The
first day of practice for the Grand Prix of The Americas saw Marc Marquez in the
kind of form typical of the Spaniard in Austin. Since his first visit in 2013,
he has led 17 of the 20 sessions held at the Texan track (all except FP3 and the
warmup in 2013, and FP1 last year). Despite a crash on the final corner halfway
through the second session, the Repsol Honda Team rider went back out on track
and continued to improve, to close the day with a time of 2:04.034 –topping the
timesheets 7 tenths ahead of the rider in second place. Dani Pedrosa was tenth
in the first Free Practice, but improved by more than a second to finally set a
time of 2:05.194 and finish eighth overall.
Marc Marquez 1st 2:04.034
"Overall, I'm happy with how the day went. Acceleration was something of an
unknown, but it seems initially that it is not as much of a factor here as at
other circuits, because most of the corner exits here are in first gear, and we
don’t lose so much. This morning we briefly tested some new winglets that
effectively reduce the wheelying a little bit, but we need to test them further
to better understand the bike’s behaviour with them. In the afternoon I had a
small crash in which I was unhurt. I saw that I was going very well on a lap
and, on the last corner, I left my braking until a little later than before. I
found out where the limit is. I'm happy with how the day went but we can still
continue to improve."
Dani Pedrosa 8th 2:05.194
"Today has been quite difficult because we’re still looking for the best setting
for this track. After the last race, we decided to try something new this
morning, but it didn’t provide the feeling I was hoping for, so we changed it
again in the afternoon. We improved our pace but it’s still far from what I am
looking for. This track requires good acceleration as well as braking and
handling, so we’ll continue working to improve our feeling when riding, in order
to get more comfortable and, as a result, improve our times."
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