2014 Brno MotoGP FP4 Result: Rossi Quickest, Rossi Crashes

Submitted by Jared Earle on Sat, 2014-08-16 12:25

The weather didn't play a part on the free practice session, allowing riders to determine their pace for the racing tomorrow and get a last half hour of setup before the qualifying.

Valentino Rossi set a 1'56.207 lap early on, a time that stood throughout the entire session. Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were able to go quicker in the first two sectors, but the Hondas couldn't tie the last half of the track together in spite of the fact the Honda's power put it at a theoretical advantage up the power-sapping incline in sector three.

Rossi unfortunately crashed and spent most of the session in the medical centre, tucking the front on a high-speed corner entry. He injured the little finger on his left hand, but was cleared for qualifying, having not suffered a fracture. His bike was damaged severely, but Rossi has a second bike for qualifying.

Bautista also crashed at the same spot, seconds after Rossi, and stated that he thought there was something on the track, but neither rider suggested a red flag.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'56.207
2	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'56.252	0.045	0.045
3	93	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	1'56.312	0.105	0.060
4	44	Pol ESPARGARO	Yamaha	1'56.746	0.539	0.434
5	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	1'56.763	0.556	0.017
6	29	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	1'56.861	0.654	0.098
7	99	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	1'57.079	0.872	0.218
8	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	1'57.517	1.310	0.438
9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	Forward Yamaha	1'57.532	1.325	0.015
10	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'57.544	1.337	0.012
11	38	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	1'57.602	1.395	0.058
12	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	1'57.754	1.547	0.152
13	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Ducati	1'57.842	1.635	0.088
14	51	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	1'58.379	2.172	0.537
15	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	Honda	1'58.631	2.424	0.252
16	45	Scott REDDING	Honda	1'58.732	2.525	0.101
17	2	Leon CAMIER	Honda	1'58.832	2.625	0.100
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ART	1'59.092	2.885	0.260
19	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Honda	1'59.153	2.946	0.061
20	8	Hector BARBERA	Avintia	1'59.979	3.772	0.826
21	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	Avintia	2'00.138	3.931	0.159
22	23	Broc PARKES	PBM	2'00.589	4.382	0.451
23	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	Forward Yamaha	2'00.702	4.495	0.113
24	70	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	2'01.172	4.965	0.470