Honda riders on fire in the Aragon heat

Marc Marquez

Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez, who currently leads the World Championship, has come flying out of the gates at a hot Motorland Aragon circuit. With an ambient temperature of 29§C and a track temperature of 39§C, Marc set the fastest time of the day with 1'48.987 on lap 4 of 17 in this afternoon's FP2 session, beating the circuit lap record of 1'49.046 (set by Casey Stoner in 2011). Teammate Dani Pedrosa was third fastest for the day with his lap time of 1'49.254 on lap 7 of 19.

Stefan Bradl, riding the Satellite LCR Honda split the two factory riders with an impressive lap of 1'49.119 placing him second fastest for the day and with Alvaro Bautista aboard the Satellite Honda Gresini in fifth, Honda occupied four out of the top five positions on day one at the Spanish track.

Marc Marquez 1st 1'48.987
“Today, I didn't feel as good as I did in the test that we did here after the Barcelona GP, as there was less grip in these two practice sessions. Anyway, it's the same for everyone. In general the feeling that we have is pretty good and I worked on various things with the bike today. However, we can still improve our setup. We hope to take that step forward tomorrow and we shall see if the grip level improves, as that would make things so much easier for everyone"

Practice Results