MotoGP Misano, Free Practice 3: Marquez confirms himself as the fastest
The world championship leader ends FP3 ahead of Pedrosa and Lorenzo, Rossi is fourth
The third free practice session of the MotoGP class at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli took place with 26° in the air and 28 on the asphalt. The fastest at the end of the 45 minutes of these Free Practice 3 was the world championship leader Marc Marquez, riding the Honda. The rookie lapped in 1:33.975, the only driver to go under one minute and 34.
The second place finisher, his team-mate Dani Pedrosa, stopped the clock at a time of 1:34.124. The #26 also crashed at the end of the session, losing the front end of his RC213V, fortunately without any consequences.
Third and fourth times for the Factory Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, trailing by 249 and 382 thousandths respectively. As already written yesterday, the two M1s are using the new seamless gearbox, which should give an advantage from a race perspective rather than in terms of lap time, thanks to the lower degradation of the tyres.
Good fifth place for Andrea Dovizioso, riding the Ducati GP13. The rider from Forlì who last year finished the GP in fourth position (racing with the Yamaha of Team Tech 3) has a gap from the top of just 473 thousandths, an encouraging performance in view of this afternoon's qualifying, which will be preceded by FP4, not valid for ranking purposes.
Sixth and seventh times for the Honda RC213Vs of Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl, who preceded Andrea Iannone's GP13, Nicky Hayden's and Aleix Espargarò's ART. Michele Pirro, Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith will have to compete in Q1, having failed to enter the combined ten of the first three free practice sessions. Danilo Petrucci, rider from Terni of the Came Iodaracing Team, also did well this morning, second among the CRTs as happened yesterday.
Photos: Alex Farinelli
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Witteveen: “Honda has the best seamless gearbox”
Pass shown by the riders on Saturday morning.
At the moment, the situation is as follows.
Fp3:
Tue: 1.34.low
Ped: 1.34.low 1.34.medium
Lor: 1.34.medium
Val: 1.34.medium 1.34.high
Dv: 1.34.mezzohigh 1.35.bass
Woof: 1.34.medium 1.34.high
Bra: 1.34.high 1.35.low
Ian: 1.35.half ***
Hay: 1.34.high 1.35.medium
Then I insert Cal who, after the English asphalt, perhaps didn't want to "taste" the Italian one too so he took it a little more easily, at least I think.
Cal: 1.34.high 1.35.low
***= Iannone did 2 consecutive laps in 1.34.7 and 1.35.0, but I don't know to what extent they can become "pace" during FP4 and the race.
Comments:
Mar: he has a pace that is unattainable for everyone. If this is the case in the race too, we will see him let his rivals let off steam up to 3/4 of the race, then set off towards victory. It seems very unlikely that Lorenzo will find the "final blow" like in the last GP.
Ped: he seems destined for the second step of the podium which he will have to compete with an "angry" Lorenzo. He has always been slower than his rivals in finding the "square", it is likely that he will succeed this time too. The fact is that currently, Marc seems to be performing better.
Lor: I would be willing to bet that he will further improve his pace, to the point of equaling that of Marc, even if, the impression I get from these tests is that of a Marc completely at ease with such sensational times (compared to his rivals ) and of a Lorenzo who, if he reaches Marc's time, will be much more "hung" than his rival.
Let's move on to the times of the more "normal" drivers if we can define them that way (they would give me 2 minutes per lap for example).
Vale: he is the first of these, he also tends to run at Lorenzo's pace, but he certainly doesn't do it with his consistency.
This must be the turning point for Valentino. He has the new gearbox, the track is one of his favorites, he is physically fit, he has all the support in his favor, in short, all the conditions are present to do well and he must do well to still maintain a little "credibility".
With Him, or rather, in His wake, Dovizioso, Bautista and Bradl also settle down (Cal will arrive).
Dovizioso: he starts with an advantage compared to other GPs, he tested here a short time ago, they also brought other innovations, even if, there is no problem in saying it, Dovizioso is of a different caliber compared to a Marquez or a Lorenzo. In practice he clocked 1.34.mezzo, but I don't think that in the race he will be able to maintain a similar pace and I am more of the opinion that he will "cease" on 1.35.basso, which will take him out of the fight for the backup positions.
Bautista, on the other hand, has shown that he can compete for the wooden medal and, from how things have gone so far, I am convinced that he will give 4th a hard time.
Bradl: He also made decent speeds, but he complained of several problems with the bike and, rather than in 34 high, he will find himself riding in 35 low, as I believe Dovizioso will do.
Iannone is here by virtue of some impromptu times set in the slipstream, I think that in the race we will see him in the usual positions, probably fighting with Espargaro and his CRT.
Hayden: another matter, his pace, in the end, will be, as usual, similar to that of Dovizioso. I have an idea that we will see another race with the 2 drivers in each other's wake.
Cal deserves a separate discussion. It's true that the times are not excellent, furthermore I believe that the streaks of 15 days ago have "calmed" him a little and without his splendid impetuosity, he is doing times that I would define as "normal". He still has one session to find sufficient confidence with the bike and the track and return to turning the throttle with his usual vehemence. There is a clear possibility that he could move (in step) with Bautista and Valentino.
From what little they said, the Yamaha gearbox is different from the Honda one, it had to keep neutral between 1st and 2nd gear because this gearbox was adapted to the engines currently in use. In 2014 it will have the same prerogatives as the Honda one.
The advantages of this gearbox are mainly centered on the possibility of using it in conditions that were previously impossible.
When cornering, for example, with the old system, a gear change performed while cornering was complicated by the "knock" that the engine gave, a problem that has now disappeared so it is possible to change in any circumstance without having any type of "discompensation".
Another advantage is that of being able to shift (this joins the previous point, but I have separated it for clarity) even if the "recommended" engine speed has not been reached.
At the moment, from what I understand, these are the main characteristics that give the seamless one an advantage over the old one.