FP 1 GP Qatar, Tim Pabrikan Merana Non Pabrikan Berjaya

Tahun ini MotoGP digelar degan 3 kategori utama yaitu kelas Factory (Honda RC213V & Yamaha YZR M1) Factory 2 (Ducati Desmosedici GP14) dan kategori Open (Honda RC1000V, Yamaha NGM M1 dan Desmosedici GP13) plus motor ber spesifikasi CRT. Dari hasil sementara FP1 ini justru tim pabrikan baik Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa dan Marques sementara ini musti terseok-seok di belakang, sementara yang Non pabrikan moncer.

Ya bayangkan yang memimpin di depan baik 1-3 adalah non-pabrikan semua, mulai dari Espargaro menempati urutan pertama dari tim NGM Forward Racing, ke dua adalah Bautista dari Honda Gresini, sementara yang ke 3 adalah Bradley Smith dari Monster Yamaha Tech 3.

Tim Pabrikan yakni Pedrosa dan Rossi malah ngendok di urutan 6-7. MM, belum klop mungkin! Ya jelasnya menurut yang tertulis di web resminya Wotogp memang masih masalah grip, baik Rossi maupun Lorenzo masih berkutat dengan masalah yang sama.

“…..grip issues became the number one problem to solve for both Valentino Rossi and teammate Jorge Lorenzo……”

Rossi sedikit optimis, dia bilang karena ini baru yang pertama,

“The track is in quite a bad condition but I think it’s quite normal for a first practice. There is a lot of sand and not a lot of rubber down. Also a lot of riders except the factory riders have been here for three days and have done a lot more kilometers and a lot more laps so it’s normal they are stronger than us. Now the work for the weekend will be hard to reduce the gap. I have a lack of grip front and rear, on corner entry and also on acceleration the bike moves very much. I think the condition of the track is getting better and it will get easier.”

Sementara Lorenzo dengan nada mirip mengatakan!

“The feeling of the rear tyre is more or less the same as in Sepang, with little grip and traction. We didn’t have three days to test here like the top five so our problems are bigger. We must hope that the tyre gets better and we can improve the grip on the rear.”

Berikut hasil selengkapnya!

MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2014 

Doha, Thursday, March 20, 2014

Pos.	Rider	Team	Km/h	Time
1	Aleix ESPARGARO	NGM Forward Racing	336.1	1’55.201
2	Alvaro BAUTISTA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	342.9	1’55.667
3	Bradley SMITH	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	337.3	1’55.816
4	Andrea IANNONE	Pramac Racing	345.7	1’55.996
5	Pol ESPARGARO	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	346.0	1’56.020
6	Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	344.0	1’56.332
7	Valentino ROSSI	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	340.4	1’56.542
8	Colin EDWARDS	NGM Forward Racing	332.1	1’56.626
9	Jorge LORENZO	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	340.0	1’56.668
10	Nicky HAYDEN	Drive M7 Aspar	328.6	1’56.670
11	Marc MARQUEZ	Repsol Honda Team	344.4	1’56.682
12	Stefan BRADL	LCR Honda MotoGP	342.4	1’56.726
13	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Ducati Team	339.7	1’57.046
14	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati Team	340.4	1’57.100
15	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	340.8	1’57.623
16	Karel ABRAHAM	Cardion AB Motoracing	330.0	1’57.779
17	Hiroshi AOYAMA	Drive M7 Aspar	329.9	1’58.182
18	Hector BARBERA	Avintia Racing	324.6	1’58.394
19	Scott REDDING	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	324.4	1’58.495
20	Mike DI MEGLIO	Avintia Racing	324.6	1’58.732
21	Danilo PETRUCCI	IodaRacing Project	327.3	1’59.321
22	Broc PARKES	Paul Bird Motorsport	321.4	1’59.328
	Michael LAVERTY	Paul Bird Motorsport

Weather Conditions:

|   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 23º| Humidity: 74%|   Ground: 23º

Records:

Fastest Lap:	Lap: 13	Aleix ESPARGARO	1’55.201	168.1 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap:	2008	Casey STONER	1’55.153	168.1 Km/h
Best Lap:	2008	Jorge LORENZO	1’53.927	170.0 Km/h