First impressions from Marquez and Pedrosa after FP1 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa started action this morning at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, setting the second- and seventh-fastest lap times, respectively, in the first Free Practice. Each of the Repsol Honda men spent the entire session on the same tyre combination: medium-front/medium-rear for Marc, soft-front/medium-rear for Dani.
Following are the first impressions from Marc and Dani. An additional release will follow at the end of the day, as usual.
Marc Marquez
“Today I felt quite good on the bike. We did two long runs with the two bikes set up differently, one with a setup similar to what we used in Argentina and another very different in order to understand which works better for this track this weekend. Overall, the feeling wasn’t so bad; I think we did a good job on used tyres and we found a good pace, though we have a margin for improvement, especially on the electronic side. The circuit has changed a lot from last year, as it’s now very bumpy. This afternoon we’ll try another tyre and we’ll work more on the bike’s setup, also looking to cope with the bumps better.”
Dani Pedrosa
“As a first session, I think it went ‘okay.’ The track this year is incredibly bumpy. There are a few points where the bumps are huge, in the braking points for turn one, five, six and ten, when we move to the left, and on the back straight it’s like a whoop section in motocross! We need to work on the electronics but of course it’s not easy. Today we tried a new exhaust but we need to work on it more and to gather more data. We worked the whole session with the same tyres, and the feeling wasn’t bad, but we’ll try to improve further.”
FREE PRACTICE 1 Results
Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vinales Maverick | 25 | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'04.923 |
2 | Marquez Marc | 93 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0.577 |
3 | Dovizioso Andrea | 4 | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 0.681 |
4 | Zarco Johann | 5 | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0.867 |
5 | Bautista Alvaro | 19 | SPA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 0.910 |
6 | Lorenzo Jorge | 99 | SPA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1.094 |
7 | Pedrosa Dani | 26 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1.186 |
8 | Rossi Valentino | 46 | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1.369 |
9 | Espargaro Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 1.488 |
10 | Petrucci Danilo | 9 | ITA | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1.546 |
11 | Crutchlow Cal | 35 | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 1.561 |
12 | Miller Jack | 43 | AUS | Marc VDS Racing Team | Honda | 1.592 |
13 | Redding Scott | 45 | GBR | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1.723 |
14 | Folger Jonas | 94 | GER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1.769 |
15 | Barbera Hector | 8 | SPA | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 1.863 |
16 | Iannone Andrea | 29 | ITA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 1.901 |
17 | Rabat Tito | 53 | SPA | Marc VDS Racing Team | Honda | 1.971 |
18 | Baz Loris | 76 | FRA | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 2.204 |
19 | Abraham Karel | 17 | CZE | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2.377 |
20 | Rins Alex | 42 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 3.083 |
21 | Espargaro Pol | 44 | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | Yamaha | 3.205 |
22 | Lowes Sam | 22 | GBR | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 3.369 |
23 | Smith Bradley | 38 | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 3.817 |
Location Information
The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time… read more.
Length | 5.513 kilometres / 3.426 miles |
Width | 15 metres |
Left corners | 11 |
Right corners | 9 |
Longest straight | 1.2 kilometres / 0.746 miles |
Constructed | 2012 |
Modified | 2018 (track repairs to the surface to smooth down bumps) |
9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd Austin, TX 78617 - View in Google Maps
Records
Pole Position | 2m 02.039s (162.6 km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2022) |
Race Lap | 2m 03.521s (160.6 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2022) |
Race Time | 41m 23.11s (159.8 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2022) |
2022 Race Winner | Enea Bastianini (Ducati) |