Bulega, Dovizioso and Luthi the best on Friday in MotoGP Japan
Bulega, Luthi and Dovizioso are the best on Friday at MotoGP Motegi.
The World Motorcycle Championship has held the first official practice session at the Motegi Circuit, in Japan, where we have seen maximum action on the Japanese track, so we already have the start of this 2017 season’s Asian tour. It has not been an easy session, but the riders have given their all to achieve results.
The first to head out onto the track were the Moto3 riders, with Niccolò Bulega setting a time of 2’09.577 and placing first in FP1, while in second position was Andrea Migno, who finished 0.128s behind the leader. In FP2 we saw Romano Fenati take the top spot on the timesheets, setting a lap of 2’10.628, while in second place was Niccolò Antonelli, 0.006s behind the leader. The top 10 combined times for Friday went to Bulega, followed by Migno 2nd, Fenati 3rd, Canet 4th, Antonelli 5th, Pagliani 6th, Di Giannantonio 7th, Norrodin 8th, ATIRATPHUVA 9th and 10th Suzuki.
Then it was the turn of the MotoGP riders, with Marc Márquez being the best in this first contact with the track, setting a time of 1’55.418, while in second position was Aleix Espargaró, 0.875s behind the leader, slamming his fist on the handlebars of his Aprilia. In FP2 we saw Andrea Dovizioso take the lead, with a time of 1’54.877, while in second place was Márquez, 0.043s behind the leader. In the combined top 10 times for Friday we saw Dovi as the best of the day, Márquez 2nd, Espargaró 3rd, Lorenzo 4th, Zarco 5th, Petrucci 6th, Iannone 7th, Pedrosa 8th, Crutchlow 9th and Rins 10th.
Closing the day’s action, we saw the Moto2 riders, with the best in FP1 being Álex Márquez, setting a time of 2’05.460, while in second position was Thomas Luthi, 0.465s behind the leader. In FP2, Luthi took the top spot, setting a time of 2’05.282, while in second place was Álex Márquez, 0.196s behind the leader. The combined top 10 times for Friday were completed by Luthi, Márquez, Oliveira, Syahrin, Morbidelli, Simeon, Bagnaia, Cortese, Aegerter and Manzi.
Now for the poles.
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