, since working with Sete Gibernau, has for several weeks demonstrated an assurance, even a serenity, rarely seen in recent months: can the one who usually acts as a foil to Marc Márquez maintain his domination until the end of the weekend?
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2017 |
| FP1 | 1'40.270 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'51.648 Dani Pedrosa |
| FP2 | 1'39.555 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'39.420 Dani Pedrosa |
| FP3 | 1'39.244 Valentino Rossi | 1'38.580 Dani Pedrosa |
| FP4 | 1'39.241 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'39.467 Marc Marquez |
| Q1 | 1'39.907 Cal Crutchlow | 1'38.919 Andrea Iannone |
| Q2 | 1'38.736 Valentino Rossi | 1'38.249 Dani Pedrosa |
| Warm Up | 1'39.513 Marc Marquez | |
| Course | Rossi, Lorenzo, Marquez | |
| All time lap record | 1'37.910 Jorge Lorenzo 2015 |
Jorge Lorenzo sets a first milestone in 1'39.433 followed by Maverick Vinales et Cal Crutchlow.
During the first half of the session, many of them work without necessarily looking for the clock. So Marc Marquez only appears seventh, Valentino Rossi (who tests a hard front) ninth, Dani Pedrosa tenth, Jonas Folger 12th, Johann zarco 18th, etc.
Eight minutes from the checkered flag, Maverick Vinales (hard front) equalizes, to the nearest thousandth, Jorge Lorenzo's time.
The following laps hardly change and you have to wait until the last two minutes to see Dani Pedrosa start to light up in red (best time of the session in this sector) and in orange (best personal time of the session in this sector) but this only brings him back to seventh position.
In the end, it seems that no one really wanted to take the risk of falling in conditions quite different from those expected this afternoon, and that everyone preferred to work on their final adjustments in preparation for the race...
Two minutes to go in #MotoGP warm up and # MV25 and # JL99 share the fastest time!#SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/AqXHxtUkeF
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) May 7, 2017
We will nevertheless notice that no less than 18 drivers appear in the same second, which bodes well for a very competitive race at 14 p.m.
Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net:
1. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 39.433s [Lap 7/12] 290km/h (Top Speed)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
1m 39.433s +0.000s [3/10] 291km/h
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 39.573s +0.140s [4/12] 289km/h
4. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 39.581s +0.148s [3/12] 288km/h
5. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 39.733s +0.300s [4/10] 292km/h
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.741s +0.308s [6/12] 289km/h
7. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 39.837s +0.404s [10/11] 291km/h
8. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 39.852s +0.419s [5/12] 291km/h
9. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.867s +0.434s [4/12] 290km/h
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 39.935s +0.502s [4/12] 290km/h
11. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 40.118s +0.685s [5/11] 294km/h
12. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
1m 40.179s +0.746s [5/12] 288km/h
13. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 40.207s +0.774s [4/12] 289km/h
14. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 40.209s +0.776s [9/12] 288km/h
15. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 40.257s +0.824s [9/11] 287km/h
16. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
1m 40.283s +0.850s [8/12] 289km/h
17. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 40.335s +0.902s [6/12] 285km/h
18. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 40.414s +0.981s [3/11] 291km/h
19. Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 40.541s +1.108s [11/12] 289km/h
20. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 40.872s +1.439s [5/12] 285km/h
21. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 40.985s +1.552s [5/12] 291km/h
22. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
1m 41.054s +1.621s [6/12] 285km/h
23. Takuya Tsuda JPN Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 42.009s +2.576s [10/12] 285km/h
