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Practice Report

Friday, Oct 16th 2015

Pramac Australian Grand Prix MotoGP 2015   Round 16 Marquez fastest on day one in Australia with Pedrosa 6th The first day of free practice has taken place in Phillip Island with Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez leading the way. Teammate Dani Pedrosa finished 6th in the combined times. In typical fashion the weather has been very changeable, with cold and windy conditions in this morning’s FP1 and rain arriving at the end of the session. Then in FP2 the sun came out allowing the riders to work on their setup in preparation for tomorrow’s qualifying and also test the asymmetric front tyre. The times were very close with thirteen riders within 0.9 seconds of each other but Marc topped the time sheets with his lap of 1’29.383 (lap 17/19). Dani was just 0.297 behind his teammate with 1’29.876 (lap 18/19).

Marc Marquez  93 1st  1’29.383 "It was a good day overall. The morning session was a bit tricky because there was some light rain, but you could still go fast. In the afternoon we worked a lot on setting the bike up for the race, because it will be held at a similar time, and I think we took a step forward. Once again, Jorge is very fast, but we are working well, we have good pace and were able to set a good lap. What is important is that the changes we have made to the setup of the bike have allowed us to improve."

Dani Pedrosa  26 6th  1’29.876 "Today we started to work on the setup of the bike, trying to think about tomorrow and Sunday's race, and we tested the asymmetrical front tyre. We have to keep working because we had some difficult conditions in the morning. Although it was clearer in the afternoon, there was still not much grip and we could not make much headway. Let's see if tomorrow the track is in better condition and we can improve."

Results Session Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'29.383 2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'29.433 3 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'29.518 4 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'29.544 5 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 1'29.579 6 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'29.876 7 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'30.021 8 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'30.032 9 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'30.041 10 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'30.113 11 MILLER Jack 43 AUS LCR Honda Honda 1'30.127 12 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'30.184 13 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'30.278 14 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'30.451 15 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'30.552 16 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing Ducati 1'30.660 17 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'30.773 18 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 1'30.910 19 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'31.260 20 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'31.339 21 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'31.577 22 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA AB Motoracing Honda 1'32.122 23 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1'32.309 24 WEST Anthony 13 AUS AB Motoracing Honda 1'32.592 25 CUDLIN Damian 55 AUS E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 1'34.479

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Location Information Phillip Island, the self-styled home of Australian motorsport, is steeped in motor racing tradition, with the first car races having been held there on public roads in the 1920s. The first motorcycle races took place in 1931 and a permanent track was built in 1956. The circuit fell into disrepair… read more.

Length 4.448 kilometres / 2.764 miles Width 13 metres Left corners 7 Right corners 5 Longest straight 0.900 kilometres / 0.559 miles Constructed 1956 Modified 1988 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 27.899s (182.1 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) Race Lap 1m 28.108s (181.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race Time 40m 56.643s (175.990 km/h) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) 2014 Race Winner Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Ventnor, Victoria, Australia –  View in Google Maps www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au

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