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The morning chill meant a late start for the MotoGP teams again. Jack Miller was the first to go out, but he was also the first to crash. Marc Marquez is fastest so far this morning, swapping between the 2017 and 2018 bikes, a quarter of a second ahead of Jorge Lorenzo. The Suzuki riders are also back on track, after missing out on the first day due to illness, Andrea Iannone setting the third fastest time at lunchtime.
Times at 12:30pm:
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda RC213V | 1:30.288 | ||
2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati GP18 | 1:30.534 | 0.246 | 0.246 |
3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:31.011 | 0.723 | 0.477 |
4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda RC213V | 1:31.035 | 0.747 | 0.024 |
5 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM RC16 | 1:31.100 | 0.812 | 0.065 |
6 | 38 | Bradley Smith | KTM RC16 | 1:31.202 | 0.914 | 0.102 |
7 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha M1 | 1:31.225 | 0.937 | 0.023 |
8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:31.408 | 1.120 | 0.183 |
9 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Yamaha M1 | 1:31.619 | 1.331 | 0.211 |
10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha M1 | 1:31.705 | 1.417 | 0.086 |
11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda RC213V | 1:31.714 | 1.426 | 0.009 |
12 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati GP18 | 1:31.758 | 1.470 | 0.044 |
13 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati GP17 | 1:31.795 | 1.507 | 0.037 |
14 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:32.115 | 1.827 | 0.320 |
15 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati GP18 | 1:32.146 | 1.858 | 0.031 |
16 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Honda RC213V | 1:32.343 | 2.055 | 0.197 |
17 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:32.615 | 2.327 | 0.272 |
18 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda RC213V | 1:32.972 | 2.684 | 0.357 |
19 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati GP17 | 1:33.567 | 3.279 | 0.595 |
20 | 10 | Xavier Simeon | Ducati GP16 | 1:34.252 | 3.964 | 0.685 |
21 | 72 | Takumi Takahashi | Honda RC213V | 1:34.734 | 4.446 | 0.482 |
Round Number:
0
2018
Comments
M1 spreads its wings?
I saw a photo of Vinales on an M1 sporting very wing-like aero, is it possible that Yamaha has got around Dorna's ban?
Nope
According to MGP tech director Danny Aldridge the design as is, would have to be changed for him to ok it's homologation.
Even though it's still connected at the bottom, I believe the rake is too great and that Suzuki is probably at the limit of what he deems legal in that regard.