Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy website MotoGP - Ducati Corse, Round 1 - Qatar PREVIEW
march 24, 2017 - Ducati

MotoGP - Ducati Corse, Round 1 - Qatar PREVIEW

The opening free practice session for the #qatar Grand Prix was held this evening at the #losail International Circuit near the capital Doha.   The #motogp field took to the track at 19.55 local time for 45 minutes of free practice, which for this opening round of the #motogp World Championship, is traditionally held on the Thursday.   At the end of the session, #jorgelorenzo was classified in fifth place, with a time of 1’55.607, while his Ducati Team team-mate #andreadovizioso, who celebrated his 31st birthday today, was two-tenths of a second behind with a time of 1’55.873, but in eleventh place.   Tomorrow evening will see the riders tackle the next two free practice sessions FP1 and FP2, at 18.00 and 20.55 local time respectively.   Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team 99) – 1’55.607 (5th) “Today’s result is quite good, but we are still some way off the fastest times. Our aim for tomorrow will be to try and find the same sensations with the hard tyre, with which we are still struggling to set some competitive times, and have the confidence required to achieve a good race pace.”   Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team 04) – 1’55.873 (11th) “Today, as expected, the track conditions were not at their best, with wind and dirt during the only weekend session that will probably be dry before the race. At the start of the session I set a good time, and so I didn’t want to fit a soft tyre at the end because I thought I could stay in amongst the top ten: instead I missed out by a fraction. It was my mistake, and a pity because when I was using the same tyre as the others I was third, and so I know I am amongst the quickest riders.”  

You might be interested in

february 08, 2024
january 25, 2024
october 27, 2023

KTM have further strengthened their association with spark plug specialists BRISK to include the factory effort in MotoGP for 2024...

Open screens, browsers and minds for the fresh GASGAS livery and line-up by joining us for a special intro and an invitation to ge...

MAVERICK SECOND AND ALEIX THIRD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICESTRAIGHT THROUGH TO Q2 AND GOOD SENSATIONSThere is a positive air in t...