Australian
Jack Miller
(Ducati) set the best time in MotoGP on Friday after the first free practice sessions of
the Qatar Grand Prix
, the opening round of the Motorcycle World Championship.
The official return to action at the Losail track did not bring big surprises in the 'queen' category, where the
Ducati
, above all, and the
Yamaha
made it clear that they perform on this track, although the
Suzuki
were not far in this first shot contact (but not with
Joan Mir
).
The
Desmosedici
, winners of this event in 2018 and 2019, signed the double thanks to their two new riders, Jack Miller and
Francesco Bagnaia
, while also placing
French
Johan Zarco
from Pramac Racing
in the
'Top 4'
.
Miller set the fastest lap in the tests at the beginning of the month with 1: 53.183, a time he approached this Friday (1: 53.387) to dominate the timesheets, although by the slim margin of 35 thousandths over his teammate .
Frenchman
Fabio Quartararo
was the best 'M1' of the day, 188 thousandths behind Miller, and Zarco closely followed his compatriot to complete the dominance of the Ducati.
After the Cannes event, the best Spaniard,
Alex Rins
,
concluded
, who showed that Suzuki are still competitive and was just over two tenths of the fastest time.
The Catalan saved the day of the Hamamatsu brand, which saw how the current champion,
Joan Mir
, could not get into the top ten times, so he will have to improve so as not to have to go through Q1 in search of a good position in the starting grid after finishing with the eleventh fastest time.
That goal was provisionally achieved by
Pol Espargaró
(Repsol Honda), who finished in tenth position.
The one from Granollers continues with its adaptation and rolled in the same second as the best and more than half a second from Miller
MOTO2 AND MOTO3
For his part, in the Moto3 category, the fastest in this first contact was the Japanese
Kaito Toba (KTM)
, the best time on a Friday that showed a lot of equality with seven riders separated by less than two tenths.
The Asian led the combined timesheets thanks to the 2: 04.839 that he scored in the second round of the day, 42 thousandths better than the Spanish
Jaume Masiá
(KTM), who had already shown good pace in the first.
Sergio García Dols
(Gas Gas), fourth to less than one tenth, and
Jeremy Alcoba
(Honda), seventh to less than two, completed the good national performance.
Finally, in Moto2, the British rider
Sam Lowes
(Kalex)
dominated
, who was already the best during the tests and who confirmed his potential after being the only one on the grid to lose 1:59, with a time of 1: 58.959. .
However, after the current runner-up in the world, another contender, the Italian Marco
Bezzecchi
(Kalex),
stood very close
to just over one tenth, while the best Spaniard was
Xavi Vierge
, fourth to over 300 thousandths.
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