Bagnaia, Roberts and Muñoz rule on the first day of training, depending on the weather
The first practice day for the Dutch Grand Prix left few conclusions. In Moto3, the riders contested the two sessions on a wet track where Seville’s David Muñoz, the latest jewel of prolific Spanish motorcycling, excelled. Muñoz, who was eleventh, second and ninth in the three races he has driven so far this year (since reaching the minimum age of 16), was able to be fastest in both the afternoon and morning on a track he was visiting for the first time in his life.
The Moto2 riders, meanwhile, enjoyed both conditions: water in the first free practice session, with Arón Canet in first, Fermín Aldeguer in second and Augusto Fernández in third; and dry in the second, in a session commanded by Joe Roberts for Fernández and Albert Arenas. Enough information to face Saturday with guarantees, whatever the day, in a weekend of great weather instability.
As for MotoGP, Jack Miller again showed his prowess when the asphalt is wet (he led the first practice session ahead of Joan Mir and Pol Espargaró), while it was the strongmen of the category who took the first positions in the last part of the race. the second free practice, when the track started to dry up and the first tests could be carried out under ‘normal’ conditions.
“It was not a very productive day, but in reality it made me very happy, because in the morning I have been competitive in the water and for the races that come after the summer it is always important to be fast in the water, and that has made me happy. In the afternoon we had a problem with the engine, it only started when there were six minutes left and I could only do three or four laps, but nevertheless I finished second and almost in the same time as the fastest lap in the race of last year,” analyzed Aleix Espargaró, who finished behind Pecco Bagnaia and ahead of Fabio Quartararo, although the race directors determined late in the day that his last batch, the good one, was not valid for using a part that was not allowed. on the dry bike, a spoiler is located underneath and is designed to prevent the flow of water to the rear tire.
As a result, Espargaró was left without his best record, and without even a valid time to be officially classified, so if it rained in the third free practice session on Saturday, he would have been forced to go through the play-off, Q1, to to try to take one of two places that would allow him to fight for the front rows of the grid on Sunday, in a very important race if he wants to avoid further widening leader Quartararo’s margin in the general classification.
Maverick Viñales, sixth after his teammate’s suspension, and the two Suzuki riders, Álex Rins (third) and Joan Mir (fifth), also made it into the group’s top ten. Two who started in 2022 as clear contenders for the title and who have gone through a more than gray period since announcing the demise of their brand.
In the last four races, since the one in Jerez when the bomb exploded, only Mir has been able to finish in one, in Barcelona, where he finished fourth. The rest are zeros. Something in a tenuous environment in the box, with all of its members looking for work, including the two drivers. That, paradoxes of fate, could end up under the same umbrella, that of Honda, a brand going through a rough time.
“In the end there is something small, nothing is closed, but it is true that we talk to LCR, we spoke to Gresini and the truth is that things are the same as yesterday, but let’s see if we can announce something at the end of the race or next week”, Rins recognized, directing his steps towards Álex Márquez’s current motorcycle. “If what we’re talking about is closed, the material conditions will be the same, the material will be the same. Yes, it is true that the teams are not the same and we spoke to LCR because they did not give us the opportunity to talk to Repsol Honda, but wearing the Repsol Honda livery would not have displeased me,” he added pointing to the only destination being considered for Mir, Marc Márquez’s teammate, although the Majorcan continues to acknowledge that nothing has been signed yet and that he is still waiting. is underway.
Source: La Verdad
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