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FP1

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   341.3   1'41.808   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   340.0   1'42.018   0.210 / 0.210
3   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   331.7   1'42.183   0.375 / 0.165
4   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   338.6   1'42.458   0.650 / 0.275
5   25   Maverick VIÑALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   332.4   1'42.555   0.747 / 0.097
6   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Octo Pramac Racing   Ducati   341.6   1'42.594   0.786 / 0.039
7   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   330.7   1'42.623   0.815 / 0.029
8   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   334.6   1'42.938   1.130 / 0.315
9   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   341.8   1'42.945   1.137 / 0.007
10   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   341.4   1'42.957   1.149 / 0.012
11   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   345.4   1'42.981   1.173 / 0.024
12   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   336.6   1'43.002   1.194 / 0.021
13   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   328.2   1'43.008   1.200 / 0.006
14   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   337.3   1'43.116   1.308 / 0.108
15   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   336.9   1'43.378   1.570 / 0.262
16   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   335.1   1'43.536   1.728 / 0.158
17   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   337.5   1'44.059   2.251 / 0.523
18   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   330.0   1'44.062   2.254 / 0.003
19   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   333.2   1'44.357   2.549 / 0.295
20   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   325.7   1'44.594   2.786 / 0.237
21   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo Pramac Racing   Ducati   334.1   1'44.603   2.795 / 0.009
22   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   330.5   1'44.676   2.868 / 0.073
23   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   337.6   1'44.768   2.960 / 0.092
24   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   E-Motion IodaRacing Team   ART   325.3   1'44.865   3.057 / 0.097
25   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   332.4   1'45.270   3.462 / 0.405

FP2

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   335.9   1'41.158   
2   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   344.0   1'41.443   0.285 / 0.285
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   343.6   1'41.789   0.631 / 0.346
4   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   341.0   1'41.823   0.665 / 0.034
5   25   Maverick VIÑALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   335.6   1'41.922   0.764 / 0.099
6   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   343.2   1'41.938   0.780 / 0.016
7   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   337.0   1'42.034   0.876 / 0.096
8   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   340.8   1'42.044   0.886 / 0.010
9   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   338.9   1'42.313   1.155 / 0.269
10   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   339.8   1'42.354   1.196 / 0.041
11   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   337.1   1'42.367   1.209 / 0.013
12   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Octo Pramac Racing   Ducati   343.5   1'42.417   1.259 / 0.050
13   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   338.9   1'42.645   1.487 / 0.228
14   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   334.9   1'42.697   1.539 / 0.052
15   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   328.1   1'42.968   1.810 / 0.271
16   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo Pramac Racing   Ducati   336.7   1'42.995   1.837 / 0.027
17   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   329.9   1'43.110   1.952 / 0.115
18   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   334.7   1'43.351   2.193 / 0.241
19   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   332.7   1'43.369   2.211 / 0.018
20   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   332.8   1'43.463   2.305 / 0.094
21   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   330.5   1'43.562   2.404 / 0.099
22   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   336.4   1'43.760   2.602 / 0.198
23   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   336.5   1'43.851   2.693 / 0.091
24   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   E-Motion IodaRacing Team   ART   326.8   1'44.614   3.456 / 0.763
25   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   331.0   1'45.323   4.165 / 0.709

It seems the Yamahas don't like Catalunya. This might be where MM gets back into the championship.

That was quite a lap by Espargaro...soft tire sure...but still.

JLo seems happy, he's running a good pace and consistent laps. Chances of rain tomorrow could turn things upside down.

My bets are already on JLo.

Rossi, mm, a. Esp

I don't see VR on podium this round. 3 diff manufacturer on front row is my prediction.

2 manufacturers and the first two are Suzukis.

 [shot]

ah horse $hit Jlo on the front row, I'm hoping this isn't another blow out from the get go  [bang]

Suzuki!!! Lets hope they can keep up over race distance.

Vinales was very unexpected for me.
Just have to hope Jlo does not blow by in the first 2 corners...
Hope Marquez and Dovi can get by him at the start to keep things interesting.
Wonder what the zuke medium tyre pace was like...

The Zook was faster in FP3 on a medium, but Lorenzo set the fastest lap on a medium tire of the weekend.

He was ticking of 1:41's like clockwork.

Someone needs to slow him up so there's a race. If he gets a good start he could be gone again.

This. You can't let Jorghey qualify in the front row. The Suks will keep it interesting for the first couple f laps, then fall back. They don't normally have the best starts either. MM did much better, but we don't know how much the changes to the bike will help. Dovi will be fighting for 5th.

crossing my fingers VR will show up early to the party this time

Maybe pedro can push him wide into turn 1 after getting a great holeshot start..

bikes are dropping like crazy..... Crutchlow out, Marquez out, Dovi out.

Yawn...

It was more fun to watch Marquez win races flag to flag. :-\

He was going pretty well keeping Jorghey in his sight, but went in too hot. Someone should just tell him that the pressure is off and that he should just play the spoiler. I guess my crystal ball had the wrong Duc fighting for 5th. At this point, only Rossi can ride Lorenzo's pace, but sounding like a broken record, he make the beast with two backsing needs to show up on Saturday!!!! Well, Friday next race at Assen, but he can't continue to qualify on the 2nd and 3rd row.

Marc barely missed.

He should have hit him... :P

+1 At least he should have aimed for the back wheel sensor like he did to the Turd.

How about the Suzuki's getting smoke off the line, Vinales went from 2nd to 14th in the opening

Talk was that 'perhaps' since the Zooks were having previous clutch issues that the engine upgrades might have caused clutch slip.

The bikes aren't 'that' much slower to get smoked like that.

Watching paint dry is more exciting than watching him turn laps.

Boring!

When the announcer started talking about the battle for 9th I should have taken a nap.

Yup.

A godawful parade. Races like that I skip through most of it and catch the last few laps to see if anything has changed.

Wonder how much longer before the wall goes back up inside the Yamaha garage  [evil]

+1. Glad I dvr'd it. Fast forward through most of that boring race.

Pedrosa blew by espargaro effortlessly

That's 3 times this year, and more to come from Marco.

On another forum they are saying Marco will be gone as soon as aprilia legally can, may be as early as next race

I enjoy races like that, not as much as when there are close duels and multiple passes of course, but I really like to watch the riders' techniques, the close ups and the slow mos to try and see what they are doing how they do it.

Wow what a crash fest in the beginning.

Very happy for VR46. I wish 99 wasn't winning... grrrr

Suzuki did great job.