Repsol Honda Press Release:
It was a mixed first day in the Czech Republic for Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
This morning, with cooler temperatures, the riders attacked immediately with Marc second fastest and Dani third. At the end of the session Marc ran wide in turn thirteen and had to lay the bike in the gravel, thankfully he escaped uninjured.
This afternoon, the ambient temperature rose to over 30ºC and the session was littered with crashes from several riders as the track also rose to a high 46ºC.
Marc went fastest with his time of 1'56.513 on lap 3 of 6 and remained unbeaten for the remainder of the session. He was one of the few top riders to improve on the FP1 time despite crashing on his last exit in turn seven, fortunately walking away from the incident. His time placed him second for the day in the combined times.
Dani crashed early in the session – on just his second lap – after some oil leaked from his front fork as he rode through turn thirteen and resulted in a high side. Dani visited the medical center for an x-ray where they confirmed there was no fracture but heavy bruising to the left ankle. He finished the day 4th in the combined times with 1'56.784 (FP1).
Marc Marquez #93:
2nd 1'56.513
"Today was a very productive day, we have obtained a lot of data and we have seen that this will not be an easy circuit. I am fast over a single lap, but I am finding it harder to set a constant pace. In FP2 we finished first, but more importantly we have made a step forward with our pace, because it seems that Lorenzo is has a very fast rhythm. This afternoon we got close to him and we will see if tomorrow we can continue to improve, in order to be as close as possible to the top."
Dani Pedrosa #26:
4th 1'56.784
"I had a problem with the front fork which I didn't realize until some oil hit the rear wheel as I was leaning over to the right into turn fourteen. The bike threw me off quite violently and I took a big knock to my left foot. I went to Clinica Mobile for a check-up and they performed an x-ray on my left ankle. Thankfully they confirmed there was no break or fracture, just a heavy contusion so I will have some treatment tonight and see how the situation is in the morning."
MotoGP 2015 Friday, August 14th 2015 – Practice Round 11 Results Session:
1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'56.4992 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'56.5133 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'56.7504 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'56.7845 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'56.8216 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'57.0387 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'57.0788 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'57.1379 ESPARGARO Aleix41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'57.20210 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 1'57.22911 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing Ducati 1'57.54412 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'57.57513 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'57.60714 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'57.71815 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'57.86016 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'58.48417 MILLER Jack 43 AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 1'58.51218 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'58.54919 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'58.58920 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'58.65621 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'58.66922 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1'58.67823 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1'59.68024 CORTI Claudio 71 ITA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2'00.07425 ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE AB Motoracing Honda 2'01.261
For more information: www.hondaracingcorporation.com
