Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have had a promising first day in Misano, finishing second and third respectively in the combined times. With temperatures considerably lower compared to when they were testing here in July, the track was pretty slippery this morning but gradually improved as more rubber was laid down throughout the day.

Marc was fastest in the morning session (1’33.328) and was able to improve by four tenths in the afternoon with his lap of 1’32.924 (lap 14/20) placing him 2nd. Teammate Dani improved his time from FP1 (1’33.930) by six tenths with his lap of 1’33.258 (lap 20/20) finishing 3rd.

FP3 will commence tomorrow at 09h55 local time.

Marc Marquez - 2nd 1'32.924

"I think it has been a very positive day. The track has changed quite a lot from when we came here for the test, because it has much less grip and we have had some problems arise that we didn't have back then. We can be happy, because we obtained a lot of data today and we tried a new swingarm which has helped Honda to understand the direction to take next year. We will not use it because there are some negatives, but there were also some positives to take from it."

Dani Pedrosa - 3rd 1'33.258

"This first day at the track was not as good as the test we did here. It was a lot dirtier, we had less grip and it was more difficult to find a good feeling with the bike, which is a surprise as I expected with the lower temperatures than the test, the grip would be better. Today we worked well and pushed hard but tomorrow we need to continue working and focus on improving further."

1 LORENZO Jorge  - 99  - SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha  - 1'32.871
2 MARQUEZ Marc  - 93  - SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda  - 1'32.924
3 PEDROSA Dani  - 26  - SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda  - 1'33.258
4 DOVIZIOSO Andrea  - 4  - ITA Ducati Team Ducati  - 1'33.291
5 ROSSI Valentino  - 46  - ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha  - 1'33.469
6 ESPARGARO Pol  - 44  - SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha  - 1'33.552
7 PETRUCCI Danilo  - 9  - ITA Pramac Racing Ducati  - 1'33.553
8 SMITH Bradley  - 38  - GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha  - 1'33.595
9 PIRRO Michele  - 51  - ITA Ducati Team Ducati  - 1'33.674
10 CRUTCHLOW Cal  - 35  - GBR LCR Honda Honda  - 1'33.785
11 REDDING Scott  - 45  - GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda  - 1'33.808
12 ESPARGARO Aleix  - 41  - SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki  - 1'33.840
13 IANNONE Andrea  - 29  - ITA Ducati Team Ducati  - 1'34.132
14 VINALES Maverick  - 25  - SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki  - 1'34.215
15 LAVERTY Eugene  - 50  - IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Honda  - 1'34.345
16 BAZ Loris  - 76  - FRA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha  - 1'34.500
17 BARBERA Hector  - 8  - SPA Avintia Racing Ducati  - 1'34.590
18 HERNANDEZ Yonny  - 68  - COL Pramac Racing Ducati  - 1'34.595
19 BAUTISTA Alvaro  - 19  - SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia  - 1'34.727
20 MILLER Jack  - 43  - AUS LCR Honda Honda  - 1'34.856
21 BRADL Stefan  - 6  - GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia  - 1'35.036
22 DI MEGLIO Mike  - 63  - FRA Avintia Racing Ducati  - 1'35.226
23 HAYDEN Nicky  - 69  - USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda  - 1'35.394
24 ABRAHAM Karel  - 17  - CZE AB Motoracing Honda  - 1'35.628
25 DE ANGELIS Alex  - 15  - RSM Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha  - 1'35.735
26 CORTI Claudio  - 71  - ITA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha  - 1'36.326