Lorenzo tops opening practice in Valencia
Jorge Lorenzo |
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) began his final MotoGP weekend in Yamaha colors in dominant style, taking the top spot by almost four tenths from teammate Valentino Rossi. 2016 Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was third, only a fraction behind the Italian at Valencia.
Sepang winner Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) was fourth, with Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) beginning his final weekend with Tech 3 in the top five.
Team Suzuki Ecstar duo Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro were P6 and P7, with Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Yakhnich) and Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) completing the top ten.
Returning Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) began his first weekend back in action following his highside in Motegi getting up to speed slowly – before incredibly ending FP1 in P12.
Mika Kallio’s first outing on the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing machine in Valencia saw the Finn at the back, but only two seconds off the current World Champion in the bike’s first taste of competition.
Results FP1
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1'31.045 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1'31.432 | 0.387 | 0.387 |
3 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'31.442 | 0.397 | 0.010 |
4 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'31.532 | 0.487 | 0.090 |
5 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'31.785 | 0.740 | 0.253 |
6 | 25 | Maverick VINALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1'31.926 | 0.881 | 0.141 |
7 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1'31.942 | 0.897 | 0.016 |
8 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 1'32.155 | 1.110 | 0.213 |
9 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 1'32.212 | 1.167 | 0.057 |
10 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'32.265 | 1.220 | 0.053 |
11 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1'32.285 | 1.240 | 0.020 |
12 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'32.453 | 1.408 | 0.168 |
13 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 1'32.479 | 1.434 | 0.026 |
14 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 1'32.576 | 1.531 | 0.097 |
15 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 1'32.637 | 1.592 | 0.061 |
16 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1'32.845 | 1.800 | 0.208 |
17 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1'32.924 | 1.879 | 0.079 |
18 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'33.056 | 2.011 | 0.132 |
19 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 1'33.161 | 2.116 | 0.105 |
20 | 50 | Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 1'33.349 | 2.304 | 0.188 |
21 | 76 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1'33.506 | 2.461 | 0.157 |
22 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1'33.985 | 2.940 | 0.479 |