MotoGP – Phillip Island Day 1 – Pedrosa gets the third fastest time

Dani Pedrosa achieved the third fastest time with a time of 1'31”802 on the first day of free practice at Phillip Island, not a bad result considering the weather conditions, further complicated by the strong wind that arose in the afternoon. Despite everything, it was a good opportunity for the Catalan and his team, who took advantage of it to carry out tire tests and bring home valuable information. For the next few days, in particular for Sunday, the "Rookie of the year 2006" hopes that the climate will stabilize to improve further tomorrow and have a race without too much confusion. He has the microphone.

“Today's testing conditions changed every moment, from wet to dry and vice versa, very quickly. It was also extremely windy, especially in the afternoon, and this made it very difficult to get a consistent lap time. I hope he will be more stable for Sunday's race, otherwise it will really be chaos out there. Today we mainly took the opportunity to test the tires and were able to learn a certain amount of things regarding the conditions and temperatures we encountered. However over time it was very difficult to do this fully and it was always necessary to drive with something in reserve. However, the pace is not that bad and there is the possibility of improving in tomorrow's qualifying. We just have to see what the climate throws at us.”

Marika Farinazzo