Pedrosa fastest on day one at Red Bull U.S Grand Prix
DANI PEDROSA 1st 1'21.088
"We did a good job today, we managed to get a good lap time in the morning and improved it in the afternoon, although the grip level was very poor and we struggled a bit with the rear. The tires were working a little better in the afternoon, but it was hard to work on the consistency due to the lack of grip. I hope to be able to work on the pace tomorrow to prepare the race. The new bike is working good here, I will continue working on the set up tomorrow".
CASEY STONER 3rd 1'21.457
"It hasn't been a particularly eventful day, we didn't really get the package we were hoping for. We struggled a little this morning with stability on the soft tire, we improved it slightly this afternoon on the hard tire but found the bike to be quite aggressive and there wasn't much grip. We have a few things to try tomorrow morning, if we can make some small improvements then we'll be very happy with the bike. As it is now, we need to improve before we can say if we're competitive or not".
Practice Results
Pos |
Rider | Time | Nat | Bike | Team |
1 | Dani Pedrosa | 1'21.088 | SPA | HONDA | Repsol Honda Team |
2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 1'21.422 | SPA | YAMAHA | Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
3 | Casey Stoner | 1'21.457 | AUS | HONDA | Repsol Honda Team |
4 | Ben Spies | 1'21.708 | USA | YAMAHA | Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 1'22.021 | ITA | YAMAHA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
6 | Cal Crutchlow | 1'22.258 | GBR | YAMAHA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
7 | Nicky Hayden | 1'22.434 | USA | DUCATI | Ducati Team |
8 | Stefan Bradl | 1'22.568 | GER | HONDA | LCR Honda MotoGP |
9 | Valentino Rossi | 1'22.772 | ITA | DUCATI | Ducati Team |
10 | Alvaro Bautista | 1'22.853 | SPA | HONDA | San Carlo Honda Gresini |
11 | Aleix Espargaro | 1'23.835 | ESP | ART | Aspar Team MotoGP |
12 | Randy De Puniet | 1'23.870 | FRA | ART | Aspar Team MotoGP |
13 | Colin Edwards | 1'24.732 | USA | SUTER | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
14 | Toni ElÃas | 1'24.739 | SPA | DUCATI | Pramac Racing |
15 | Yonny Hernandez | 1'24.774 | COL | BQR-FTR | BQR |
16 | Karel Abraham | 1'24.849 | CZE | DUCATI | Cardion AB Motoracing |
17 | Mattia Pasini | 1'25.000 | ITA | ART | Speed Master |
18 | Michelle Pirro | 1'25.065 | ITA | HONDA | San Carlo Honda Gresini |
19 | James Ellison | 1'25.166 | GBR | ART | Paul Bird Racing |
20 | Ivan Silva | 1'25.405 | SPA | BQR-FTR | BQR |
21 | Danilo Petrucci | 1'25.422 | ITA | IODA | Ioda Racing Project |