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The first practice sessions for the GP of Japan have taken place in Motegi today, with Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa finishing second fastest for the day in the combined times and his teammate Marc Marquez – who sustained a training injury last week – in seventh.
Blue skies greeted the MotoGP paddock as FP1 began this morning with the track in good condition from the first laps. Both Dani and Marc began setup work in anticipation for Sunday’s race and finished the session fifth (1’45.896) and seventh (1’45.965) respectively. In the afternoon, the ambient temperature rose slightly by 3ºC to 25ºC and both Repsol Honda riders improved their time with Dani improving by a second with his time of 1’44.859 (lap 19/20).
Teammate Marc, who is riding this weekend with a fracture to the fifth metacarpal of his left hand, ended up in seventh with his lap of 1’45.492 (lap 14/15).
Dani Pedrosa - 2nd 1'44.859
"We tested a lot of things out in the practice sessions today and we finished in a good position, but we encountered more problems than we had expected. However, we are working as best we can to reduce these problems and go faster. We shall see just how much we are able to improve tomorrow."
Marc Marquez - 7th 1'45.492
"The first practice was useful for us to see how my finger felt, and to correctly adapt my riding position and it went pretty well. At least I was able to ride correctly and brake late, which is the important thing. Obviously it hurts, but it is bearable. As for the setup, we have made improvements but we still have room to do better -above all with the electronics, which we need to adjust to this circuit. We will see tomorrow if we can take another step forward and get amongst the top five."
1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'44.731
2 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'44.859
3 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'45.043
4 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'45.059
5 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'45.250
6 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'45.348
7 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'45.492
8 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'45.554
9 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'45.597
10 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'45.645
11 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 1'45.846
12 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'47.074
13 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'46.371
14 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'46.464
15 MILLER Jack 43 AUS LCR Honda Honda 1'46.477
16 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing Ducati 1'46.563
17 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'46.648
18 TAKAHASHI Takumi 72 JPN Team HRC with NISSIN Honda 1'46.650
19 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'46.770
20 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'46.827
21 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'46.934
22 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'46.974
23 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki 21 JPN Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 1'47.096
24 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1'47.219
25 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA AB Motoracing Honda 1'47.626
26 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1'48.572
27 AKIYOSHI Kosuke 64 JPN AB Motoracing Honda 1'48.769
Japanese GP gets underway in Motegi for Repsol Honda Team
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