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#ValenciaGP MotoGP FP4: Marc Marquez remains boss

by | November 11, 2017

Friday ended with a Ducati at the top of the timesheet, but the start of this Saturday in Valencia had confirmed the good form of the official Hondas widely anticipated by the candidate for the title in red leather: Andrea Dovizioso. Great performances materialized by the best morning time of this second day of the last Grand Prix of the year. What would a preliminary FP4 give to the final qualifications of the season?

Before answering this question, here is the traditional overview:

#ValenciaGP MotoGP™ 2016 2017
FP1 1'31.045 Jorge Lorenzo (See here) 1'31.045 Andrea Iannone
FP2 1'30.463 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)  1'30.640 Jorge Lorenzo
FP3 1'30.258 Marc Marquez (See here)  1'30.255 Marc Marquez
FP4 1'30.906 Marc Marquez (See here)
Qualification 1 1'30.544 Cal Crutchlow (See here)
Qualification 2 1'29.401 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)
Warm Up 1'31.095 Marc Marquez (See here)
Course Lorenzo, Marquez, Iannone (See here)
All time lap record 1'29.401 Jorge Lorenzo 2016

 

The duel between Dovizioso et Marquez thus entered a new phase but at Yamaha we were unfortunately operating on another planet, light years away from the level usually assumed by the official Iwata team. We therefore seem to be looking for all-out solutions to help both Red which Vinales, to the point of prospecting for the most unlikely allies...

Marc Marquez, he definitely had his feet on the ground and without waiting too long he offered himself the best performance in 1'31.156. Lorenzo, Pedrosa et Dovizioso completed the ideal square in view of the final stake whileAlex Esoargaro planted his Aprilia in fifth position. Iannone then took over in this role of leader of the rest of the peloton.

Ten minutes from the goal, the protagonists were still reviewing the hard front tire compared to the medium while, for the rear, the soft seemed to be in a favorable balance against the medium which nevertheless had its supporters. Johann zarco, for his part, was original by shooting with two software. A choice that put him sixth, five minutes from the checkered flag.

In medium and soft, Rabat impressed by finishing in fourth place. Enough to motivate him for Q.1 to follow. With two mediums, Red was eighth while Vinales was at the bottom of the hole, with an indecent twentieth time, with a medium soft choice. Would he find the resources to get through, at least, the drafts? Answer to follow…

#ValenciaGP MotoGP FP4: Chronos

1 93 Marc Márquez Honda 1'31.156
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 1'31.271 0.115 0.115
3 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda 1'31.378 0.222 0.107
4 53 Tito RABAT Honda 1'31.578 0.422 0.200
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'31.590 0.434 0.012
6 5 johann zarco Yamaha 1'31.598 0.442 0.008
7 43 Jack Miller Honda 1'31.629 0.473 0.031
8 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 1'31.651 0.495 0.022
9 29 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 1'31.666 0.510 0.015
10 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'31.677 0.521 0.011
11 42 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'31.695 0.539 0.018
12 35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'31.729 0.573 0.034
13 45 Scott REDDING Ducati 1'31.766 0.610 0.037
14 51 Michael PIRRO Ducati 1'31.803 0.647 0.037
15 44 Pol Espargaró KTM 1'31.829 0.673 0.026
16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 1'32.008 0.852 0.179
17 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 1'32.135 0.979 0.127
18 38 Bradley SMITH KTM 1'32.158 1.002 0.023
19 36 Mika Kallio KTM 1'32.193 1.037 0.035
20 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 1'32.215 1.059 0.022
21 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati 1'32.247 1.091 0.032
22 8 Hector BARBERA Ducati 1'32.437 1.281 0.190
23 22 Sam LOWES Aprilia 1'32.576 1.420 0.139
24 76 Loris BAZ Ducati 1'32.713 1.557 0.137
25 60 Michael VAN DER MARK Yamaha 1'33.435 2.279 0.722

 

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