April 11, 2014- Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez, race winner here last year, has made his intentions clear from the start at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas. Marc finished this morning’s FP1 session at the top of the time sheets with a lap of 2’04.704 on lap 10 of 15, and 0.8s faster than any other rider.
Marc’s teammate, Dani Pedrosa, finished the 45 minute session in third place with a fastest lap of 2’05.676 on his final lap of 15.
FP2 will begin at 14h05 local time.
Team Quotes:
Marc Marquez- 1st – 2’04.704
“It’s been a positive session and it’s nice to start with a good feeling and to find a base setting I’m happy with right from the beginning. This track has a drastic change of direction which is quite difficult if you’re not 100% fit, so I could feel it – even after just a few laps. Now we will try to improve this afternoon, I think it will be difficult to maintain the gap going into FP2 and the other riders will for sure be closer”
Dani Pedrosa- 3rd – 2’05.676
“The track grip level seems to be quite good and I’m sure it will improve with more rubber laid down. We still have some work to do to find the right set up and maybe we’ll also try the hard rear tyre in FP2. Anyway, I’m happy with this morning’s session and we’ll keep working in the same direction this afternoon”
Practice results: Grand Prix of The Americas – Round 2
Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2’04.704
2 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2’05.591
3 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2’05.676
4 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 2’05.972
5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 2’06.279
6 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2’06.336
7 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 2’06.433
8 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 2’06.537
9 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 2’06.602
10 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2’06.633
11 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2’06.680
12 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 2’06.771
13 Nicky Hayden 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2’07.450
14 Colin Edwards 5 USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2’07.644
15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 2’07.689
16 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 2’07.702
17 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2’08.150
18 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2’08.455
19 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2’08.588
20 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 2’09.646
21 Michael Laverty 70 GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 2’10.206
22 Broc Parkes 23 AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 2’10.493
23 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2’11.100
Circuit Information
View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com
Length: 5.513 m / 3.426 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 11
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 1,200 m / 0.746 miles
Constructed: 2012
Pole Position: 2m 03.021s (161.3 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race Lap: 2m 242s (159.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race Time: 43m 42.123s (158.9 km/h) (Marc Marquez Honda, 2013)
2013 Race Winner: Marc Marquez (Honda)
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