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MotoGP: RACE RESULTS
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Yamaha dominated last night’s first Free Practice session under the floodlights at Qatar’s Losail Circuit. The returning Valentino Rossi led much of the session before being squeezed out by teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, who finished top with a lap of 1’56.685 and by the satellite Yamaha of Cal Crutchlow. These three were covered by less than one tenth of a second and were half a second clear of the Repsol Honda of Marc Marquez.
Andrea Dovizioso made a good start for Ducati, clocking 1’57.276 ahead of Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl, Dani Pedrosa, Aleix Espargaro and Nicky Hayden, these six being covered by 0.4 seconds. Bradley Smith was 11th quickest ahead of the satellite Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies, who rounded off the prototype contingent and left a neat one-second gap back to Hector Barbera, who led the CRT machines.
There were few early surprises in the support classes, which completed their first two Free Practice sessions. The first fastest Moto2 machines were all had Kalex frames, with the Italtrans of Takaaki Nakagami leading Esteve Rabat, Pol Espargaro, Scott Redding and Julian Simon. The Red Bull KTM Ajo of Luis Salom led the way, followed by Jonas Folger, Alex Rins, Alex Marquez and Niccolo Antonelli.
Keeping an eye on riders from South East Asia as we do, Thai Honda Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 rider, ‘Feem’ Ratthapark Wilairot fared best, finishing 11th in FP2. Feem’s teammate, Indonesia’s Doni Tata Pradita was almost three seconds slower in 28th, while fellow countryman Rafid Topan Sucipto finished 32nd and last, more than six seconds slower. Malaysian Zulfahmi Khairuddin made a quiet start in Moto3 by his standards, finishing 14th in FP2 and 1.7 seconds slower than teammate Salom.
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MotoGP: Lorenzo leads Yamaha 1-2-3 in first Free Practice at Qatar
Photo Credit motogp.comYamaha dominated last night’s first Free Practice session under the floodlights at Qatar’s Losail Circuit. The returning Valentino Rossi led much of the session before being squeezed out by teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, who finished top with a lap of 1’56.685 and by the satellite Yamaha of Cal Crutchlow. These three were covered by less than one tenth of a second and were half a second clear of the Repsol Honda of Marc Marquez.
Andrea Dovizioso made a good start for Ducati, clocking 1’57.276 ahead of Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl, Dani Pedrosa, Aleix Espargaro and Nicky Hayden, these six being covered by 0.4 seconds. Bradley Smith was 11th quickest ahead of the satellite Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies, who rounded off the prototype contingent and left a neat one-second gap back to Hector Barbera, who led the CRT machines.
There were few early surprises in the support classes, which completed their first two Free Practice sessions. The first fastest Moto2 machines were all had Kalex frames, with the Italtrans of Takaaki Nakagami leading Esteve Rabat, Pol Espargaro, Scott Redding and Julian Simon. The Red Bull KTM Ajo of Luis Salom led the way, followed by Jonas Folger, Alex Rins, Alex Marquez and Niccolo Antonelli.
Keeping an eye on riders from South East Asia as we do, Thai Honda Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 rider, ‘Feem’ Ratthapark Wilairot fared best, finishing 11th in FP2. Feem’s teammate, Indonesia’s Doni Tata Pradita was almost three seconds slower in 28th, while fellow countryman Rafid Topan Sucipto finished 32nd and last, more than six seconds slower. Malaysian Zulfahmi Khairuddin made a quiet start in Moto3 by his standards, finishing 14th in FP2 and 1.7 seconds slower than teammate Salom.
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MotoGP: Lorenzo leads Yamaha 1-2-3 in first Free Practice at Qatar
