Tire choice is still very open for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, so the Austin Warm-Up was a valuable opportunity for a final evaluation. This morning’s 20-minute session confirmed that most of the riders seem to be heading towards the hard tire at the front, while at the rear there were mostly soft tires. The use of the latter, however, seems to be linked above all to the temperature that will be there at 14 local time, when the traffic lights go off.
The Hondas also stood out in this last session, conquering the top two positions with different tire choices. The fastest was the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami, who lapped in 2’04 “074 with a pair of soft tires. Behind him is the” sheriff “of Austin, Marc Marquez, who almost copied the driver’s time LCR with a hard front one.
In third position we find Alex Rins’ Suzuki, which however pays a delay of over four tenths, but in turn has made a different choice from all the others, mounting a hard front and an average rear. A pair of soft tires instead for the world leader Fabio Quartararo, who with his Yamaha is just a few thousandths behind the Spaniard’s GSX-RR.
His rival in the title race Pecco Bagnaia, on the other hand, remained very late with his Ducati: the poleman was unable to do better than the 18th time, trailing by more than 1 “1, and at the end of the session he said he could not find the right feeling with the bike and therefore he preferred not to take risks, but in the Red box they did not seem too worried in terms of the race.
The best of the Ducatis was therefore that of Jorge Martin, fifth at just under seven tenths with the Pramac Racing Desmosedici GP. In the top 10, however, there are also those of Johann Zarco and Jack Miller, who respectively occupy the eighth and tenth position, with the Australian who was the only one to lap with a pair of hard tires, also running into a crash at curve 1.
After a very complicated weekend, this morning Aleix Espargaro finally entered the top positions, seventh with Aprilia behind Joan Mir’s Suzuki. His brother Pol, on the other hand, is ninth, far from the other two RC213Vs who instead dictated the pace, on which he paid over eight tenths.
Just outside the top 10 are the two Ducatis of Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, while the Yamaha of Andrea Dovizioso and Franco Morbidelli are in 14th and 16th position, with the rider from Forlì closing the ranks of riders who paid less than a second. . Unfortunately, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi remain in the rear of the group, with the “Doctor” sadly last at 1 “8 from the top.
Tire choice is still very open for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, so the Austin Warm-Up was a valuable opportunity for a final evaluation. This morning’s 20-minute session confirmed that most of the riders seem to be heading towards the hard tire at the front, while at the rear there were mostly soft tires. The use of the latter, however, seems to be linked above all to the temperature that will be there at 14 local time, when the traffic lights go off.
The Hondas also stood out in this last session, conquering the top two positions with different tire choices. The fastest was the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami, who lapped in 2’04 “074 with a pair of soft tires. Behind him is the” sheriff “of Austin, Marc Marquez, who almost copied the driver’s time LCR with a hard front one.
In third position we find Alex Rins’ Suzuki, which however pays a delay of over four tenths, but in turn has made a different choice from all the others, mounting a hard front and an average rear. A pair of soft tires instead for the world leader Fabio Quartararo, who with his Yamaha is just a few thousandths behind the Spaniard’s GSX-RR.
His rival in the title race Pecco Bagnaia, on the other hand, remained very late with his Ducati: the poleman was unable to do better than the 18th time, trailing by more than 1 “1, and at the end of the session he said he could not find the right feeling with the bike and therefore he preferred not to take risks, but in the Red box they did not seem too worried in terms of the race.
The best of the Ducatis was therefore that of Jorge Martin, fifth at just under seven tenths with the Pramac Racing Desmosedici GP. In the top 10, however, there are also those of Johann Zarco and Jack Miller, who respectively occupy the eighth and tenth position, with the Australian who was the only one to lap with a pair of hard tires, also running into a crash at curve 1.
After a very complicated weekend, this morning Aleix Espargaro finally entered the top positions, seventh with Aprilia behind Joan Mir’s Suzuki. His brother Pol, on the other hand, is ninth, far from the other two RC213Vs who instead dictated the pace, on which he paid over eight tenths.
Just outside the top 10 are the two Ducatis of Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, while the Yamaha of Andrea Dovizioso and Franco Morbidelli are in 14th and 16th position, with the rider from Forlì closing the ranks of riders who paid less than a second. . Unfortunately, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi remain in the rear of the group, with the “Doctor” sadly last at 1 “8 from the top.
Tire choice is still very open for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, so the Austin Warm-Up was a valuable opportunity for a final evaluation. This morning’s 20-minute session confirmed that most of the riders seem to be heading towards the hard tire at the front, while at the rear there were mostly soft tires. The use of the latter, however, seems to be linked above all to the temperature that will be there at 14 local time, when the traffic lights go off.
The Hondas also stood out in this last session, conquering the top two positions with different tire choices. The fastest was the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami, who lapped in 2’04 “074 with a pair of soft tires. Behind him is the” sheriff “of Austin, Marc Marquez, who almost copied the driver’s time LCR with a hard front one.
In third position we find Alex Rins’ Suzuki, which however pays a delay of over four tenths, but in turn has made a different choice from all the others, mounting a hard front and an average rear. A pair of soft tires instead for the world leader Fabio Quartararo, who with his Yamaha is just a few thousandths behind the Spaniard’s GSX-RR.
His rival in the title race Pecco Bagnaia, on the other hand, remained very late with his Ducati: the poleman was unable to do better than the 18th time, trailing by more than 1 “1, and at the end of the session he said he could not find the right feeling with the bike and therefore he preferred not to take risks, but in the Red box they did not seem too worried in terms of the race.
The best of the Ducatis was therefore that of Jorge Martin, fifth at just under seven tenths with the Pramac Racing Desmosedici GP. In the top 10, however, there are also those of Johann Zarco and Jack Miller, who respectively occupy the eighth and tenth position, with the Australian who was the only one to lap with a pair of hard tires, also running into a crash at curve 1.
After a very complicated weekend, this morning Aleix Espargaro finally entered the top positions, seventh with Aprilia behind Joan Mir’s Suzuki. His brother Pol, on the other hand, is ninth, far from the other two RC213Vs who instead dictated the pace, on which he paid over eight tenths.
Just outside the top 10 are the two Ducatis of Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, while the Yamaha of Andrea Dovizioso and Franco Morbidelli are in 14th and 16th position, with the rider from Forlì closing the ranks of riders who paid less than a second. . Unfortunately, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi remain in the rear of the group, with the “Doctor” sadly last at 1 “8 from the top.
Tire choice is still very open for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, so the Austin Warm-Up was a valuable opportunity for a final evaluation. This morning’s 20-minute session confirmed that most of the riders seem to be heading towards the hard tire at the front, while at the rear there were mostly soft tires. The use of the latter, however, seems to be linked above all to the temperature that will be there at 14 local time, when the traffic lights go off.
The Hondas also stood out in this last session, conquering the top two positions with different tire choices. The fastest was the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami, who lapped in 2’04 “074 with a pair of soft tires. Behind him is the” sheriff “of Austin, Marc Marquez, who almost copied the driver’s time LCR with a hard front one.
In third position we find Alex Rins’ Suzuki, which however pays a delay of over four tenths, but in turn has made a different choice from all the others, mounting a hard front and an average rear. A pair of soft tires instead for the world leader Fabio Quartararo, who with his Yamaha is just a few thousandths behind the Spaniard’s GSX-RR.
His rival in the title race Pecco Bagnaia, on the other hand, remained very late with his Ducati: the poleman was unable to do better than the 18th time, trailing by more than 1 “1, and at the end of the session he said he could not find the right feeling with the bike and therefore he preferred not to take risks, but in the Red box they did not seem too worried in terms of the race.
The best of the Ducatis was therefore that of Jorge Martin, fifth at just under seven tenths with the Pramac Racing Desmosedici GP. In the top 10, however, there are also those of Johann Zarco and Jack Miller, who respectively occupy the eighth and tenth position, with the Australian who was the only one to lap with a pair of hard tires, also running into a crash at curve 1.
After a very complicated weekend, this morning Aleix Espargaro finally entered the top positions, seventh with Aprilia behind Joan Mir’s Suzuki. His brother Pol, on the other hand, is ninth, far from the other two RC213Vs who instead dictated the pace, on which he paid over eight tenths.
Just outside the top 10 are the two Ducatis of Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, while the Yamaha of Andrea Dovizioso and Franco Morbidelli are in 14th and 16th position, with the rider from Forlì closing the ranks of riders who paid less than a second. . Unfortunately, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi remain in the rear of the group, with the “Doctor” sadly last at 1 “8 from the top.