Rins, Márquez and Zarco the fastest in MotoGP FP1 at Austin

The MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 World Championship arrives at the Austin Circuit to contest what will be the second round of the 2014 season after the debut in Qatar, so maximum excitement on a track that is still new, since only one race has been held there, last season’s.

The fastest riders to head out onto the track for FP1 were the Moto3 riders, with the quickest in this free practice session being Álex Rins, setting a time of 2:17.964, and being the only one to lap in 2:17, while the rest were in 2:18. In second place was Efrén Vázquez, just 0.043s behind the leader. Jack Miller took third. The top 10 was completed by Viñales 4th, Márquez 5th, Kornfeil 6th, Fenati 7th, McPhee 8th, Antonelli 9th and Kent 10th. The rest of our riders finished 30th Guevara and 33rd Carrasco.

Behind came the MotoGP riders, with the best of this first taste of Austin being Marc Márquez, setting a time of 2:04.704, and being the only one to lap in 2:04. In second place was Aleix Espargaró, who finished just 0.007s behind the leader. The top 10 was completed by Pedrosa 3rd, Rossi 4th, Dovi 5th, Smith 6th, Crutchlow 7th, Bradl 8th, Iannone 9th and Bautista 10th. The best Open rider was A. Espargaró, who was also second overall. The rest of our riders finished 11th P. Espargaró, 12th Lorenzo and 17th Barberá.

And closing out the action of FP1 were the Moto2 riders, with the best of this session being Johann Zarco, who set a time of 2:11.788, while second place went to Simeon, just 0.159s behind the leader. The top 10 was completed by Rabat 3rd, Aegerter 4th, Corsi 5th, Nakagami 6th, Viñales 7th, Pasini 8th, West 9th and Torres 10th. The rest of our riders finished Simón 13th, Salom 15th, Cardús 21st, Terol 22nd, Pons 23rd and Ramos 32nd.

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