RANCAH POST – Aleix Espargaro berhasil menjadi yang tercepat di sesi Free Practice I MotoGP Australia di sirkuit Phillip Island, Jumat (17/10/2014). Sementara sang juara dunia MotoGP 2014, Marc Marquez berada di posisi kelima.
Espargaro mencatatkan waktu tercepat dengan 1 menit 28,749 detik dengan kecepatan maksimum mencapai 333 kilometer/jam. Disusul dengan pemblapa Movistar Yamaha, Jorge Lorenzo yang hanya terpaut 0,160 detik dari Aleix.
Andrea Ianonne dan Valentino Rossi membuntuti Lorenzo di posisi tiga dan empat. Sedangkan pembalap Honda Repsol lainnya, Dani Pedrosa terlihat belum menemukan setting motor terbaiknya dengan berada di urutan sembilan.
Hasil Free Practice I MotoGP Australia di Sirkuit Phillip Island 2014
1. Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 29.749s [Lap 16/18] 333km/h (Top Speed)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 29.909s +0.160s [15/17] 332km/h
3. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 30.025s +0.276s [15/20] 340km/h
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.051s +0.302s [17/21] 336km/h
5. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.079s +0.330s [4/20] 336km/h
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 30.383s +0.634s [10/19] 338km/h
7. Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 1m 30.453s +0.704s [13/20] 339km/h
8. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 30.645s +0.896s [20/22] 336km/h
9. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.667s +0.918s [11/19] 328km/h
10. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 30.696s +0.947s [14/22] 339km/h
11. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 30.770s +1.021s [19/21] 334km/h
12. Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 30.898s +1.149s [17/18] 336km/h
13. Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 31.034s +1.285s [17/20] 321km/h
14. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 1m 31.143s +1.394s [17/19] 332km/h
15. Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)* 1m 31.174s +1.425s [18/20] 324km/h
16. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R) 1m 31.282s +1.533s [16/18] 326km/h
17. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 31.383s +1.634s [17/17] 335km/h
18. Alex De Angelis RSM NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 31.588s +1.839s [13/17] 331km/h
19. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 1m 31.615s +1.866s [13/23] 326km/h
20. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing Project (ART) 1m 31.723s +1.974s [20/20] 320km/h
21. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)* 1m 32.191s +2.442s [17/17] 316km/h
22. Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)* 1m 32.692s +2.943s [8/14] 321km/h
23. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART) 1m 33.432s +3.683s [12/18] 322km/h
