Misano MotoGP: Marquez leads the Ducatis in warm-up
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez led the way in morning warm-up for the San Marino Grand Prix ahead of Ducati pair Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.
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Honda rider Marquez, who only qualified fifth for the Misano event after crashing in Q2 on Saturday, set a best lap of 1m32.526s with three minutes to go in the 20-minute session on Sunday morning.
That was enough to beat the works Ducati of Dovizioso by 0.028s, after the pair spent the latter part of the session trading best times, while poleman Lorenzo was a further tenth-and-a-half behind on the second factory Ducati.
Cal Crutchlow was the only other rider to break the 1m33s barrier aboard the LCR Honda in fourth.
Surprise front row starter Jack Miller was fifth-fastest on the GP17 Pramac Ducati, followed by the second works Honda of Dani Pedrosa and the leading Yamaha of Maverick Vinales.
Valentino Rossi could no better than 11th on the second works M1, 0.978s adrift of Marquez's benchmark, ending up behind Suzuki pair Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins as well as Alvaro Bautista's Nieto Ducati.
Wildcards Michele Pirro (Ducati) and Stefan Bradl (Honda) were 13th and 17th respectively, while Aleix Espargaro led Aprilia's efforts in 18th, two places ahead of lead KTM rider Bradley Smith.
Session results:
Pos. | # | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1'32.536 | |
2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'32.564 | 0.028 |
3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'32.715 | 0.179 |
4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'32.977 | 0.441 |
5 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'33.068 | 0.532 |
6 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1'33.100 | 0.564 |
7 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1'33.175 | 0.639 |
8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'33.190 | 0.654 |
9 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati | 1'33.471 | 0.935 |
10 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'33.498 | 0.962 |
11 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'33.514 | 0.978 |
12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1'33.545 | 1.009 |
13 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1'33.598 | 1.062 |
14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Honda | 1'33.763 | 1.227 |
15 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Yamaha | 1'33.777 | 1.241 |
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1'33.822 | 1.286 |
17 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1'33.846 | 1.310 |
18 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'34.096 | 1.560 |
19 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'34.101 | 1.565 |
20 | 38 | Bradley Smith | KTM | 1'34.107 | 1.571 |
21 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 1'34.110 | 1.574 |
22 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 1'34.265 | 1.729 |
23 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 1'34.294 | 1.758 |
24 | 10 | Xavier Simeon | Ducati | 1'34.455 | 1.919 |
25 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Honda | 1'34.757 | 2.221 |
26 | 23 | Christophe Ponsson | Ducati | 1'38.611 | 6.075 |
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