MotoGP: Aprilia brings Sterlacchini, Albesiano to Honda!
Aprilia confirms that it has reached an agreement with Fabiano Sterlacchini as its new technical director. He will begin work in Noale on November 18th.
At the same time, Romano Albesiano says goodbye to Aprilia. He is moving to Honda, as the team has now officially confirmed! He will become technical director and start work at Honda in January.
MotoGP T: Marquez upset in the pits
Marc Marquez climbs to seventh place, but is 0.7 seconds behind. He sits in his chair, has his helmet on and speaks angrily into the radio to his team. He doesn’t seem happy at all.
Pramac also made big changes for Martin, which is why he was in the pits longer. Everything seems to be going well for Bagnaia as he is already on the track for his second run.
MotoGP T: Raul Fernandez crashes
The trackhouse Aprilia is pulled out of the gravel bed in turn 3 by the marshals. Nothing happened to the Spaniard in the fall.
MotoGP T: Not entirely smooth for Marquez
Marc Marquez has a few slips and ends up in twelfth place. A second is missing at the top. He seems to be slowly finding a rhythm.
MotoGP T: Acosta breaks through the Ducati phalanx
We have five Ducati riders in the first six places. The exception is Acosta in third place.
Quartararo follows in seventh place with the Yamaha, Vinales is eighth with the Aprilia. Miller and Espargaro round out the top 10.
Marc Marquez didn’t show a good lap time in the first run.
MotoGP T: Bagnaia ahead of Martin
The same picture emerges as in the morning. The two World Cup competitors are in their own league, with Bezzecchi in third place already 0.7 seconds behind.
Augusto Fernandez crashes in turn 10 on his first run.
MotoGP T: Training is underway
At the front, all drivers now rely on the hard front tire, while at the rear almost everyone uses the soft tire. Only a few try the medium rear tire. First we will work on the race set-up.
Moto2 T1: Salac stays in front
With the new lap record of 1:49.716 minutes, Filip Salac ended Friday as the fastest. Aron Canet and Marcos Ramirez are less than a tenth of a second behind.
World Championship leader Ai Ogura is three tenths of a second away. He ranks fourth. Izan Guevara, Deniz Öncü, Fermin Aldeguer, Jake Dixon, Joe Roberts and Tony Arbolino follow from fifth place.
The other provisional Q2 places are secured by Diogo Moreira, Celestino Vietti, Alonso Lopez and Albert Arenas.
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Moto2 T1: Lots of good times but yellow flags
Roberts, Ramirez and Guevara line up behind Salac. But some drivers will
the time was canceled, including Roberts.
Because there are yellow flags in two corners! Van den Goorbergh crashed in turn 10 and shortly afterwards Sasaki crashed in turn 1.
Moto2 T1: Final phase – the sun is shining!
The last ten minutes are running and at the moment it doesn’t look like any more raindrops. Instead, the bikes shine in the sun.
Filip Salac sets a new lap record with 1:49.885 minutes. The conditions are optimal.
Moto2 T1: Ajo double lead
With Vietti and Öncü, two teammates are at the top of the rankings. Lopez represents the Boscoscuro chassis in the top field.
Things continue to be difficult for IntactGP. Agius can be found at number 23. Binder’s motorcycle is back in the pits.
Moto2 T1: Vietti is back in the mix
After the slump in Indonesia, the Italian is now doing well again. He leads the timing with 20 minutes left ahead of Lopez, Roberts, Guevara and Canet.
Ogura is eleventh, while Garcia in 16th cannot end his negative spiral.
Moto2 T1: The race continues
About half of the drivers are in the pits, the rest continue to do laps. The brief rain shower did not cause the conditions to change significantly. The slick times are still fine.
Moto2 T1: Rain flag even though the sun is shining
Everything looks wonderful at the moment, but in one sector it seems to have started to rain lightly again. Yes, you can also see raindrops falling in the pit lane. Many drivers turn off the gas and return to the pits.
Moto2 T1: Not a good start for IntactGP
Darryn Binder crashes in turn 3 and goes through the gravel without his bike.
In the first few minutes, van den Goorbergh took the lead ahead of Salac and Arbolino.
Moto2 T1: The sun shows up
It’s still cloudy, but not quite as dark as it was in the morning. From one side the sky becomes bluer. The air temperature was measured at 26 degrees Celsius. The remaining training sessions should also remain dry. So it will now also be a record hunt in Moto2.