Rossi Sempat Tampil Tercepat di FP1 MotoGP Indianapolis
Seluruh rider MotoGP jelas bersemangat setelah menjalani masa libur musim panas. Seri Indianapolis jelas menjadi ajang yang dinantikan oleh seluruh pembalap untuk kembali memberikan penampilan terbaiknya.
Di sesi pembuka free practice yang berlangsung kemarin (8/8), seluruh rider MotoGP langsung mengaspal. Di FP1, Valentino Rossi ternyata mencetak lap time tercepat yaitu 1 menit 34,535 detik. Pembesut YZR-M1 lainnya dari tim Yamaha Tech3, Bradley Smith juga tampil impresif dan menempatkan dirinya diposisi kedua.
Andrea Iannone menjadi pembalap tercepat ketiga diikuti Pol Espargaro Marc Marquez dan Jorge Lorenzo yang masing-masing ada diposisi empat, lima dan enam.
Akan tetapi, situasi berubah saat sesi FP2 berjalan. Marquez menutup latihan bebas dihari pertama ini sebagai yang tercepat setelah mencatat waktu 1 menit 32,882 detik. Andrea Iannone tampil lebih baik lagi disesi ini.
Sementara Lorenzo memperbaiki posisinya di FP2 ini diikuti Andrea Dovizioso, Dani Pedrosa dan Stefan Bradl. Sementara Rossi harus terpuruk hingga urutan sembilan. Permasalahn seputar ban diyakini menjadi penyebab utama dari merosotnya perolehan waktu rider bernomor 46 tersebut.
Hasil FP1 MotoGP Indianapolis, Amerika Serikat :
1. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 34.535s [Lap 21/21] 339km/h (Top Speed)
2. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 34.569s +0.034s [17/17] 338km/h
3. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 34.579s +0.044s [16/18] 341km/h
4. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 34.678s +0.143s [19/19] 337km/h
5. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 34.885s +0.350s [16/18] 340km/h
6. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 35.084s +0.549s [16/18] 337km/h
7. Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)* 1m 35.122s +0.587s [17/19] 326km/h
8. Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 35.283s +0.748s [19/19] 333km/h
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 35.445s +0.910s [14/17] 339km/h
10. Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 35.501s +0.966s [18/18] 334km/h
11. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 35.743s +1.208s [18/19] 337km/h
12. Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 35.935s +1.400s [16/16] 334km/h
13. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 35.953s +1.418s [21/21] 324km/h
14. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 35.972s +1.437s [19/19] 337km/h
15. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R) 1m 35.995s +1.460s [15/16] 323km/h
16. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 36.419s +1.884s [15/17] 333km/h
17. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 36.436s +1.901s [6/18] 341km/h
18. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Avintia) 1m 36.444s +1.909s [13/17] 322km/h
19. Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)* 1m 36.445s +1.910s [16/18] 314km/h
20. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing Project (ART) 1m 36.837s +2.302s [19/20] 316km/h
21. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART) 1m 38.399s +3.864s [13/17] 321km/h
22. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)* 1m 38.405s +3.870s [7/17] 319km/h
23. Leon Camier GBR Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 39.962s +5.427s [21/22] 317km/h
Hasil FP2 MtooGP Indianapolis, Amerika Serikat :
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.882s [Lap 16/19] 341km/h (Top Speed)
2. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 33.104s +0.222s [15/20] 340km/h
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 33.424s +0.542s [16/17] 337km/h
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 33.432s +0.550s [14/19] 339km/h
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.493s +0.611s [17/18] 340km/h
6. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 33.513s +0.631s [21/22] 340km/h
7. Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 33.531s +0.649s [14/19] 340km/h
8. Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 33.587s +0.705s [15/17] 332km/h
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 33.598s +0.716s [17/22] 338km/h
10. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 33.621s +0.739s [21/22] 339km/h
11. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 33.690s +0.808s [18/20] 339km/h
12. Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)* 1m 33.971s +1.089s [13/17] 324km/h
13. Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 33.996s +1.114s [14/19] 338km/h
14. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 34.054s +1.172s [20/20] 343km/h
15. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R) 1m 34.912s +2.030s [15/19] 324km/h
16. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 34.994s +2.112s [17/18] 337km/h
17. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 35.106s +2.224s [19/19] 330km/h
18. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Avintia) 1m 35.231s +2.349s [14/17] 322km/h
19. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART) 1m 35.472s +2.590s [15/17] 324km/h
20. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing Project (ART) 1m 35.721s +2.839s [19/19] 320km/h
21. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)* 1m 35.749s +2.867s [16/16] 321km/h
22. Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)* 1m 35.941s +3.059s [8/12] 319km/h
23. Leon Camier GBR Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 36.394s +3.512s [16/20] 318km/h