Team Suzuki Press Workplace – March 17.
Group SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró put their GSX-RRs on track tonight beneath the floodlights of Losail International Circuit in Qatar for the opening Free Practice session of the 2016 MotoGP™ season.
Viñales set his greatest time of 1’55.847 on his final lap to place fifth all round, whilst Espargaro recorded a lap-time of 1’57.096 for 16th position in the session.
Each the riders began their job from where they left off earlier this month at the Qatar test with their new GSX-RRs that appear to be in a good shape. Viñales spent 16 laps out on the track testing with only a single set of tyres and checking the consistency of the performance by way of the distance. Despite the fact that the drop of tyres, the young Spaniard could uncover better and greater feeling lap soon after lap, scoring his ideal time in the extremely last lap.
A diverse job has been brought on by Aleix Espargaró, who began back from the constructive improvements he registered in the last laps of the previous test in Losail. His struggle in discovering a best feeling with the machine nevertheless continues, but his improvements are consistent and the team is working tough to very best assistance him.
Davide Brivio – Group Manager:
“Obviously it has been a constructive starting of the weekend for Maverick who could be extremely quick specially at the finish of the session utilizing difficult tyre. This is a excellent sign, but we nonetheless have work to do there is room for improvements in the electronics and we will test the diverse choices in tyres and some much more tiny details we want to check. A tiny harder for Aleix, we believed to begin a tiny far better but with him we are still attempting to discover a better set-up for the bike. Today we have carried out only one session, we have the entire night to operate on the data and we absolutely want to provide him a machine that could greater suit his demands, as this overall performance his not exactly where he belongs and we believe his potential is significantly greater.”
Maverick Viñales:
“It’s been a constructive very first session, we began from exactly where we left-off at the tests and I feel quite confident with the bike. Right now I tried only one set of tyres, with the harder compound, each to confirm the performance consistency and to keep some softer for the subsequent sessions. Although they got worn I managed to enhance my lap instances consistently and I scored my best at the final a single, which is positive for me both for the race and for the feeling that I have. I have also tested the full seamless, but we still need to function on its set-up, our objective is to adopt it definitively as soon as possible, this is why we will continue testing and try to locate a very good set -up. It’s only the starting, but my feelings are positive and the improvements are constant, which offers me great hopes for the next days.”
Aleix Espargaró:
“It’s been a tough 1st session, I can not locate the feeling with the front finish and this prevents me braking difficult and enter quickly into the corners, which is a peculiarity of my riding style. This is the primary dilemma, but the self-confidence with the front is also 1 of the hardest parts in motor racing. These days there was the problem that the track was considerably slipper, we tested only with the hardest tyre in order to maintain the softer for far better situations on the track, which will for positive increase tomorrow. I spoke a lot with my engineers, my trust in them is total and we have currently some ideas about what to modify to increase the feeling. I’m confident we will get in much better locations soon since we only need time to find the proper direction, the technical package and my potential are significantly higher than exactly where we are now.”
Industrial BANK GP OF QATAR FP1 Outcomes:
1 Jorge LORENZO Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1’55.440
two Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1’55.707 + .267
3 Andrea IANNONE Ducati Group 1’55.736 + .296
4 Hector BARBERA Avintia Racing 1’55.810 + .370
5 Maverick VIÑALES Group SUZUKI ECSTAR 1’55.847 + .407
6 Pol ESPARGARO Monster Yamaha Tech three 1’56.051 + .611
7 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Group 1’56.098 + .658
eight Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Group 1’56.258 + .818
9 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team 1’56.387 + .947
ten Scott REDDING OCTO Pramac Yakhnich 1’56.412 + .972
16 Aleix ESPARGARO Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1’57.096 + 1.656
Group Suzuki Ecstar on Track at Qatar MotoGP (Business Press Releases)
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