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Mar92024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Miller vehemently opposes schedule change in Qatar

Jack Miller called the decision to change the schedule in Qatar ridiculous and completely unnecessary. Due to the rain, Friday's second free practice was shortened by 15 minutes (to 45 minutes). After voting by the racers, the results did not count for classification into a faster or slower qualifying group. After the heavy rain that covered the track at the end of the second practice of the Moto 3 class, the situation improved enough by the start of the practice in the elite class that the racers did not have any major problems. After the change in the schedule, the results of Saturday's last free practice, which will be held just before the qualifications, will decide who will secure a direct appearance in the faster qualifying group. One of the racers who was against the schedule change was Jack Miller. "It was wet, but here

Nov182023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Quartararo fastest before qualifying

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Fabio Quartararo set the fastest time (1:53.531) in the last free practice session before qualifying. Jorge Martin was second, and third with an identical time was Aleix Espargaro, who is under scrutiny from the race commissioners due to the incident with Franco Morbidelli. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1725854954278002927 Fourth place was taken by Fabio Di Giannantonio ahead of Franco Morbidelli, Miguel Oliveira and Johann Zarco. Maverick Vinales, Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia completed the top ten. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1725849208882663852

October212023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Martin the fastest before qualifying

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Jorge Martin set the fastest time in the final free practice before qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The Spaniard was at the top of the table from the start after setting a time of 1:29.343 in the opening round. Four minutes before the end, he slightly improved this time (1:29.299). https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1715514261890281822 Marc Marquez finished second, with Aleix Espargaro third. The racers used this training mainly to prepare for the race. Francesco Bagnaia set the fourth time ahead of Johann Zarco, Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo. The top ten was completed by Raul Fernandez, Alex Marquez and Pol Espargaro. Before the start of training, Alex Rins announced that he was ending the race early due to severe pain

Mar262022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Verstappen: Ferrari is faster

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After Friday's free practice, which he finished in second place, Max Verstappen admitted that his team still has a lot of work to do if they want to get closer to Ferrari. The Maranello team is expected to be faster this weekend, despite the updates Red Bull brought to Jeddah. "We have productive free practice behind us. We have completed the planned program and tested different tire mixes. Ferrari looks very fast again, so we still have a lot of work to do if we want to get closer to them. But we still have a lot of room for improvement." "The changes on the track are almost imperceptible. Slightly shifted fences are not a significant improvement in visibility on the track. So before the qualifiers we have a lot of work to do if we want to fight for the best starting position."

Jun12018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Iannone at the top of the first free practice

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Andrea Iannone convincingly won the first free practice at Mugello, the second Micelle Pirro was more than half a second behind. The Suzuki racer, who announced his farewell from the team on Thursday, set the fastest time of 1: 47.253 30 seconds before the end of the training and thus pushed Ducati's "wildcard" racer Michello Pirro into second place. Andrea Divizioso, who was in second place for most of the training, eventually finished third. Maverick Vinales, who fell in the first corner today at the start of his first lap, managed to set a fourth time by the end. He was followed by Marc Marquez and Jack Miller, who set a completely identical time. He surprised newcomer this season Franco Morbidelli with a seventh time. Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow finished the top ten. Pos. # Di

Apr62018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Daniel Ricciardo started the fastest in Bahrain

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Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time of the first free practice in Bahrain. Valtteri Bottas managed to get closer to him. Given that qualifying and the race will take place at night, the racers did a small number of laps at the start of the training. Due to engine problems, Max Verstappen spent practically the entire training in the garage, completed only two laps, and did not set a time. The best racer outside the top three teams was Haas Roman Grosjean this time. Good training is also behind Tor Ross racer Pierre Gasly, who set the seventh time. Place Racer Team Time Difference 1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1: 31.060 2. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 31.364 0.304 3. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1: 31.458 0.398 4. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1: 3

Mar232018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Hamilton on top of the first free practice

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Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the first free practice in Melbourne. He was best approached by his teammate Valtteri Bottas, who was half a second behind him. The best of the others this time was Max Verstappen, who was 0,745 seconds behind the Briton. Sebastian Vettel was the first to drive on the track, but we waited 20 minutes for someone to set the time. The first to set the time was Formula 1 rookie Sergey Sirotkin, but soon after that, Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas and both Red Bulls also set their times. Behind Verstappn, who were third, both Ferraris-Raikkonen finished ahead of Vettl. The sixth time, however, was set by home trump Daniel Ricciardo. Both McLaren had trouble starting training as they both sat in the first hour of training

October112013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

First training sessions for Hamilton and Vettl

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Lewis Hamilton won his first free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuki, and in the second, the Red Bull racers reigned supreme in the timetables. Vettel overtook his teammate Mark Webber by 1 seconds in the afternoon training with a time of 33.852: 0.168, which he put on medium-hard tires. The third fastest was Nico Rosberg with a Mercedes. We saw quite a few spins in both training sessions, and the most dramatic was perhaps the trip of Sergio Perez, who flew into the protective tires in the thirteenth turn.

Sep212013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The last Singapore training session for Vettl

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Sebastian Vettel got his third free practice on Saturday morning after his second free practice on Friday. The Red Bull racer overtook Lotus racer Romain Grosjean by 1 seconds with a time of 44.173: 0.191, which he placed on a softer tire compound, and Mercedes Nico Rosberg was third. Most of the last preparations before the qualifications were again marked by longer series of laps on a harder mix. Mark Webber was the fastest in this phase with a time of 1: 46.220, and his teammate Sebastian Vettel took the initiative in the last ten minutes, when the racers installed even softer tires on the cars. Grosjean, who faced many technical problems on Friday, apparently picked himself up on Saturday morning and set the second fastest time of the third free practice. The third was Nico

Jun292013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rosberg stayed on top

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Nico Rosberg was also the fastest in the last free practice. The German was 1 seconds faster than his teammate Lewis Hamilton with a time of 31.487: 0.146, while Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were almost half a second behind in third and fourth place. Racer Team Time Laps 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01: 31.487 18 2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01: 31.633 20 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 01: 32.037 20 4. Mark Webber Red Bull 01: 32.078 17 5. Romain Grosjean Lotus 01: 32.391 18 6. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 01: 32.440 19 7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01: 32.454 18 8. Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 0