Searching for the setting for Bagnaia, Martin and Bastianini. Pedrosa filmed with Acosta. Japanese in difficulty
April 26, 2024
LAnd new Michelin tires they are much more performers. Piero Taramasso, MotoGP manager of the French company, reiterated this this morning, speaking to Sky.
Taramasso explained that the new compound had been created to improve the performance life of the tire but, when tested in practice, the pilots found greater grip, ergo you can push harder.
So already on Friday morning, in FP1, the times were excellent: the all-time record is Pecco Bagnaia, 1’36.170 made in 2022.
The first half on Friday was Alex Marquez with a 1’36.630, however done with new soft tyres. Behind him is his brother Marc. The two drivers of the Gresini team, with the GP 23, immediately appeared competitive and led a session always at the front, immediately at ease.
Third place for Maverick Viñales, fresh from the Texan double (he also set the time on new tyres).
From fourth to tenth place: Aleix Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli (continues adaptation), Marco Bezzecchi, Dani Pedrosa, Binder, Martin and Acosta.
Annotations
– Pedrosa and Acosta they filmed together, like the master teaching his talented student.
– Bezzecchi is sixth, it is worth mentioning this statement of his, made to Zam in the “Full Throttle” podcast: “To drive the GP23 I have to distort myself”
– For once Martin he wasn’t very fast in FP1
– Bagnaia he is 12th but his best lap, 1.37.792, was done on used tyres
– Both Bagnaia and Martin worked for most of the session looking for the set up, in this the GP24 appeared easier for Morbidelli than for Pecco, Jorge and also Bastianini (13th). Worth noting are the words of Davide Tardozzi to Sky: “We’re a little late, we started with the Austin setting which apparently doesn’t work on this track. We’re working on the chattering, the engineers have already found good solutions”
– In this Jerez GP they are 25 pilots on the track: in addition to the 22 starters there are also Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) And Stefan Bradl (Honda)
– top 10 bikes in these free practices: 5 Ducatis, 2 Aprilias, 3 KTMs
– Japanese: Quartararo 14th, Rins 17th, Zarco 19th, Nakagami 21st, Mir 22nd, Bradl 24th and Marini 25th
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