2014 MotoGP season gets underway in Qatar

Repsol Hondas Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have completed the first practice
session of the 2014 season. Dani, who struggled with grip in this first session, was
anyway the fastest factory rider with the satellite teams enjoying a clear advantage
after testing here two weeks ago. He finished the 45 minute session in 6th place with
a time of 156.332 recorded on lap 13 of 16. 2013 World Champion, Marc, who
climbed back aboard his RC213V for the first time in 6 weeks after breaking his leg,
chose not to have any painkillers and managed an impressive 15 laps. He finished
11th for the night with a time of 156.682 on lap 13. The riders will be back on track
tomorrow evening at 18h00 local time.

TEAM QUOTES

6th - 1'56.332
"We had a few problems today with grip, which is something
that some of the riders who rode here at the test two weeks
ago had commented about before. There isnt much grip on
the track and that means we have to try to get the most out of
the bike under these circumstances. Well see if the track
improves with a little more rubber laid down, giving us more
traction. Today we just didnt really have any, even though the
track was in good condition. We still hope to improve sessionby-session

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11th - 1'56.682
"I am fairly happy with how the first session went, because I
haven't been on the bike in a while. I didnt think my foot would
bother me so much - especially on the right hand corners although at the end of the session I felt better and this gives
me hope of improving tomorrow. We are going to try to follow
the same working strategy as today. In terms of the times, we
aren't too far off Jorge, Valentino and Dani - and it's normal
that the riders who were here for the test a fortnight ago are
fast right from the get-go

PRACTICE RESULTS
Grand Pos.
Prix of Rider
Qatar -Num.
RoundNation
1
Team Constr
uctor
1 Aleix E 41
ESP NGM YAMA
sparga
Mobile HA
ro
Forwar
d
Racing
2 Alvaro 19
ESP Go & HOND
Bautist
Fun
A
a
Honda
Gresini
3 Bradle 38
GBR Monst YAMA
y
er Ya HA
Smith
maha
Tech 3
4
Andre 29
ITA Prama DUCA
a Iann
c
TI
one
Racing
5 Pol Es 44
ESP Monst YAMA
pargar
er Ya HA
o
maha
Tech 3
6 Dani P 26
ESP Repsol HOND

Time/
Gap
1'55.2
01

1'55.6
67

1'55.8
16

1'55.9
96
1'56.0
20

1'56.3

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edrosa
7

Valenti
no
Rossi
Colin
Edwar
ds

46

ITA

USA

Jorge
Lorenz
o

99

ESP

10

Nicky
Hayde
n
Marc
Marqu
ez
Stefan
Bradl

69

USA

93

ESP

GER

Cal Cr
utchlo
w
Andre
a Dovi
zioso
Yonny
Herna
ndez
Karel
Abrah
am

35

GBR

Hiroshi
Aoyam
a
Hector
Barber
a

Scott
Reddin

45

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

68

17

Honda A
Team
Yamah YAMA
a Fact HA
ory
NGM YAMA
Mobile HA
Forwar
d
Racing
Yamah YAMA
a Fact HA
ory
Racing
Drive HOND
M7
A
Aspar
Repsol HOND
Honda A
Team
LCR HOND
Honda A
MotoG
P
Ducati DUCA
Team TI

32
1'56.5
42
1'56.6
26

1'56.6
68

1'56.6
70
1'56.6
82
1'56.7
26

1'57.0
46

ITA Ducati DUCA 1'57.1

Team TI
00
COL Prama DUCA
c
TI
Racing
CZE Cardio HOND
n AB
A
Motora
cing
JPN Drive HOND
M7
A
Aspar
ESP Avintia FTR-K
Racing AWAS
MotoG AKI
P
GBR Go & HOND
Fun
A

1'57.6
23
1'57.7
79

1'58.1
82
1'58.3
94

1'58.4
95

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g
20

Mike
Di
Meglio

63

FRA

21

Danilo
Petruc
ci
Broc
Parkes

ITA

23

AUS

70

GBR

22

23

Micha
el Lav
erty

Honda
Gresini
Avintia FTR-K
Racing AWAS
MotoG AKI
P
IodaR IODAacing SUTE
Project R
Paul PBM
Bird M
otorsp
ort
Paul ART &
Bird M PBM
otorsp
ort

1'58.7
32

1'59.3
21
1'59.3
28

No
Time
Set

Grand Prix of Qatar underway - MotoGP

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