2023 Valencia MotoGP, Ricardo Tormo - Friday Practice Results

2023 Valencia MotoGP, Ricardo Tormo - Practice (2) Results | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
1 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | 1'29.142s | 25/27 | 334k |
2 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.147s | 23/24 | 335k |
3 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.154s | 25/26 | 334k |
4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.253s | 19/23 | 326k |
5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.254s | 22/22 | 331k |
6 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.260s | 22/27 | 337k |
7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.317s | 22/27 | 329k |
8 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.328s | 24/25 | 331k |
9 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.339s | 17/20 | 331k |
10 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.429s | 14/16 | 332k |
Qualifying 1: | ||||||
11 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.431s | 25/25 | 335k |
12 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.472s | 24/25 | 326k |
13 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.473s | 21/27 | 331k |
14 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.633s | 20/23 | 329k |
15 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.659s | 20/21 | 334k |
16 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.860s | 23/24 | 326k |
17 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +1.201s | 11/27 | 331k |
18 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +1.303s | 12/24 | 331k |
19 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.322s | 17/18 | 331k |
20 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +1.653s | 23/24 | 329k |
21 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +1.798s | 7/22 | 332k |
22 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | No Time | 0/0 | 0 |
*Rookie.
Official Ricardo Tormo MotoGP records
Best lap: Jorge Lorenzo 1m 29.401s (2016)
Fastest race lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 31.042s (2021)
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales leads an incident-packed Friday practice for the Valencia MotoGP finale, which ended with title leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia down in 15th and forced to take part in Saturday🃏's Qualifying 1.
Yet again on a Friday, pressure was piled๊ on Bagnaia to break into the cruciaꦉl top-ten for direct Q2 access as he started his final run.
Title rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin was among the riders queued up behind Bagnaia as he left the pits, factory Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi making his displeasu𝕴re clear by standing in front of the Pramac box and glaring at the Spaniard as he pulled away.
Martin for📖ced Tardozzi to step aside and then stayed locked to Bagnaia's rear wheel on the out lap, following the Italian down a slip road as the mind games continued.
With a much faster Martin still buzzing around his rear wheel, Bagnaia couldn't deliver on his first flying lap -&nbsꦦp;then suffered the nightmare scenario of yellow flags (due to an accident for Pol Espargaro) on his last lap, ending his top ten chances.
Bagnaia will now face the likes of team-mate Enea Bastianini, Alex Marquez,𝓀 Fabio Quartararo and Luca Marini when he fights for one of 😼the two transfer places in Qualifying 1.
Aleix Espargaro (Turn 1), Marco Bezzecchi (Turn 8), A🐻ugusto Fernandez (Turn 14) and Alex Rins (Turn 1) all suffered fast accidents in the opening ten minutes.
Jack Miller was then thrown 🙈into a huge highside at Tu꧒rn 3 with 15 minutes to go.
The Australian eventually walked a﷽way but red flags were then waved to clear debris.
That interruption forced Martin and Bagnaia to do a hasty U🍒-turn and head back to their garages on new soft tyres.
Luca Marini and Raul Fernandez t♈hen went down at Turn 1 after the restart, before Pol Es𓃲pargaro's crucial fall.
Qatar winner Fabio di Giannantonio showed his inten💎tions by blasting to the top with the first sub-1m 30s lap of theꦓ weekend in the opening minutes.
The Gresini rider was second only to Vinales as the c🅺rucial final ten-minute time attacks began when the Pramac bikes of Martin and morning leader Johann Zarco moved ahead.
Marc Marquez, who briefly led the timesheets this morning, provided further hope of a ꧑strong Repsol Honda farewell by fe🅺aturing in second behind di Giannantonio during the afternoon on his way to seventh.
After a heavy accident in the morning session, team-mate𒅌 ൲;Joan Mir was sent to a local hospital for further checks and missed the afternoon hour.
Mir is reported to have escaped any fractures but ജhis fitness to ride will b🎃e reviewed on Saturday morning.
2023 Valencia MotoGP, Ricardo Tormo - Practice (1) Results | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
1 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 1'30.191s | 19/19 | 334k |
2 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.187s | 12/17 | 326k |
3 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.259s | 20/22 | 334k |
4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.299s | 13/19 | 331k |
5 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.343s | 11/19 | 332k |
6 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.365s | 20/20 | 327k |
7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.373s | 10/20 | 326k |
8 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +0.376s | 20/20 | 327k |
9 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.620s | 11/18 | 329k |
10 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.666s | 16/17 | 327k |
11 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +0.683s | 19/20 | 332k |
12 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.710s | 11/19 | 327k |
13 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.778s | 10/18 | 332k |
14 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.855s | 13/22 | 326k |
15 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.921s | 19/20 | 329k |
16 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.061s | 11/23 | 331k |
17 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +1.106s | 19/20 | 332k |
18 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.252s | 5/15 | 324k |
19 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.297s | 16/20 | 329k |
20 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +1.323s | 14/15 | 329k |
21 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.362s | 5/5 | 326k |
22 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +1.806s | 19/19 | 324k |
*Rookie.
Official Ricardo Tormo MotoGP records
Best lap: Jorge Lorenzo 1m 29.401s (2016)
Fastest race lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 31.042s (2021)
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco leads opening practice for the Valencia MotoGP season finale, as Pramac Ducati team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin starts t🀅he ౠweekend ahead of title rival Francesco Bagnaia.
Martin, who has his sights set simply o൲n winning both races this weekend, was straight on the attack, joining Zarco in fitting new rubber to set his best in the final minute🐻s.
The Spaniard also shook his head and wheelied with delight after a perfect prac🙈tice start at the end of the session, iꦛn contrast to the grip woes last weekend, causing smiles in the Pramac pits.
Gresini's Qatar winner Fabio di Giannantonio, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:now tippe𒈔d to join VR46 next season, continued his excellent end-of-season form by battling for the top spot throughout and was fastest until Zarco's late♔ surge.
But unlike the Pramacs, di Giannantonio set his best time on&n𓆉bsp;used tyres.
Both di Giannantonio and Zarco, moving to LCR next y♋ear, are making their final appearanc🅺es for their current teams.
Bagnaia made a slow start (22nd and last during the middle stages, and surrounded by Ducati staff) before climbing the order, but stuck to his usual tඣactic of avoiding a new tyre at the end of the session for 13th.
Marc Marquez began his final event as a Repsol Honda rider by also leading the timesheets on the way to seventh place, the #93 alsoꦅ spending several laps studying Martin.
But team-mate Joan Mir suffered a heavy ꧋accident at Turn 8 in the early stages of the cool morning session and, although seen leav💃ing on a scooter, was sent to a hospital for further checks.
LCR's Takaaki Nakagami later made it two Hondas in the gravel while&ไnbsp;Marc's brother Alex Marquez s🅰lid off his Gresini Ducati at Turn 1.
Francesco Bagnaia takes a 21-point lead into the Valencia title decider after a runner-up finish to Fabio di Giannantonio in Qatar was combined with tenth place after tyre woes for Jorge Martin.
Reigning champion Bagnaia thus has two chances to secure another title this weekend, starting with the Saturday Sprint, where he will be crowned if he can extend his lead to 25 points.
But with Martin winning 6 of the last 7 Sprints (and 2nd to Alex Marquez in the other) that looks like a tall order and the world championship is unlikely to be decided until the final lap of the season on Sunday.
…Or perhaps even several hours afterwards, depending on the effect of any post-race penalties for low tyre pressure.
Bagnaia and Martin are among 15 full-time riders to have now received an Official Warning for low tyre pressure. A further breach would result in a 3-second time penalty, or 6-seconds for Aleix Espargaro, who has offended twice.
The only riders yet to use their low-pressure warning 'joker' are Fabio Quartararo, Takaaki Nakagami, Brad Binder, Joan Mir and Fabio di Giannantonio, plus the returning Alex Rins and absent (through injury) Miguel Oliveira.
The Valencia circuit, which will host a post-season test next Tuesday, has been resurfaced ahead of the 2023 event.
Among the riders saying farewell to their current teams this weekend are Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), Franco Morbidelli (Monster Yamaha), Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati), Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini Ducati) and Pol Espargaro (GASGAS Tech3). Luca Marini is also expected to leave VR46 to replace Marquez but no announcement has yet been made.
Reigning Moto2 champion Pedro Acosta will make his MotoGP debut, with GASGAS Tech3, at next week’s Valencia test.

Peter has been in the paddock f🧔or 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.